Posted on 04/22/2024 12:40:52 PM PDT by Angelino97
Watchdogs have slammed California local government for spending billions in overtime pay – with police officers, firefighters, linemen and utility workers earning up to $792,000 in a single year.
Short staffing, poor planning, generous union deals and expensive hiring costs all contribute to civil servants relying heavily on overtime, experts told DailyMail.com.
It has given frontline workers a golden opportunity to earn several million dollars since 2019. But tax watchdogs say it is a raw deal for the taxpayer.
Senior Los Angeles fire captain Jason Getchius had a salary of $169,764 in 2022, the latest figures provided by the city. But by racking up $502,681 in overtime pay, he was able to earn an eye-popping total of $792,467.
San Francisco sheriff's lieutenant Ronald Terry had a salary of $179,676. With $374,503 in overtime pay, he earned a total of $738,432 in 2022.
Lington Gordon, an electric crew foreman in Santa Clara, made $703,621 with $363,013 overtime, and Oakland police sergeant Timothy Dolan earned $699,345 with $376,998 overtime.
Since 2019, Dolan has earned almost $2.3 million and Gordon $2,231,958.
The figures come from the California State Controller and the charity Transparency California, which compiles salary data on State workers.
Experts say the workers have not done anything wrong, and are merely maximizing their income from local government bosses who have failed to hire enough people.
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If there were no more fires, and criminals were stopped, and crime down, it might be worth it.
But . . .
And the Santa Clara lineman
Is still on the line
Making lots of overtime
Totally outrageous.
Ever wondered where all the “billions” are going? This is where.
Some places, your retirement calculations can be based on OT as well so you get someone making $500,000 with OT and then collecting 70-75% of their salary in retirement. Lots of companies are changing their rules that retirement is based on base salary, not including any OT.
California has always been overpaying public “servants” because of top down mismanagement and corruption.. Then they hijack money from crooked Dems in other states.
Pings at the trough. no surprise here.
Especially those who so gleefully enforce every last covid directive, no matter how insane or blatantly unconstitutional.
...leading to a growing $21 billion unemployment benefits loan from the federal government the state is unable to pay down. While the state seeks loan forgiveness from the Acting United States Secretary of Labor ...
Red state conservatives like to gloat at blue state problems, but blue states have a way of shifting their problems onto the entire nation.
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