Sonoma County Association of Retired Employees,
a California Nonprofit Corporation,
henceforth known as SCARE.
NEW on Site
At our February 25th Membership Meeting, we asked for member help in getting a COLA. Board members met with each member of the Board of Supervisors and the County CAO and provided them with information on why they needed to find a way to give a COLA and to revisit the SCARE settlement agreement which limits the County contribution for health insurance to $200 as of June 2026. The first 2 pages of document below shows what we covered in those conversations and includes information you can use in writing the Board of Supervisors. The third page shows a list of different things you can do to help in this fight for a COLA. Click on this link for this information. This link shows how much purchasing power you have lost based on when you retired. This is from March of 2024 so we will get an update soon.
PURPOSE -
The purpose for which this organization is formed is to promote and protect the welfare and interests of Sonoma County retired employees in all ways compatible with the public interest.
The methods for attaining these objectives shall be to monitor all actions at federal, state and county levels that might affect our members; join and/or support other organizations formed for similar purposes; create and foster favorable public sentiment; support legislation and/or local resolutions deemed beneficial and oppose those deemed detrimental to the interests of its members or sound government; and disseminate pertinent information to members.
The Association may also perform such other acts and provide such benefits and services as are consistent with its primary purpose.
Your SCARE Board of Directors sincerely hopes that this web site will add a new dimension to our communications with members. In addition to being able to post general information that members can access at any time, it allows us to post urgent news that occurs between our newsletters and General Membership Meetings. We also hope that it will give you a new and easier way to communicate with the Board. We welcome your comments and suggestions!