List of Public Employee Retirement Benefit Systems with CalPERS Reciprocity
CalPERs members receive “reciprocity” through an agreement with some other public retirement systems, that allows employees to move from one public employer to another without losing valuable benefits. If you were a member of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), and you changed your employment to another public employer, you may still be eligible to collect certaion CalPERS benefits through “reciprocity”.
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Below is a list – current as of publication – of public retirement systems with CalPERS reciprocity.
Disclaimer: Information is current as of date of publication. Benefit Systems and reciprocity agreements are subject to change. This information is general only and not intended as legal advice. To determine if your public employer has reciprocity with CalPERs, consult with your employer or call our attorneys at 800-964-8047
Public Employee Retirement Systems With CalPERs Reciprocity
Counties that maintain retirement systems under the County Employees’Retirement Law of 1937:
- Alameda
- Mendocino
- San Mateo
- Contra Costa
- Merced
- Santa Barbara
- Fresno
- Orange
- Sonoma
- Imperial
- Sacramento
- Stanislaus
- Kern
- San Bernardino
- Tulare
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- Ventura
- Marin
- San Joaquin
Independent Public Agency Retirement Systems
Public agencies maintaining their own retirement systems that have contracted with CalPERS to provide the benefits of reciprocity and the dates the reciprocal agreements were established:
- City of Concord (11/27/70)*
- City of Costa Mesa (safety employees only) (4/1/78)*
- City of Fresno (misc. and safety retirement systems) (2/18/02)
- City of Oakland (non-safety employees only) (4/1/71)
- City of Pasadena (fire and police retirement) (5/4/01)
- City of Sacramento (11/4/74)*
- City of San Clemente (safety 1/1/85; non-safety 6/9/14)*
- City of San Diego (6/25/92)
- City and County of San Francisco (7/29/88)*
- City of San Jose (misc. 12/9/94; safety 9/30/94)
- Contra Costa Water District (3/2/88)
- County of San Luis Obispo (4/19/84)
- East Bay Municipal Utility District (4/16/84)
- East Bay Regional Park District (safety employees only) (7/1/96)
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- (Non-Contract Employees’ Retirement Income Plan, formerly
- Southern California Rapid Transit District) (5/12/71)
- City of Los Angeles (7/14/97)
- uCRP – The University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) (10/1/63)
Important
* These entities are now CalPERS-covered employers. If you earned service credit in these systems prior to their CalPERS contract, you may be eligible for credit for that earlier service credit.
There is NO reciprocity established between CalPERS and:
- State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
- Judges’ Retirement System (JRS)
- Judges’ Retirement System II (JRS II)
- Legislators’ Retirement System (LRS)
However, a different agreement between these systems and CalPERS does provide some similar benefits. Call our attorneys for specific details.
If you are a CalPERs member who switched employment to another public employer and your new employer is – or is not – on this list, our experienced disability attorneys will be happy to give you a free consultation regarding your disability retirement benefits.
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This article applies to members of California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS); and does not reflect the rules, laws or regulations governing how other public retirement systems are administered. If you have question about another public employee retirement system, find your system, below – or call our office at: 562-622-4800
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