State Budget Writers Enter Pay Dispute
Some California state legislators want to see LA County Commissioners raise pay for home-care workers by $1.75 and they are threatening to withhold budget approval until the County agrees. County officials say the budget is already too tight and a raise may push the county's coffers into the red. SEIU Local 434B spokespeople belive the county can afford a raise for 75,000 hard working home care employees who provide invaluable services to the elderly and mentally ill.
See Julie Tamaki, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2001