Summertime! Even though as a retiree I've no job, no school, no deadlines to meet (except this newsletter deadline), summer is still what I'd consider Time Off - hit the beach, soak up some sun, travel or Staycation. The ocean [...]
I'm typing this on the date of the Summer Solstice; Happy Summer to you all! June-gloom continues in San Diego but sunshine is on the way, I assure you. And a special greeting and thanks to the over 40 folks [...]
Hello Retirees! We have couple items of good news from SDCERS. A cost of living adjustment/increase was approved (spend wisely) and two informational meetings are scheduled for helping us all make good choices for our health and other insurance needs. [...]
Here is a sequence of five short videos on the people behind the anti-pension movement. Anti-Pension Agenda - YouTube
"May you live in interesting times" - a curse or a toast to never being bored? The more involved I am in the world around me the more there is to amaze me. I find myself fascinated by the daily [...]
Retirees: This article by Lisa Halverstadt from the Voice of San Diego was published on March 26, 2019 on Court rulings on Prop B, and cleaning up after Prop B. "City Attorney Mara Elliott said by email on Monday that [...]
Retirees: This article by David Garrick from the SDUT was published on March 26, 2019 on Court rulings on Prop B, and cleaning up after Prop B. "City Attorney Mara Elliott said by email on Monday that she supports moving [...]
Retirees: More good news on the legal demise of Prop B. This all could have been avoided if the City had taken the advice of MEA and their attorney, Ann Smith. A costly oversight. This ruling, does not impact those [...]
Retirees: Now that the US Supreme Court has rejected the city's appeal of Prop B, the District Court of Appeals will be working on a solution to make whole those employees hired since 2012. Michael Smolens is a longtime city [...]
Retirees: I don't mean to inundate you with articles on Prop B litigation, but there are a number of moving parts and multiple appeals, This article, in my view, lays out the pieces and the appeals in a way that [...]
Retirees: Here are two articles on Prop B; the first covering the US Supreme Court's rejection of the appeal by the City of San Diego, and the second covering the earlier decision by the California Supreme Court and their finding [...]
Retirees: Here is the latest on the US Supreme Court's denial of an appeal by the City of San Diego of the California Supreme Court's decision which held that the initiative for Prop B was illegal. Now back to the [...]
Retirees: This article on the Prop B hearing at the Appeals court on March 11, 2019 is from the president's of three retiree organizations. Joe Flynn, Retiree Your Opinions | In Response: Pension promise must be kept Re: “State Supreme [...]
Retirees: The following article pertains to the Prop B hearing at the Appeals court on March 11, 2019. Joe Flynn, Retiree Court debates pension case resolution Appellate judges back compensation for S.D. workers after Prop. B By David Garrick [...]
Update written by Chris Brewster on Proposition B and Court Case: This is the Long Version The Shorter version was published in the Union Tribune and follows this version. As a local retiree, you might wonder, why do the Union-Tribune [...]