Month: May 2017

Commissioner Ruben Navarro will serve the term of office from July 1, 2017 until June 30, 2022. Congratulations Commissioner Navarro!

The term of the Board’s Fire Department Employee Member, Commissioner Ruben Navarro, ends on June 30, 2017. An election was held on April 25, 2017 for this position. A candidate must receive a majority of all votes cast in order to win the election. Commissioner Navarro received 82.49% of the vote and will serve the term of office from July 1, 2017 until June 30, 2022.

Congratulations Commissioner Navarro!

The Board normally meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 8:30 a.m. at the Sam Diannitto Boardroom located at the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions building, 701 East 3rd Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Most meetings, including special meetings, are from one to four hours in duration.

The following is the current list of Board members:

Name	Appointed / Elected	Term Expires
Pedram Salimpour, MD, President	Appointed by the Mayor	6/30/2017
Ruben Navarro, Vice President	Elected by Active Fire Members	6/30/2017
George V. Aliano	Elected by Retired Police Members	6/30/2019
Corinne T. Babcock	Appointed by the Mayor	6/30/2020
Sam Diannitto	Elected by Retired Fire Members	6/30/2020
Adam Nathanson	Appointed by the Mayor	6/30/2020
Brian Pendleton	Appointed by the Mayor	6/30/2018
Belinda M. Vega	Appointed by the Mayor	6/30/2021
Robert von Voigt	Elected by Active Fire Members	6/30/2020

If you have questions concerning the election results, please call Wendy Kamayatsu, Administrative Services Section, at (213) 279-3080 or (844) 885-2377, ext. 93080#.

If you were in the Drill Tower or Police Academy training in 1994 to the present, you made mandatory contributions to the City’s Pension Savings Plan for part-time, seasonal and temporary employees. The Pension Savings Plan is a 457 Plan administered by the City’s Personnel Department, which is separate from the LAFPP System.

Participation in this Plan is mandatory for those employees who are not eligible to participate in one of the City’s three retirement/pension programs.  Upon your graduation, you became a member of the LAFPP System.

Most members are unaware that they may have a balance in the Pension Savings Plan after graduating and becoming full-time employees. Once you convert to full-time status, the contributions (made by both the employee and the City) to the Pension Savings Plan cease. Thereafter, you may elect one of two options regarding the balance:

1. Enroll in the City’s Deferred Compensation Plan (457 plan) to continue contributing to a tax-deferred plan and transfer all the money from your Pension Savings Plan account to the Deferred Compensation Plan, or
2. Leave the funds in your Pension Savings Plan account until you separate from City service. The funds earn an interest-bearing rate at about 2% per year.

Participants who have account balances in the Pension Savings Plan but have terminated City employment may take distribution of their account at any time.

For additional information on the Pension Savings Plan, please contact the Personnel Department, Deferred Compensation at (213) 978-1601.

Personnel Department – Pension Savings Plan