California Retired Teachers Association
              Area 4                  
                                                                           
Your Partner in Pension Protection! 


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       Welcome to Area 4

Founded in 1929,  CalRTA, has 91 divisions and over 50,000 members  spanning the State. 

Our Area 4 has 7 divisions stretching from San Francisco Bay to the wind farm at Altamont Pass.

Legislation

In California we are the dominant retirement group working at the federal and state  level to protect  and  enhance your  benefits.

For information about our issues, legislative involvement, and recent  accomplishments,  check  out the  links  under  CalRTA  in the left  column.  Also,  you will find there a link to the special benefits that we offer to our members.

With the  legislation Information  links you can find your representatives, check the status  of state and federal bills, and send emails  to your legislators, Governor,  and President. 

Senior Assistance

We are particular concerned about offering you information about  fraud, medicare, consumer protection, meals on wheels, and so on.  These are called Resource Services. Under that title in the left column the Help for Seniors link rockets you to a smorgasbord of invaluable social service sites .

Leisure Pursuits

Notice the set of links under Leisure Pursuits.
  • The art link allows you to exaim master pieces up close  like the  Mona  Lisa in the Paris Louvre.                                                      
  • With the  news  link you can  update yourself daily by browsing through dozens of local, state, national, and inter- national  newspaper and TV sources.                                                
  • Sports allow you to stay current nationally on baseball, basketball, bowling, boxing, figure skating, football, golf, ... wrestling.

Other sites that may be added include books, financial news and performing arts.

We received this information from David Walrath's office, please write to the governor asking him not to change our current retirement:

During the April 12 and 13 CalSTRS Board meeting, some of Governor Brown's appointees appeared to be trying to push the Governor's pension proposal for a risky hybrid pension plan for new CalSTRS members.  CalRTS opposes this risky proposal to include a 401(k) defined contribution plan as part of the CalSTRS retirement plan for new educators.  CalRTA  opposes because educators should not have a significant portion of their retirement security dependent on the stock market on the day they retire.

Please write the Governor and state that you are a retired teacher and very strongly oppose his 401(k) risky retirement proposal that will hurt future education.




















Membership

Membership is not restricted to retired educators. If you are currently in education  or interested in our goals, you are welcomed!

Local Division Followship and Fun

Each of our divisions has luncheon meetings and other events that stress followship and having fun. The links to the web sites of our divisions are displayed near the top of the page. When you visit a division site, check out its newsletter for information about its activities at the local level.  

                    

            Cathe Norman,  Area 4 Director

Area Reps at State Level
                                                                      Bylaws: Orville Johnson, Division  59  

Communications: Charlotte Lowrey,
       Division 91
 
Insurance: Les Leibovitch, Division 85

Legislation:  John Lowrey, Division 92

Membership: Pat Seaman, Division 52 and Teri Gerritz, Division 49

Nominations and Elections: Richard  Bergamini,        Division 52

Resource Services: Sharon Yool, Division  91
   
Articles by these representatives  will appear periodically in the Reports links in the left column.     
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Core Purpose: To enhance and protect the benefits of retired Educators.