Alameda Cnty. Deputy Sheriff's Ass'n v. Alameda Cnty. Employees' Ret. Assn.

*75This consolidated action arises out of the tension between two undeniably valid, and yet fundamentally opposed, public interests: the interest of the government in maintaining the flexibility to alter statutes to conform to current needs and the interest of public employees in a stable and predictable pension, earned through years of public service. On September 12, 2012, Governor Brown-faced with a statewide crisis involving the significant underfunding of public pension systems-signed into law the Public Employee Pension Reform Act of 2013 and related legislation (interchangeably, PEPRA,…