In July of 2020 LCP obtained a Judgment in Superior Court granting a Petition for Writ of Mandate in part against CalPERS.  In the case of Fernandez v. California Public Employees' Retirement System, the Court found that that CalPERS had abused its discretion when it applied an unwritten rule to reduce the payrate of a former Superintendent to that of an Assistant Superintendent for purpose of retirement calculations.