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Congratulations to Ms. Adele Lopez Tagaloa: New SACRS Board President
July 3, 2025

Ms. Adele Lopez Tagaloa with Sacramento in the background

We would like to congratulate Ms. Adele Lopez Tagaloa on her appointment as President of the Board of Directors for the State Association of County Retirement Systems (SACRS).

Ms. Lopez Tagaloa brings a wealth of experience to SACRS from her various roles at the County of Orange Registrar of Voters, the Orange County Employees Association, and several other non-profit organizations.

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OCERS Appoints Darren Dang as its Chief Technology Officer
May 2, 2025

Darren Dang, Chief Technology Officer

Santa Ana, CA (May 2, 2025) – The Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Dang as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective May 16, 2025. Mr. Dang brings over 25 years of leadership in technology, finance, and public-sector governance, with a distinguished track record of driving Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation, cybersecurity modernization, and digital transformation.

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Bring A Kid to Work Day 2025
April 22, 2025

Attention OCERS members: On Thursday, April 24, OCERS will be participating in Bring a Kid to Work Day!

If you’re visiting our headquarters, please be extra mindful—children and large equipment will be present throughout the building and parking lot.

Thanks for helping make this a fun and safe event!

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OCERS receives recognition from GFOA
February 26, 2025

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Orange County Employees

Retirement System for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.

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Board Approves 3% COLA for 2025
February 19, 2025

This morning, the OCERS Board of Retirement approved a 3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for all retirees and eligible beneficiaries, with an extra 0.5% credited to a “COLA Bank” for future use.

Under Government Code section 31870, COLAs are applied each April 1 based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as of January 1, with adjustments capped at 3.0% per year. For the LA Basin area, the CPI was reported at 3.3 and rounded to 3.5%, so the Board approved a 3% COLA, with the additional 0.5% credited to each payee’s COLA bank.

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Mary-Joy Coburn honored as Public Pension Communicator of the Year – Rising Star!
January 29, 2025

The National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) has recognized Mary-Joy Coburn, Director of Communications at the Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS), with the 2024 Public Pension Communicator of the Year – Rising Star award. Ms. Coburn is the inaugural recipient of this newly established award category, which recognizes an individual, across all funding categories, and has demonstrated exceptional potential and growth in public pension communications.

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Social Security Fairness Act and Your Pension
January 24, 2025

Document: Social Security and Your Pension

As an OCERS member, you do not contribute to Social Security, so you are not earning Social Security benefits while working for an OCERS employer.

The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) was signed into law on January 5, 2025. This legislation repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced Social Security benefits for people who also receive public pensions from jobs that did not pay into Social Security.