Fallbrook Regional Health District increases compensation for board members

The Fallbrook Regional Health District’s board of directors voted at its Oct. 8 meeting to

increase its own members’ compensation for each meeting and to up the number of meetings that

can be held each month.

New legislation that was signed by the governor last year and went into effect at the beginning of

the year authorizes certain special districts – including health districts specifically – to increase

their board members’ pay by a maximum of 5% annually. The same legislation, Assembly Bill

2329, allows special district board members to be compensated for more than five meetings a

month if...