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Board approves charter amendment allowing denial of pension for retiree convictions involving moral turpitude
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted to submit a charter amendment to the ballot clarifying that retirees who are convicted of crimes of moral turpitude connected to their city employment may forfeit pension benefits funded by employer contributions; an amendment to limit the rule to felony convictions failed.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Feb. 5 to submit a charter amendment to the June ballot that would clarify the city—s pension rules so that retirees convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude connected to their employment could be denied pension benefits funded from employer contributions.
The amendment—s sponsor said the change closes a wording gap the courts identified in a prior case involving a disability retirement and that the retirement board—s executive director told supervisors she could recall only a handful of such cases in more than two decades. "I'm Claire Murphy, executive director of the San Francisco Employees Retirement System, and I've served 22 and a half years as executive director," Murphy told…
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