Sizable Pay Increases Proposed for County Elected Officials

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors will consider today whether to grant pay increases averaging 21 percent for five elected officials.

The Department of Human Resources is proposing the upward adjustments, which will elevate the base salaries of several officials to levels that are well above those received by their counterparts in neighboring counties.

Human Resources chief Michael Stock justified the raises by pointing out that without them, the assessor-clerk-recorder, auditor-controller, district attorney, sheriff and treasurer-tax collector would potentially be making less than thei...