good news and bad news, and only one star that is the beginning of what is so wrong with america, happening in a town outside of los angeles, ca, a town of 37,000 people and it is the pier of the community in los angeles county where the average salary is about $30,000 for the average person in this county. well, now, here is the problem: the city manager is making nearly $800,000 a year. really? the police chief, there, is pulling down $457,000 a year. now to give you perspective, that is more than double what the police commissioner in new york city earns. a city of eight million people. the los angeles times ran a story disclosing those and other unbelievable figures and some residents were a little less than pleased.
less than $40,000 because in the last few years unbow noens so seemingly everyone, city leaders were paying themselves ridiculous salaries, including a jaw-dropping $787,000 a year to city manager robert rizzo. that s almost double of what president obama makes. rizzo, thanks presumably to taxpayers, owns this horse ranch in washington state and this beach home in southern california. then there s the police chief. randy adams. making $457,000 a year. we re all upset. reporter: showing us a squad car with 116,000 miles on it, officer gilbert horra says for years while the chief and city manager have been lining their pockets, the police budget has been shrinking. horra, the president of the police officers association, says he and the other 18 members of the department have gone without a pay raise for three years. they tell thrust is no money
year. we re all upset. reporter: showing us a squad car with 116,000 miles on it, an officer says for years while the chief and city manager have been lining their pockets, the police budget has been shrinking. hara, who is the president of the police officers association says he and the other 18 members of the department have gone without a pay raise for three years. they tell us there is no money, but then again, they re earning 800 grand a year, and our chief is earning 450. so that s a lot. the assistant manager is also making a lot. $376,000. and some members of the city council who only work part time have been pulling in about $100,000. shame on you! shame on you! you re a piece of [ bleep ]. angry as they are now, voters here agreed to make bell a
the mayor, oscar hernandez said, hey, these are in line with other cities, except they re not because we did some investigation. look what the police chief in chicago makes, # 10. happeningless, 307, new york city that s the police commissioner in new york city at 205,000. miami-dade, 119,000. randy adams, he was overseeing 25 officers making $457,000 megyn: randy. reporter: which is why the governor oh, not the governor. he wants to be governor again. i m going back in time. the attorney general, jerry brown, is now launching this investigation. he has subpoenaed hundreds of dock units, he wants to find out if there is enough there to go after these people. it is an election year, but he wants to go after them and possibly file criminal charges. and, again, it s a charter city in bell, right? so the deal is they voted themselves these pay raises.
$787,000 a year to city manager robert rizzo. that s almost double of what president obama makes. rizzo, thanks presumably to taxpayers, owns this horse ranch in washington state and this beach home in southern california. then there s the police chief. randy adams. making $457,000 a year. we re all upset. reporter: showing us a squad car with 116,000 miles on it, officer gilbert jora says for years while the chief and city manager have been lining their pockets, the police budget has been shrinking. jora, who is the president of the police officers association, says he and the other 18 members of the department have gone without a pay raise for three years. they tell us there is no money but then again, they re earning 800 grand a year and our chief is earning $450,000. so that s a lot. reporter: the assistant manager is also making a lot. $376,000.