If you receive a retirement allowance from LACERA and are also eligible for Social Security dependent benefits, you may have been subject to Social Security’s Government Pension Offset (GPO), enacted by Congress in 1977, but the Social Security Fairness Act ended WEP and GPO in January 2025 with an effective date of January 2024. As a result, the Social Security Administration (SSA) no longer reduces retirement, spousal, or survivor benefits for LACERA members eligible for Social Security. If your benefits were previously reduced, SSA must recalculate them retroactive to January 1, 2024. If you never applied for Social Security benefits due to WEP or GPO, you may now qualify and should consider applying. For more information about the repeal of the WEP/GPO, payment schedule, applying for spousal benefits, and other updates, visit the Social Security Administration’s information page about the Social Security Fairness Act.
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