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As you may be aware, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) have been officially repealed.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 [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association November 12, 2024 Board Meeting Minutes NOTES: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Mike Bresnahan at 9:30am. Board Members Present: [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association October 8, 2024 Board Meeting Minutes NOTES: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Mike Bresnahan at 9:35am. Board Members Present: [...]
President Mike Bresnahan’s Message Hello, for our October meeting we are having our annual update from SDCERS as well as a presentation from Jon Hayes from the San Diego Public Employee Benefit Association (SDPEBA). I thought it was a [...]