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It is not only the waves made in Los Angeles on the fourth of July-the salaries of the rescue team in the sky are also the heads.
according to New report By the Watchdog Fiscal OpenThebooks group, La County goalkeeper is at least more than half a million dollars last year. Meanwhile, 34 rescuers brought 300,000 dollars or more during 2024, while at least 134,000 dollars were brought as basic wages, additional work and other advantages.
Get used to the taxpayers in Los Angeles province on the sunken, but it may be “worrying” for some to hear the salaries of the rescuers while the city still faces a shortage of Firefighters and police, He is struggling to extinguish forest fires or return Violent crime John Hart, CEO of OpenThebooks for prenatal levels, said.
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Rescue men in Los Angeles Province are watching the crowd on hand for Hermosa Iron on July 4, 2019, in Hermosa Beach, California. (Photo by Jay L. Clinenin/Getty Erch)
“The rescuers who risk their lives to protect the public deserve to be well compensated, but pushing them for more than $ 500,000 may be annoying for taxpayers who are drowned in debt,” Hart told Fox News Digital. “once again , Los Angeles – The city that is struggling to extinguish fires and looting – leads the road in luxurious salaries that must be treated. ”
134 La County rescuers won the highest amount of $ 70.8 million last year, according to OpenTheBooks-with average of more than $ 500,000 in total compensation per person. In addition to the basic wage and additional work, the dollar amount also includes “another”, leave at the leave, health insurance payments, pension contributions, postponed contributions, long -term disability, and life insurance payments.
OpenThebooks brought the top paid at $ 523351 of the basic wage, “another wage”, and the benefits in 2024.
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Rescuers are watching while people relax in the sand in Long Beach on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (Keith Birmingham/Medianews Group/Pasadena Star -news via Getty Images)
The division of Los Angeles province was recognized as one of the largest professional guards services in the country. According to OpenTheBooks, in addition to the highest wage rescue men, whose duties can range from watching swimmers to major marine rescue operations and responding to emergency situations, there are a large number of low -wages rescue guards, who bring the total number of them in the Los Angeles region to about 1500.
OpenThebooks, which tracks wasteful spending throughout the government, said in 2021 that the rescuers applying in the Los Angeles Province got up to $ 510,283-nearly half of them was to pay the additional work. That year, 98 rescuers in Los Angeles Province made at least $ 200,000.
In 2024, additional work salaries played a major role in strengthening the profits of the Guard in Los Angeles.
Rescuers in Los Angeles Province receive huge salaries, with one more than $ 500,000 in 2024. (Istock)
Beyond Los Angeles, the excessive additional action wage sparked a discussion in other cities – especially those that wrestle with shortcomings in the budget.
In Seattle, Police officers It was necessary to discipline to violate the city’s additional work policy again and again. per Seattle TimesA periodic officer of more than the mayor, police chief, or any other employee in the city in 2019 after participating in more than $ 414,000.
The abuse of additional work was a problem in other major cities such as New York and Chicago as well. In Chicago, where the city faces a growing budget deficit, the records obtained by a local news port found that during the first six months of 2024, the city had already spent 30 % of what was allocated to pay the additional police work. In New York, a former New York police chief is currently undergoing his achievement due to the alleged additional abuse and other crimes.
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It is claimed that the “beautiful, beautiful draft law for Republicans” is to help additional workers bring more, while providing “no tax on tips.” Initially, the copy of the House of Representatives from the draft law had no extent to the amount of additional salaries that could be exempted, but the copy of the Senate of the draft law was crowned with $ 12,500.
Fox News Digital continues the Los Angeles General Information Office for comment, but he did not hear the time of the press.
