State employees — even university presidents and top
medical doctors — should not bring home more than Gov. Jerry Brown, a Senate
Committee agreed Wednesday. “This is a
good first step to reining in the outrageous state salaries that Californians
keep hearing about,” said Sen. Joel Anderson, a La Mesa Republican carrying the
pay limit bill. San Diego Sen. Juan
Vargas, a Democrat, cast the deciding vote in the Public Employee and
Retirement Committee. “The truth of the matter is we all have to tighten our
belts. You do see there are extraordinary amounts of money being paid to
individuals. You have to do something about it,” Vargas said. Anderson’s Senate
Bill 1368 would limit the annual pay of any state officer or employee to the
earnings of the governor — counting overtime. Brown is paid $173,987…
Someone seems adamant about drawing a line:
Note: Data on the California income distribution are available from the 2010 Census at:
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_DP03&prodType=table
Median family income was about $65,000. Mean family income was about $88,000.
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_DP03&prodType=table
Median family income was about $65,000. Mean family income was about $88,000.
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