City Employees’ Retirement System
San Diego City Charter § 141
in effectSection 141: City Employees’ Retirement System
The Council of the City is hereby authorized and empowered by ordinance to establish a retirement system and to provide for death benefits for compensated public officers and employees, other than those policemen and firemen who were members of a pension system on June 30, 1946. No employee shall be retired before reaching the age of sixty-two years and before completing ten years of service for which payment has been made, except such employees may be given the option to retire at the age of fifty-five years after twenty years of service for which payment has been made with a proportionately reduced allowance. Policemen, firemen and full time lifeguards, however, who have had ten years of service for which payment has been made may be retired at the age of fifty-five years, except such policemen, firemen and full time lifeguards may be given the option to retire at the age of fifty years after twenty years of service for which payment has been made with a proportionately reduced allowance.
The Council may also in said ordinance provide:
(a) For the retirement with benefits of an employee who has become physically or mentally disabled by reason of bodily injuries received in or by reason of sickness caused by the discharge of duty or as a result thereof to such an extent as to render necessary retirement from active service.
(b) Death benefits for dependents of employees who are killed in the line of duty or who die as a result of injuries suffered in the performance of duty.
(c) Retirement with benefits of an employee who, after ten years of service for which payment has been made, has become disabled to the extent of not being capable of performing assigned duties, or who is separated from City service without fault or delinquency.
(d) For health insurance benefits for retired employees.
(Editor’s note: Supplement No. 655)
(Amendment voted 03-13-1945; effective 04-09-1945.)
(Amendment voted 04-19-1949; effective 05-20-1949.)
(Amendment voted 03-13-1951; effective 03-26-1951.)
(Amendment voted 06-08-1954; effective 01-10-1955.)
(Amendment voted 11-06-1990; effective 02-19-1991.)
(Amendment voted 11-08-1994; effective 01-30-1995.)
(Amendment voted 11-05-1996; effective 02-10-1997.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/citycharter/Article%20IX.pdf#page=1Fetched: 10/28/2026