Ross v. Board of Retirement

This proceeding in mandate involves the right of petitioner to become a member of the Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association. Specifically it requires a determination of the question whether an elective officer has a right to membership and subsequent retirement under the provisions of the retirement law and the Constitution. If this question is answered in the affirmative then the date of the county’s acceptance of a constitutional privilege plays a part in the legal rights of the petitioner. In brief, does the date of effectiveness or the date of operation of an ordinance…