Pay Freeze Bill Melts

A bill in the state Assembly that would have frozen pay of most state workers above $150,000 until 2014 has died. The bill would not have covered UC would contained language urging UC to follow its guideline. Specifically:

(9) (A) At a time when the University of California Board of Regents is raising student fees, it is imperative that they show leadership and fiscal responsibility for two years by not granting raises or bonuses for employees that make in excess of $150,000 per year. (B) The Legislature urges the Regents of the University of California and the Board of Directors of the Hastings College of the Law to adopt the policy expressed in this section for individuals employed by those entities.

Under Assembly rules, bills that remained in committees last week died for this session.

The full bill is at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_7_bill_20101206_introduced.html

Additional info is at http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2011/05/california-state-worker-salary-freeze.html