The State : Trustees Vote to Double Pay

The trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District voted Wednesday to double their salaries to $2,000 a month because of what they said are very long work hours, the need to attract new candidates and the system’s improved financial condition. However, shortly afterward, the district business staff presented a report warning that “the district is not operating within a stable fiscal environment,” and cutbacks might be needed next year. All six trustees attending Wednesday’s meeting approved the pay increase. The seventh, Lindsay Conner, who was on vacation, left a letter saying he opposed the increase because the finances of the nine-campus system are not “secure enough.”