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 "State Budget Writers Enter Pay Dispute", Julie Tamaki, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2001