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Board approves change to VCERA bylaws to separate disability procedures from bylaws after stakeholder debate

Ventura County Board of Supervisors · January 15, 2026
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Summary

After extended public comment from retirement trustees, labor groups and county staff, the Board of Supervisors approved amendments to the Ventura County Employees Retirement Association bylaws to remove 1999 disability hearing procedures so the retirement board can update administrative procedures without supervisor veto.

Representatives of the Ventura County Employees Retirement Association (VCERA) urged the Board of Supervisors to approve amendments that remove the outdated 1999 Disability Hearing Procedures (DHPs) from the retirement board’s bylaws. Amy Herron, VCERA retirement administrator, told supervisors the DHPs are outdated and that leaving them attached to the bylaws gives the Board of Supervisors veto authority over procedural updates that should fall to the VCERA trustees under the California Constitution.

Aaron Grass, chair of the VCERA Board of…

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