Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assoc. v. CA Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS No. 2:18-cv-01584-MCE-KJN
ASSOCIATION, JONATHAN COUPAL,
and DEBRA DESROSIERS, Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. THE CALIFORNIA SECURE CHOICE
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM
and JOHN CHIANG, in his official capacity as Chair of the CALIFORNIA SECURE CHOICES RETIREMENT
SAVINGS INVESTMENT BOARD,
18 Defendants. 19 The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (“HJTA”) and individually named HJTA employees Jonathan Coupal and Debra Desrosiers (“HJTA Employees”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program (“CalSavers” or “the Program”) and California State Treasurer John Chiang (collectively, “Defendants”) contending that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA” or “the Act”) preempts the Program. Plaintiffs’ Complaint was dismissed with leave to amend. Mem. and Order, ECF No. 24 (“Prior Order”). They subsequently filed the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) 28 …