Opinion: Gov. Newsom and the state’s prison guards
For years, the California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have signed off on lucrative and unjustified contracts for the state prison guard union, despite warnings from the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office that legally required compensation studies were not being conducted. Now, the Newsom administration is pulling a fast one on California taxpayers with a flawed study to justify big giveaways to the prison guard union.
Partly, that’s because the state failed to provide a legally required compensation study comparing prison guard union pay to comparable public and private employees for the Legislature to consider. Again, the Legislature ignored the warnings from the LAO and overwhelmingly approved a lucrative new contract for the prison guard union.
California’s prison guards also benefit from generous pension and retiree healthcare benefits, which exceed national norms.And yet, in April of this year, the state finally generated a compensation study, which compared prison guard pay to the pay of deputy sheriffs in counties like Los Angeles and Orange.
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