Government
Jun. 2, 2009
Judges Ponder How to Share Furlough Pain
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges are weighing whether to join court staff in a furlough. They are the only courthouse workers not required to take the pay cut.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Thousands of Los Angeles County Superior Court employees are preparing to take 4.5 percent pay cuts this summer under mandatory furloughs devised to help reduce a projected $90 million deficit. But the most highly-paid among them may see their paychecks untouched. As elected state officials, Superior Court judges' salaries are constitutionally protected from involuntary reduction d...
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