* Bill D. Ellis; Head of School Employees Union
Bill D. Ellis, 60, the Indio bus mechanic who became president of the California School Employees Assn. and the Public Employees Retirement System. Ellis served more than 30 years in various offices of the employees union, which represents 165,000 classified employees in California’s public schools, community colleges and municipalities. His leadership helped to qualify Proposition 162, the California Pension Protection Act., for Tuesday’s ballot. On Wednesday in Indio of cancer.
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