City of San Diego Retired Employees Association July 9, 2019 General Meeting Minutes The minutes for the May 2018 meeting and the May & June Treasurer’s Reports were approved. President Jim Baross announced that a Nominating Committee is being formed. [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association July 9, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes NOTE: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Jim Baross at 9:30am. Board Members Present:Jim [...]
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. [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association May 14, 2019 General Meeting Minutes The minutes for the April 2019 meeting were approved. (There was NOT a meeting in June) Cynthia Queen announced that the COLA was approved by the SDCERS [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association May 14, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes NOTE: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Jim Baross at 9:30am. Board Members Present: [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association April 9, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes NOTE: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Jim Baross at 9:30am. Board Members Present: [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association April 9, 2019 General Meeting Minutes The minutes for the March 2019 meeting were approved. Gregg Rademacher, substituting for Cynthia Queen, gave us some SDCERS updates. First, Cynthia could not be present because [...]
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 [...]