Alameda County Retired Employees – Retired members in the Alameda County Employees. Retirement Assn (ACERA), retired from jurisdictions of Legacy Local 616. The ACRE Board meets monthly on the first Monday of the month, at 10:00 AM, at 100 Oak Street, Oakland. Contact Pete Albert at peetalbertseiu1021@gmail.com.

ACRE is the oldest organization of retired Alameda County employees, established in 1926. We have been a chapter of Local 616 of SEIU since 1973, and now of Local 1021 since March of 2007 ACRE members are mostly Retired members of the Alameda County Employees Retirement Association – ACERA. The ACRE Board meets monthly at 100 Oak Street. Our usual date/time is first Monday, 10:00-12:00.

ACRE representatives attend all the ACERA Committee and Board meetings. We speak out at these meetings and have become effective advocates on behalf of retirees. ACRE representatives also attend other statewide organizations that work on behalf of retirees such as the California Retired County Employees Association (CRCEA), the State Association of County Retirement Systems (SACRS), and Californians for Retirement Security (CRS). ACRE dues are $3.00 per month, and can be deducted by ACERA from your monthly warrant check.

ACERA provides important supplemental benefits to its Retired members, and ACRE monitors this situation closely. At our monthly ACRE Board meetings, we hear reports from ACERA Benefits and Communication staff, as well as ACERA trustees.

The ability of ACERA to pay for these supplemental benefits depends on the health of the reserve fund: the Supplemental Retirees Benefit Reserve – SRBR. The ACERA Board and staff will be reviewing these benefits and the SRBR in 2020, and may look to expand these benefits. The ACRE Board will be monitoring this situation closely.

For more information, or to RSVP for the ACRE Board meeting, please contact chapter president Pete Albert at peter.albert@seiu1021.org.