FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel
SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Lauro Hernandez
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve and adopt the proposed findings and recommendations of the referee regarding the application for a Service-Connected Disability Retirement of Lauro Hernandez – San Bernardino County – Department of Risk Management.
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BACKGROUND:
This matter is in closed session because the Applicant failed to meet his burden of proving that his application was timely filed under Rule 5 (Timely Applications) of SBCERA’s Procedures for Disability Retirement Applications and Formal Hearings (Procedures). Specifically, the Applicant failed to establish that he was continuously incapacitated from the performance of his usual duties from the date of discontinuance of service to the date he submitted his disability retirement application for a service-connected disability retirement with a supplemental disability retirement allowance. Under SBCERA’s Procedures Applicant and counsel for Respondent SBCERA will each be given four (4) minutes for oral argument to address the Board in closed session.
Procedural History:
On October 3, 2024, Applicant Lauro Hernandez filed for a disability retirement application with the supplemental disability retirement allowance. On October 29 and October 30, 2024, Applicant submitted amendments to the disability retirement application seeking to add additional claimed injuries to his application.
On December 11, 2024, SBCERA rejected the application as untimely under Rule 5 of SBCERA’s Procedures and referred the matter to a formal hearing proceeding. The Formal Hearing was completed on January 21, 2026.
On July 26, 2026, SBCERA received the Hearing Officer’s Proposed Summary of Evidence, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Recommendation After Formal Hearing. On August 5, 2026, ...
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