CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Closing Post Offices
08-06-09
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
The economy might do what neither snow nor rain nor dark of night could -
close post office branches. Confronted with an operated debt of $7 billion,
this week the US Postal Service assembled a list of nearly 700 offices that
may be closed or consolidated out of a total of 32,741 across the nation.
The list of possible closures has been sent to an independent regulatory
commission for review.
The issue at hand is that the USPS is paying retirement benefits of its
retired workers but is not making sufficient money to offset the costs of
these benefits. Additionally, demand for service has fallen due to competition
from FedEx, UPS and others along with the use of e-mail and the Internet,
thus revenues have fallen significantly. And an apparent double standard has
been created as the federal government workers are not being asked to take
a reduced level of benefits compared to union retirees from General Motors.
So the options have been to consolidate distribution facilities and now close
post office operations, then look at other options to procure savings such as
less service and raise revenues.
Meanwhile, the following is a list culled from news media and website sources
from across the state along with information from the United States Postal
Service. It appears that cities like St. Louis, Chicago and New York will
potentially loose the most facilities, however, it is California as a state
that could loose the most in this first round to be reviewed with 83 branches
listed.
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
An unofficial list of potential Post Offices for closure or consolidation
in California
Brookhurst Anaheim
Canyon Station Anaheim
Federal Station Anaheim
Stadium Station Anaheim
Landscape Berkeley
Park Station Berkeley
South Berkeley Berkeley
Rancho Del Rey Chula Vista
Casa /Correo Concord
Todos Santos Concord
Escondido Postal Store Escondido
Mission San Jose Fremont
Niles Fremont
Barton Fresno
Cedar Fresno
Commonwealth Fullerton
Bradford Hayward
Mount Eden Hayward
Beach Center Huntington Beach
Crenshaw- Imperial Inglewood
ING – Main Office Inglewood
Lennox Branch Inglewood
Morningside Park Station Inglewood
East Irvine Station Irvine
S. Laguna Station Laguna Beach
Bassett La Puente
Belmont Long Beach
N. Long Beach Long Beach
Trade Center Long Beach
Station B Long Beach
Modesto Main Modesto
Modesto Paradise Modesto
Moreno Station Moreno Valley
Balboa Island Newport Beach
Balboa Station Newport Beach
Bay Station Newport Beach
Bay Station Stamp Store Newport Beach
Dimond Oakland
Kaiser Center Oakland
Mills College Oakland
Station B Oakland
Station E Oakland
First Street Oceanside
San Luis Rey Oceanside
Olive Station Orange
Modena Station Orange
Yorba Station, Pomona
RC Etiwanda Rancho Cucamonga
RC Alta Loma Rancho Cucamonga
North Redondo Station Redondo Beach
La Sierra Riverside
Mira Vista Station Richmond
Pt. Richmond Station Richmond
San Pablo Branch Richmond
Richmond Station A Richmond
Finaine San Bernardino
Westside San Bernardino
College Grove Postal Store San Diego
George Washington San Diego
Naval Amphibious Base San Diego
North Park Retail San Diego
Pt. Loma Retail San Diego
University City Retail San Diego
Colonnade San Jose
Oakridge Mall San Jose
Plaza Station San Jose Capistrano
Bemal San Francisco
Civic Center San Francisco
Federal San Francisco
McLuce San Francisco
San Mateo 25th Ave San Mateo
Dimond St Santa Ana
Fountain Valley Santa Ana
Industrial Station Santa Ana
P&DC Retail Santa Ana
Spurgeon St Santa Ana
Stockton Main Stockton
Marceline Torrance
Walterra Torrance
American Canyon Vallejo
Bailey Station Whittier
Santa Fe Whittier
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