President’s Messages

Greetings Fellow REA members! I am out of town and VP Mike Bresnahan is filling in in for me until I return. Thanks Mike!  In 2012, Proposition B closed our City’s pension system to new members. I trust most of [...]

Greetings  Spring is here and COVID-19 vaccines are plentiful, folks are getting shots and schools are opening. I see the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. March 2020 was our last General Member meeting at the War Memorial [...]

Greetings  COVID-19 vaccines are becoming more available. Congrats to the SD Fire-Rescue Department for offering vaccinations to City retirees over 65 and then to open up their vaccine clinic to the eligible general public. I hope most of you have [...]

Greetings  I hope you and your family are well.  As I write this only two weeks from the January 6th storming of our nation’s capit0l, I am unsettled.  However, our new President has just been inaugurated and I am hopeful [...]

Greetings  Holiday Greetings to you and your families. While I am still in Virginia as I write this, I plan to be back in San Diego in time for our January meeting.  Thanks to VP Mike Bresnahan for filling in [...]

Greetings  I hope you all had a pleasant and safe Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the Holiday Season. I am currently on an extended trip back east due to a family health emergency. REA Vice President Mike Bresnahan is covering for me [...]

Greetings  At our October 13th Zoom meeting, SDCERS executives provided an update of how its investment portfolio performed during the highly volatile initial COVID-19 period.    They also reviewed what staff did to keep member services and retiree pay processes operating smoothly [...]

Greetings  Greetings.  After some really hot August and September temperatures, I am looking forward to some cooler Fall weather. The fires in the West have been disastrous and global warming portends more to come in future months.  I hope you [...]

Greetings  I hope you and your family and friends remain safe and well. As I write this, San Diego County has just been removed from the State’s “COVID-19 Watchlist.” Progress is being made. Let’s do our part to keep this [...]

Greetings  We hope you are all safe. I have to admit that it is discouraging to me that our nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been mixed and is causing some states like California to partially close again. At [...]

Greetings  As you know, REA traditionally defers its meetings in June for the SDCERS Retiree Health Fair. Due to COVID-19, the SDCERS event was cancelled. SDPEBA then decided to sponsor a Virtual Fair for Retirees on June 1st and 2nd [...]

Greetings  COVID-19 Update: Things are looking up. As of mid-May, in California and in San Diego County, we are beginning to open up our economies and institutions with a careful, phased approach. Locally, testing is increasing, and the percentage of [...]

Greetings  I hope that the COVID-19 pandemic has not directly impacted you or your family members. We can see hopeful signs ahead but recognize that our lives are changed going forward. As we reported last month, our last REA General [...]

April 14th and May 12th REA Meetings Cancelled Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the Stay at Home order,  we have cancelled our April 14th and May 12th Board and General Member meetings. We do not meet in June as [...]

Spring is right around the corner and I hope you are enjoying the good weather. The plentiful early rains have things looking especially green this year. If you have not recently attended one of our General Member Meetings, I urge [...]

I am honored to be your newly elected President and am looking forward to working with your Board of Directors as we continue to grow and develop our organization so we can better serve our members. First, many thanks to [...]

This is not really a goodbye message although this will be my last message to you as your REA President; Dick Wilken is in the process of responsibly and capably fulfilling those responsibilities as of 2020. I am leaving the [...]

I hope that you will be able to join us, your REA/City buddies, at our annual Holiday Party December 10th at the Bali Hai - don't show up to the War Memorial Building expecting our regular monthly meeting; we won't [...]

Happy FALL! Time to start holiday preparations? We seem to pack celebrations into Fall & Winter months, maybe to counter colder weather tending to keep us inside warm at home. REA offers two events to bring us together. November General [...]

What does "Back To School Time"/End of Summer mean to you? As a retiree and not attending or teaching school, I read the end of summer adverts and articles with some nostalgia but mostly as though there's another world out [...]