United Firefighters v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

SPENCER, P. J.

Introduction

Defendants City of Los Angeles and Board of Pension Commissioners appeal from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, Los Angeles Police Protective League and individual members thereof.

Statement of Facts

Prior to 1966, the police and firefighter pension systems made no provision for the adjustment of benefits to reflect inflation. In that year, voters adopted a charter amendment which provided for such adjustments, based on the Consumer Price Index, but imposed a yearly cap of 2 percent on the adjustments. In 1971,…