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2017 LACERA General and Retired Member Elections

On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Board of Supervisors adopted resolutions establishing the governing procedures for 2017 Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) elections. Elections are scheduled for this summer and will end August 1, 2017.

Members interested in running for these offices may obtain nomination packets from the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Candidate filing begins April 24, 2017 and ends May 23, 2017. See Election Notice for more detail.

To view the Election Board Letter, Adopting Resolutions, and Election Notice, please click below:

April 4, 2017 Board Letter and Resolutions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    May 9, 2017 Board Letter and Revised Resolution
Election Notice Retired Members
Revised Election Notice General Members    

LACERA Election Coordinators

2017 CANDIDATE STATEMENTS

Eighth Member, Board of Investments

  1. David L. Muir
  2. Simon S. Russin

Second Member, Board of Investments

  1. David Green
  2. Daniel E. Harrigan
  3. Richard Lavin
  4. Hans J. Liang

Eighth Member, Board of Retirement

  1. Les Robbins
  2. Simon S. Russin

Second Member, Board of Retirement

  1. Todd Ellis
  2. Daniel E. Harrigan
  3. Michele R. Kennedy
  4. Richard Lavin
  5. Alfonso Frank Quintero
  6. Herman B. Santos

 

Other Related Links:

Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association

LACERA Background Information

State law requires that the Board of Supervisors conduct an election to fill vacant or expired seats on the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) Board of Investments and Board of Retirement. LACERA is a public entity separate from the County that was created to provide retirement, disability and death benefits to County employees.

The primary objective of the Executive Office in coordinating the LACERA board member elections is to ensure that elections are conducted in an equitable manner in accordance with established procedures, and to ensure that all eligible LACERA members have the opportunity to participate in the election process. The Conflict of Interest/Lobbyist Division staff of the Executive Office is responsible for coordinating the elections to select LACERA board members.
LACERA is comprised of two managing boards, the Board of Investments and the Board of Retirement. For additional information you may visit LACERA Boards.

The Board of Investments has nine members. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors appoints five members, and four members are elected by the LACERA membership. Two of the elected members are General Members, one is a Safety Member, and one is a Retired Member.

The Board of Retirement is comprised of nine members and two alternate members. Five members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors and six are elected by the LACERA membership. The six elected members are comprised of two General Members, two Retired Members, one of whom is an Alternate Member of the board, and two Safety Members, one of whom is also an Alternate Member of the board.

  • General member is a person who is working at least three-quarter time as a permanent employee for the County or for an outside district, and who is earning service credit in a retirement plan.
  • Safety member is a permanent employee of Los Angeles County working three-quarter time or more in firefighting, forestry, lifeguarding, or law enforcement (including District Attorney Investigators).
  • Retired member is a former County or outside district employee who has taken either a service retirement or a disability retirement.