THE $100,000 CLUB: APPOINTED OFFICIALS

In 1987, there were 43 appointed officials in the county of Los Angeles with salaries of more than $100,000. Today, more than 175 department heads and assistants top that salary.

Of the 43 in 1987, none were women. Among the 175 names listed here, 11 are women.

All references to “city” mean Los Angeles unless otherwise noted. OFFICIAL: Carl Boronkay, general manager, Metropolitan Water District SALARY: 170,000 OFFICIAL: Bruce Malkenhorst, city administrator, Vernon* SALARY: 164,724 OFFICIAL: Leonard Britton, superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District SALARY: 164,555 OFFICIAL: Clifton Moore, general manager, city Dept. of Airports SALARY: 153,927 OFFICIAL: Charles Martin, city manager, Irwindale** SALARY: 148,000 OFFICIAL: William Anton, deputy supt., LAUSD SALARY: 146,052 OFFICIAL: Sidney Thompson, deputy supt., operations, LAUSD SALARY: 146,052 OFFICIAL: Robert Booker, chief business and financial officer, LAUSD SALARY: 146,052 OFFICIAL: Daryl Gates, chief, Los Angeles Police Dept. SALARY: 145,847 OFFICIAL: Norm Nichols, general manager, city Dept. of Water and Power SALARY: 145,534 OFFICIAL: John Tuite, administrator, city Community Redevelopment Agency SALARY: 142,800 OFFICIAL: Donald Manning, chief engineer, city Fire Dept. SALARY: 138,079 OFFICIAL: Keith Comrie, city administrative office, Los Angeles SALARY: 137,056 OFFICIAL: Fred Vendig, general counsel, MWD SALARY: 137,000 OFFICIAL: Paul Eckles, city manager, Inglewood SALARY: 135,872 OFFICIAL: Richard B. Dixon, chief legislative analyst, L.A. County SALARY: 135,355 OFFICIAL: David Koch, division admin., Business Services, LAUSD SALARY: 132,899 OFFICIAL: C. Douglas Brown, division admin., Building Services, LAUSD SALARY: 132,899 OFFICIAL: Richard Balcerzak, asst. general manager, MWD SALARY: 130,688 OFFICIAL: Myron Holburt, asst. general manager, MWD SALARY: 130,688 OFFICIAL: Ron Apperson, legal adviser, LAUSD SALARY: 130,234 OFFICIAL: Richard Mason, special counsel to supt., LAUSD SALARY: 130,234 OFFICIAL: Ezunial Burts, general manager, city Harbor Dept. SALARY: 128,412 OFFICIAL: Timothy Deluca, deputy chief, city Fire Dept. SALARY: 127,744 OFFICIAL: Edward Kreins, city manager, Beverly Hills SALARY: 127,728 OFFICIAL: Richard Baird, asst. general manager, MWD SALARY: 127,222 OFFICIAL: Bonnie James, division administrator, Building Services, LAUSD SALARY: 126,373 OFFICIAL: David Dotson, assistant chief, LAPD SALARY: 126,011 OFFICIAL: Robert Vernon, assistant chief, LAPD SALARY: 126,011 OFFICIAL: Eldon Cotton, assistant general manager, DWP SALARY: 124,152 OFFICIAL: Duane Georgeson, assistant general manager, DWP SALARY: 124,152 OFFICIAL: Norman Powers, chief financial officer, DWP SALARY: 124,152 OFFICIAL: Daniel Waters, assistant general manager, DWP SALARY: 124,152 OFFICIAL: William McCarley, chief legislative analyst, L.A. City Council SALARY: 122,774 OFFICIAL: Robert Horii, city engineer, Dept. of Public Works SALARY: 121,355 OFFICIAL: Gilbert Garcetti, head deputy, Dist. Atty. Office SALARY: 121,316 OFFICIAL: Jesse A. Brewer, assistant chief, LAPD SALARY: 119,350 OFFICIAL: Ronald Kornblum, chief medical examiner-coroner, L.A. County SALARY: 118,553 OFFICIAL: James Hankla, city manager, Long Beach SALARY: 118,169 OFFICIAL: Alan Pegg, general manager, Rapid Transit District SALARY: 118,000 OFFICIAL: Robert Gates, director, county Health Services Dept. SALARY: 117,252 OFFICIAL: Thomas Tidemanson, director, county Public Works Dept. SALARY: 117,252 OFFICIAL: Ronald McCoy, assistant chief engineer, DWP SALARY: 115,916 OFFICIAL: Kenneth Miyoshi, assistant chief engineer, DWP SALARY: 115,916 OFFICIAL: Bernard Palk, assistant chief engineer, DWP SALARY: 115,916 OFFICIAL: James Wickser, assistant chief engineer, DWP SALARY: 115,916 OFFICIAL: Donald Miller, exec. director and administrator, Dept. of Airports SALARY: 114,715 OFFICIAL: Robert Mann, marshal, L.A. County SALARY: 114,656 OFFICIAL: Donald Anthony, deputy chief, city Fire Dept. SALARY: 114,610 OFFICIAL: Charles Carry, chief engineer, general manager, County Sanitation Districts SALARY: 113,664 OFFICIAL: Robert