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Summer Shuttle Program Downtown Waterfront
This is the fifth year for the port shuttle service, run by Ace Parking. It will operate now through September 5, 2016. The route will take in nine stops, starting at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina on Harbor Island. The last stop is at the Marriott Marquis & Marina next to the San Diego Convention Center. Additional information is available online at www.portofsandiegoshuttle.com. Or read more about the program: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/25/downtown-port-shuttle/
Live Well Center Opens in South Bay
The County Health & Human Services opened its South Region Live Well Center. The first Live Well Center opened in Escondido last year and has become popular with residents. The South Region Live Well Center at National City will allow the County to better serve residents and advance its effort to have healthy, safe and thriving communities. View video: http://www.countynewscenter.com/video?v=158346
New Study Reveals Four Distinct Stages Of Retirement Leisure
Age Wave, an organization specializing in issues relating to an aging population, recently partnered with Bank of America Merrill Lynch on a research study, “Leisure in Retirement: Beyond the Bucket List” , to examine the priorities, hopes, dreams, and challenges of the surging new world of leisure in retirement. Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ken-dychtwald/four-distinct-stages-of-retirement_b_9875128.html
Focus on Orange County Public Pension Debt Per Household?
Columnist Teri Sforza writes a lot critical of public pensions. Here she highlights a recently launched website www.pensiontracker.org sporting data on liabilities for all California agencies. The news peg is distributing the debt “burden” on a per household basis and comparing it across agencies (cities, counties, districts). To her credit she does include comments from a public employee advocate who challenges the credibility of using a data snapshot of long-term pension financing. READ THE ARTICLE, BUT BE SKEPTICAL. Click here to read more.
All the Data You Need About Pensions is Now in One Place
The Public Plans Database (PPD) consists of detailed financial and actuarial data for some of the largest public pension plans in the nation. This “state quick-fact” provides a summary of large pension plans and retirement systems in the state, with links to more detailed information for plans included in the PPD. With few exceptions, the data covers the period from 2001 to the most recently available plan reports, and the historical charts presented in this page mirror the period for which PPD data are available. Read more: http://publicplansdata.org/quick-facts/by-state/state/?state=CA