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| Analyst: Skip raise for officers |
| By The Sacaramento Bee |
| Published: 02/08/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - When it comes to money, the $73,728 that top-step California correctional officers make every year is more than enough, the state's nonpartisan budget analyst concluded Thursday. In a 20-page report, the Legislative Analyst's Office recommended that the Legislature kill a proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to raise the officers' pay 5 percent. Lawmakers appear to be taking the recommendation to heart. As of Thursday, none had stepped forward to carry a pay raise bill sought by the administration. "The LAO hit the nail on the head with her honest findings," Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez said in a prepared statement about the report produced by budget analyst Elizabeth Hill's office. "This independent report will be a critical tool to help guide our thinking on the herculean task of fixing our prison system." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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