The salaries exploded into
public view last week after a
Los Angeles Times investigation, based on California
Public Records Act requests, showed that the city payroll was bloated with all sorts of six-figure salaries:
• Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo made $787,637 a year, getting a series of raises since being hired in 1993 at $72,000. President Obama makes $400,000.
• Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia made $376,288 a year.
• Police Chief Randy Adams earned $457,000.