If approved by voters councilmembers would make 33% of the salary of an OC Superior Court Judge, more than any other OC city.
voters will be asked in November about making several changes to the city’s charter, including one that would boost councilmembers’ annual pay by more than $65,000.
“I think it’s really important for the future of Santa Ana to be able to recruit and get working-class people, middle-class people to be interested in serving on the City Council of Santa Ana,” Phan said during Tuesday’s meeting. “Not everybody has a flexible job. Not everybody has their own business. Not everybody is retired. A lot of people have to choose whether to serve their city or not because they can’t afford to do it.
“One other statistic I’d like to throw out is that in California, fast food workers make two-and-a-half times more than we do today. They flip burgers, we deal with billion dollar budgets,” Bacerra said. “There’s a stark contrast there and a difference in pay.” City Council members also have the option of enrolling in the city’s CalPERS retirement plan or deferred compensation instead social security.
“City councils are now responsible for a whole range of services, and in communities, you need people who can dedicate a good share of their workweek, if not their entire workweek, to those activities and to make sure that the city does its job well and that it doesn’t just rely on a hired city manager who may have no connections to the community and staff, people who may not even live in the community to make those decisions,” DeSipio said.
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