The 15 Los Angeles council members earn $178,789 a year - about $80,000 more than their counterparts in more expensive San Francisco and New York. And way more than the Miami City Council whose part-time pay is just $6,000 a year. At nearly $180,000 a year our council members - public servants as they are called - earn 400% more than the average Angeleno. In no other city could we find as big a disparity.
Jill Stewart is the Deputy Editor of News at LA Weekly.
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Nice work Jill, love it.
Great story.
According to the article in the LA Weekly, the total compensation of an LA City Councilmember approaches $300,000 including a take-home vehicle and an office allowance of approx $100,000. Its easy for people like multi-millionaire Governor Schwarzenegger to take cuts. Councilmember Garcetti's rejection of a pay raise is also foolish and dis-ingenious. Instead should follow the lead of former Mayor Riordan and take a $1 a year since he is a trust baby of the Roth Foundation. Jan Perry has her own issues with conflicts of interest with her ownership of a Condo very close to the Grand Avenue project (the largest in LA's history). Read the excellent expose article by Patrick McDonald in the February 26, 2009 LA Weekly: "Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year" available on line.
We need more stories like this to wake up people.
no wonder our state is bankrupt. everybody blames it on illegals. just go to the top and you'll see where we're wasting money. it's a shame.