Today, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in CAL FIRE, Local 2881 v. CalPERS. The decision is 48 pages in length and offers much for further analysis.

The main takeaways, for now, however, are:

• The Court ruled against Local 2881, finding that “the opportunity to purchase [additional retirement service credit] was not a right protected by the contract clause.”

• Having made this initial finding, the Supreme Court concluded: “we have no occasion to address the second issue raised by the parties: whether the elimination of the opportunity to purchase ARS credit was an unconstitutional impairment of public employees’ vested rights.”

Stand by for additional analysis of the ruling.

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