Alameda Health System v. Alameda County Employees' Retirement etc.

Filed 3/27/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,

A165587

v. ALAMEDA COUNTY EMPLOYEES’ (San Francisco City & County RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION et al., Super. Ct. No. CPF-19-516795) Defendants and Respondents.

This appeal involves a dispute between employer Alameda Health System (AHS) and two of its employees, on the one hand, and the county retirement system known as Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association (ACERA)1 on the other. AHS is one of seven public entities (participating employers) that participate in ACERA’s multi-employer retirement system enabling their employees to become members of, and earn retirement pensions through, ACERA. The dispute concerns ACERA’s method for determining the annual contributions participating employers must make toward unfunded liabilities to ensure the retirement system will be able to fund the pensions the employers have promised their employees.

AHS and the two employees also sued ACERA’s Board and its Chief

Executive Officer. For convenience, we collectively…