President’s Message – August 2026
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello, I have a few reminders this month for everyone. First, our association no longer accepts cash payments for lunch at our monthly meetings. Members may conveniently pay in advance using Stripe or [...]
General Meeting Minutes – 7/14/2026
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association General Meeting Minutes by Stacey LoMedico Vice-President Clay Bingham told the members that paid parking in the San Diego Zoo parking lot continues to negatively impact attendance at our monthly General Membership meetings. [...]
President’s Message – July 2026
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello, I have a few reminders this month for everyone. First, our association no longer accepts cash payments for lunch at our monthly meetings. Members may conveniently pay in advance using Stripe [...]
President’s Message – June 2026
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello! In past newsletters, I have written about the Retiree Issues Task Force (RITF). For those who may be reading this for the first time, I wanted to briefly describe the RITF [...]
General Meeting Minutes – 5/12/2026
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association April Meeting Minutes by Secretary Brad Jacobsen President Mike Bresnahan reminded members that the parking lot at the War Memorial Building (WMB) is controlled by the Zoo, not the City. Any parking [...]
President’s Message – May 2026
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello! For years, as you know, our general member meetings have been held in the War Memorial Building at Balboa Park. These meetings have always been on the second Tuesday of each month, except for June which [...]
General Meeting Minutes – 4/14/2026
City of San Diego Retired Employees AssociationApril Meeting Minutes by Secretary Brad JacobsenNatasha Collura of SDCERS reported that some vacancies on the SDCERS Board are being filled.PROGRAMThe program was Pat Nuñez who spoke about end-of-life planning. She recommended several actions that retirees should take to make life [...]
President’s Message – April 2026
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello! As you know, recent changes to parking policies in Balboa Park and at the Zoo have created new challenges for our regular meeting arrangements. What was once a simple and convenient [...]
General Meeting Minutes – 3/10/2026
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association March Meeting Minutes by Treasurer Brad Jacobsen Vice-President for Advocacy Ramiro Gonzalez informed attendees that REA will be conducting an online survey about programs and lunches. It will only be four questions [...]
President’s Message – March 2026
President's Message by REA President Mike Bresnahan Hello! I want to take a moment to remind each of you about our relationship with the San Diego Public Employee Benefit Association and how it could affect you. A number of retiree and [...]
General Meeting Minutes – 2/10/2026
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association February Meeting Minutes by Treasurer Brad Jacobsen President Mike Bresnahan reminded attendees to pay attention to the Zoo’s parking regulations – not the City’s – because we are using the Zoo’s parking [...]
General Meeting Minutes – 1/13/2026
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association January Meeting Minutes by Treasurer Brad Jacobsen President Mike Bresnahan informed attendees that they should pay attention to the Zoo’s new parking regulations – not the City’s – because we are using [...]