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Government

Dec. 12, 2013

Justice says his pay raise is not enough

With the first pay raise in six years for California judges and justices slated to take effect, one justice has written a letter to the state controller saying he is owed far more than the roughly $2,500 agreed upon by state leaders.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


With the first pay raise in six years for California judges and justices slated to take effect, one justice has written a letter to the state controller saying he is owed far more than the roughly $2,500 agreed upon by the governor's office and judicial branch leaders.


"I hereby demand payment of my full judicial salary, which has been unlawfully withheld from me," 2nd District Court of ...

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