JUNE 2026
PENSION
PERSPECTIVES
Los Angeles Fire & Police Pensions Retired/DROP Member Newsletter
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2026 COST OF LIVING
ADJUSTMENT IS 2.9%
The Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) is 2.9% for 2026 and was
approved by the Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners on
April 2, 2026. The COLA will be effective July 1, 2026, and all eligible
pensioners and Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) participants
will receive an increase beginning with the pension payment/DROP
account deposit dated July 31, 2026.
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Tiers 1 & 2 retirees and beneficiaries will receive 2.9%. Tier 2 DROP
participants will receive 2.9%.
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Tiers 3 & 4 retirees, beneficiaries, and DROP participants will receive
up to 2.9%.
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Tiers 5 & 6 retirees, beneficiaries, and DROP participants will receive
up to 2.9%, and those with an available COLA bank balance will
withdraw 0.1% from their COLA bank*, for a total COLA of 3.0%.
For new pensioners and DROP entrants in Tiers 3-6, the first year’s
COLA is prorated based on the number of complete months since the
pension effective date. Therefore, these members may not receive the
full 2.9% increase.
*Must have retired or entered DROP with a pension effective date prior
to June 2, 2025, in order to have an available COLA bank balance.
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