Cal Fire Local 2881 v. Cal. Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys.

CORRIGAN, J.

LIU, J.

CUÉLLAR, J.

KRUGER, J.

ZELON, J.*

KRUGER, J.

I concur in the majority opinion, which I have signed. I write separately to expand briefly on a key element of the analysis: why the opportunity to purchase additional retirement service (ARS) credits was not an employment benefit that vested by implication, as were the pension benefits at issue in **455Betts v. Board of Administration (1978) 21 Cal.3d 859, 148 Cal.Rptr. 158, 582 P.2d 614, Kern v. City of Long Beach (1947) 29 Cal.2d 848, 179 P.2d 799, and similar cases.

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