City of San Diego Retired Employees Association August General Meeting Minutes by Secretary, Brad Jacobsen President Mike Bresnahan informed attendees that over 50% of the lunch RSVPs were made through our new online payment system, STRIPE. He encouraged members to [...]
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello, I hope that all of you are enjoying the summer in San Diego. There are two items I want to write about this month. First, the City has decided to discontinue [...]
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello! In past reports I have written about the Retiree Issues Task Force (RITF). The RITF brings together representatives of REA, the Retired Fire and Police Association, management of SDCERS and key [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association May 13, 2025 General Meeting Minutes President Mike Bresnahan informed members that because the second Tuesday in November is Veterans’ Day, we will be rescheduling the meeting with the new date to [...]
President's Message by REA PresidentMike BresnahanHello, Welcome to Spring in San Diego. As you may be aware, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) have been officially repealed. On January 5, 2025, President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R.82) into law, eliminating [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association April 8, 2024 General Meeting Minutes President Mike Bresnahan informed members that because the second Tuesday in November is Veterans’ Day, we will be rescheduling the meeting with the new date to [...]
President Mike Bresnahan’s Message Hello, welcome to springtime! Looking forward to the nice San Diego weather. I thought it was a good time to remind you about The San Diego Public Employee Benefit Association (SDPEBA). As a reminder, SDPEBA [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association March 11, 2025 General Meeting Minutes President Mike Bresnahan reported that 27 new members joined REA in February – a record number. Natasha Collura of SDCERS informed members that some should be [...]
President Mike Bresnahan’s MessageHello, as you probably know one of the efforts REA members make to contribute to the San Diego community is to participate on the annual San Diego Food Bank holiday food drive. This year Board member Joan [...]
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello. Welcome to 2025! Where did 2024 go?! Normally for the newsletters I describe something that the Board has been doing which we think will benefit our organization or something that impacts [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association July 9, 2024 General Meeting Minutes President Mike Bresnahan encouraged members to contribute to REA’s food drive at the San Diego Food Bank. Natasha Collura of SDCERS reported that retirees’ 1099 forms [...]
President Mike Bresnahan’s Message Hello, I hope that you all have had a safe and happy holiday season! On a number of occasions I have written about the process of a private company taking over the healthcare tasks previously [...]
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello. In previous newsletters I have written that one of REA’s goals is to continue to brief new Councilmembers about REA. Accordingly, several weeks ago Board member Greg Woods and I had [...]