Some UC Retirees Will Benefit

You might have seen the headlines about President Biden signing a bill liberalizing Social Security benefits for certain retirees.

Most UC employees will not benefit because back in the 1970s, the Regents "integrated" the UC pension system with Social Security. Anyone hired since integration is unaffected.

However, there are still retirees who were on the UC payroll at that time who elected not to integrate. At the time, given the structure of Social Security law back then, not integrating was the right decision for most of those employees. But when the windfall provisions that Biden just repealed came in, those retirees were subject to them and their Social Security benefits from non-UC employment (including self-employment) were cut.

Those employees/retirees that were subject to the now-repealed law will benefit.