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Agenda

LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION
MEETING NOTICE

           
Date:    Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Time:    5:00 p.m.

Location: EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARDROOM
                  200 N. Main Street, City Hall East, Room 1100
                  Los Angeles, CA   90012

AGENDA

I. New Business
A. Introduction of New / Re-elected Boardmembers
           1. Schedule orientation re fiduciary duty / liability

B. City Budget
           1. Update re current developments / report on budget briefing by
           W. Carter (1.3.11)
           2. Update re pension issues
C. 2011 Goalsetting
      1. Regularize meetings / briefings:
           a. LACA management
           b. SEIU / City Coalition of Unions
           c. City Councilmembers and Staff
           d. Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC)
          e. LACA layoff policy committee
       2. Revise bylaws:
           a. Standing committees
           b. Board composition
           c. Special elections
           d. Email voting
       3. Improve communication with membership:
           a. Noontime board meetings
           b. Periodic briefings of membership by SEIU / Coalition
           c. Social media
           d. Digital recordings and website
D. Special Committee Updates
      1. LACA layoff policy committee
      2. Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC)
E. Grievance Updates
      1. Grievance – volunteers (mediation)
      2. Group grievance -- furloughs
F. Treasurer's Report
G. Approval of November Minutes (no December board meeting)

II. Old Business

III. Closed Session
A. Confidential – Individual Grievances Update

All members are welcome to attend the meeting.

 



Cal. Supreme Court Supports LACAA Position Re: Vested Pension Benefits
Click here to download document

Read L.A. Times article about Supreme Court Opinion finding that a vested right to retiree health benefits can be implied.
Click here for article

LACAA Amends UERP 1838: Alleges bad faith bargaining and retaliation with respect to the unilateral imposition of 36 furlough days and permanent freeze of the vested retiree health subsidy.
Click here to download document

LAFPP's Indep. Counsel agrees that retiree health subsidy is vested and cannot be permanently frozen at current levels.
Read Board Review of Opinion
Read Memo by Indep. Counsel

Read LA Times Article about LAFPP Independent Counsel's Opinion.
Click here for article

LACAA Board calls on LACERS to obtain independent legal advice regarding the City's freezing of your retirement health subsidy.
To read the letter, click here.

Supreme Court Grants Review of EAA Furlough Decision
Read EAA's Opening Brief Here