[quote=Nor-LA-SD-guy]
Not L.A. city, I know line men working for LADWP making over 150K a year, same for fire men and police.
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SDPD pays its officers 50-75K/year before overtime and benefits. And you have to be there a long time to qualify for the higher end of the range. If officers work overtime, it’s only fair that they would be paid more. You work double time, you get double salary.
Also, that is not directly relevant to the discussion, because fire & police officers are paid from city and county budgets, not from the state budget. CHP officers may be paid from the state budget, but I’m not 100% sure of that either.
