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The Honorable Tom Torlakson, Chairman
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
651 Pine St., 11th Mr.
Martinez, Ca 94553
Dear Chairman Torlakson:
In this era of economic distress, it has become increasingly evident that we must make
every effort to reduce unnecessary state expenditures.
My recently introduced legislation, SB 82, will significantly reduce the pay of 65 state
board and commission. members who are currently earning between $70,000 and
$95,000 each year. It will also prohibit the funding of positions on those boards and
commissions where the positions have been vacant for more than one year. The annual
state savings from this bill will be approximately $3 million.
For too many years, inflated salaries have been paid to these members who often meet
on a part-time basis. This shameful example of state government inefficiency is truly an
embarrassment during these times of severe program cuts.
SB 82 will cut the annual pay of members of the following boards and commissions to
$52,500: the Public Employment Relations Board, the Agriculture Labor Relations
Board, the Public Utilities Commission, the Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, the `workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the State
Water Resources Control Board, the Board of Prison Terms, the Unemployment
Insurance Appeals Board, the Youthful Offender Parole Board and the Occupational
Safety and Health Appeals Board.
The bill will also reduce the salaries of the Director of Boating and Waterways, the
Chairperson of the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Administrative Director
of the Division of Industrial Accidents.
Finally, of the 65 board or commission positions effected by the bill, 8 of them are
currently vacant. It makes no sense for taxpayers to have to pay for nonexistent
bureaucrats. In addition to cutting the salaries, if there is no need for these positions,
we shouldn't fund them at all.
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The Honorable Tom Torlakson
January 28, 1993
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The measure has widespread bipartisan support and is co-authored by Senators Ruben
Ayala, Al Alquist, Ralph Dills, Art Torres and Lucy Killea and Assemblymembers
Valerie Brown, Jim Costa, Betty Karnette, Trice Harvey, Doris Allen, Paul Harsher,
Dede Alpert, Mickey Conroy, Dean Andal and Gil Ferguson.
I need your county's help in order to pass this important legislation. If your county
supports this legislation, please let me know in writing at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for cooperation in this matter. If I can ever be of assistance, please contact
me.
Sincerely,
MIKE THOMPSON
State Senator
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