Edmonds, undersheriff, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 113,000 OFFICIAL: Henry Jones, division administrator, Financial Services, LAUSD SALARY: 112,918 OFFICIAL: Olonzo Woodfin III, div. administrator, Acct. Services, LAUSD SALARY: 112,918 OFFICIAL: William Williams, asst. chief financial officer, DWP SALARY: 112,202 OFFICIAL: Kenneth Topping, director, city Planning Dept. SALARY: 111,812 OFFICIAL: Norman Buehring, assistant chief, DWP SALARY: 111,875 OFFICIAL: Arthur Buchanan, engineer of design and construction, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: Raymond Burt, power operation and maintenance engineer, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: Robert Burt, director of information technologies, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: Joseph Hegenbart, manager of general services, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: Walter Hoye, engineer of design, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: Bruce Kuebler, engineer of water quality, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: Laurent Mc Reynolds, engineer of water operating, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: Vernon Pruett, engineer of system development, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: Dennis Williams, engineer of Los Angeles Aqueduct, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: William Woodson, engineer of power distribution, DWP SALARY: 111,616 OFFICIAL: Gabriel Cortina, assoc. supt., Office of Supt., LAUSD SALARY: 110,708 OFFICIAL: Pauline Hopper, assoc. supt., Edc’l. Prg. Compliance, LAUSD SALARY: 110,708 OFFICIAL: Paul Possemato, assoc. supt., Instruction, LAUSD SALARY: 110,708 OFFICIAL: Ronald Prescott, assoc. supt., Gov’t. Relations and Legis., LAUSD SALARY: 110,708 OFFICIAL: Lorna Round, assoc. supt., Office of the Supt., LAUSD SALARY: 110,708 OFFICIAL: Irene Yamahara, assoc. supt., Personnel, LAUSD SALARY: 110,708 OFFICIAL: Ruben Zacarias, assoc. supt., School Operations Mgt., LAUSD SALARY: 110,708 OFFICIAL: Mary Jung, assistant chief administive officer, L.A. County SALARY: 110,639 OFFICIAL: Gregory Thompson, chief deputy, Dist. Atty. Office SALARY: 110,639 OFFICIAL: John Driscoll, general manager, city Personnel Dept. SALARY: 110,288 OFFICIAL: DeWitt Clinton, counsel, L.A. County SALARY: 110,000 OFFICIAL: Michael Freeman, forester and fire warden, L.A. County SALARY: 110,000 OFFICIAL: Donald Phelps, chancellor, L.A. Community College District SALARY: 110,000 OFFICIAL: Donald McIntyre, city manager, Pasadena SALARY: 109,452 OFFICIAL: Randall Bacon, general manager and purchasing agent, General Services Dept. SALARY: 108,952 OFFICIAL: Tay Yoshitani, deputy executive director, maritime affairs, city Harbor Dept. SALARY: 108,701 OFFICIAL: Craig Drummond, deputy chief and fire marshal, LAFD SALARY: 108,555 OFFICIAL: Greg D. Leddy, director of finance, MWD SALARY: 108,138 OFFICIAL: Paul R. Singer, chief of operations, MWD SALARY: 108,138 OFFICIAL: Charles E. Nichols, chief engineer, MWD SALARY: 108,138 OFFICIAL: Richard Foreman, asst. sheriff, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 107,625 OFFICIAL: Jerry Harper, asst. sheriff, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 107,625 OFFICIAL: James Hadaway, general manager, city Dept. Recreation and Parks SALARY: 107,511 OFFICIAL: Warren O’Brien, general manager, city Building and Safety Dept. SALARY: 107,344 OFFICIAL: William Rathburn, deputy chief, LAPD SALARY: 107,323 OFFICIAL: Ronald Frankle, deputy chief, LAPD SALARY: 107,323 OFFICIAL: Curt Livesay, assistant district attorney SALARY: 107,275 OFFICIAL: Wilbur Littlefield, public defender, L.A. County SALARY: 107,000 OFFICIAL: Eugene Moutes, assistant public defender, L.A. County SALARY: 106,440 OFFICIAL: David Meyer, assistant public defender, L.A. County SALARY: 106,402 OFFICIAL: James Derry, director of customer services, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: Carl Haase, asst. engineer of design and construction, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: Jesse Herrera, asst. engineer of design and construction, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: