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Next Calif. AG Will Make 18% Less Than Jerry Brown’s $184K

Posted May 22, 2009 4:30 PM CST
By Martha Neil

Across-the-board pay cuts for top officers of the state of California being made in the midst of a budget crisis include an 18 percent decrease for the next attorney general after Jerry Brown finishes his current term.

Approved Wednesday by a 5-1 vote of the California Citizens Compensation Commission, the salary reduction will cut Brown's $184,301 salary to a little over $150,000, according to Legal Newsline.

Brown is expected to seek the Democratic nomination for governor in the 2010 election.

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B. McLeod
May 23, 2009 7:28 AM CST

So, Californians are willing to pay their state government’s top lawyer as much as a BigLaw first-year “associate.”  Impressive.  Of course, Californians would probably give this job to a lawyer right out of school, if the “political” credentials were suitable.

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J.D.
May 26, 2009 8:24 AM CST

Now if California were to cut ALL pols’ salaries by 30%, perhaps we’d get somewhere with the budget.

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B. McLeod
May 28, 2009 12:46 AM CST

I think states and localities should experiment with an alternate system where executive office holders and legislators are chosen from the population like juries, given their instructions, and then required to serve the term at nominal compensation as part of their civic duty.  This would insure diversity and popular influence, and would nullify lobbyists and campaign contributors.

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