David Mahoney, asst. engineer of power operation and maintenance, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: Thomas Mc Guinness, engineer of power system services, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: Robert Mc Millen, asst. engineer of power distribution, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: B. C. Monk, director of joint venture accounting, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: Dennis Whitney, asst. engineer of system development, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: Herman Davis, commercial director, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: Kunio Yamamoto, asst. engineer of power operation and maintenance, DWP SALARY: 106,274 OFFICIAL: Richard Walsh, general manager, city Municipal Auditorium Dept. SALARY: 105,987 OFFICIAL: Craig Miller, medical director, DWP SALARY: 105,731 OFFICIAL: Gerald Crump, chief deputy counsel, L.A. County SALARY: 105,699 OFFICIAL: Victor E. Gleason, senior deputy general counsel, MWD SALARY: 105,214 OFFICIAL: Lauren R. Brainard, senior deputy general counsel, MWD SALARY: 105,214 OFFICIAL: Donald Deise, senior asst. administrative officer, L.A. County SALARY: 105,144 OFFICIAL: Eddy S. Tanaka, director, county Public Social Services Dept. SALARY: 105,000 OFFICIAL: Philip Wynn, bureau chief, Dist. Atty. Office SALARY: 104,996 OFFICIAL: Richard Hecht, bureau chief, Dist. Atty. Office SALARY: 104,996 OFFICIAL: Dennis Petty, head deputy, Dist. Atty. Office SALARY: 104,996 OFFICIAL: E. Thomas Giugni, supt., Long Beach Unified School Dist. SALARY: 104,826 OFFICIAL: Theodore Alexander, asst. supt., Std. Integ. Options, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Phillip Callison, asst. supt., Special Education, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Andrew Cazares, asst. supt., Professional/Resources Dev., LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Sara Coughlin, asst. supt., Adminis. Region, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Jessie Franco, asst. supt., Administrative Region, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Dan Isaacs, asst. supt., Sr. High School Division, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Kathryn Lee, asst. supt., Administrative Region, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Robert Martin, asst. supt., Administrative Region, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Eugene McAdoo, asst. supt., Administrative Region, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Alfred Moore, asst. supt., School Support Services, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: John Nagata, asst. supt., Information Tech Division, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Tony Rivas, asst. supt., Personnel, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Evangelina Stockwell, asst. supt., Administrative Region, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Shirley Woo, asst. supt., Staff Relations, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Jon Campbell, personnel director, LAUSD SALARY: 104,819 OFFICIAL: Jack White, chief, bureau of investigation, Dist. Atty. Office SALARY: 104,780 OFFICIAL: Judy Broverman, asst. administrator, city Community Redevelopment Agency SALARY: 104,744 OFFICIAL: Dan Murphy, bureau chief, Dist. Atty. Office SALARY: 103,613 OFFICIAL: Claude Hilker, senior counsel, City Attorney’s Office SALARY: 103,440 OFFICIAL: Edward Farrell, chief assistant, City Attorney’s Office (for DWP) SALARY: 103,440 OFFICIAL: Wyman Jones, librarian, city Library Dept. SALARY: 103,272 OFFICIAL: Delwin Biagi, director, city Bureau of Sanitation SALARY: 103,272 OFFICIAL: Dwayne Lee, deputy exec. director of development, city Harbor Dept. SALARY: 102,938 OFFICIAL: Ronald Downing, assistant marshal, L.A. County SALARY: 102,877 OFFICIAL: Stephen Edwin Rowe, general manager, city Dept. of Transportation SALARY: 102,542 OFFICIAL: Robert Campbell, division chief, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 102,500 OFFICIAL: Robert Ciulik, division chief, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 102,500 OFFICIAL: Richard Freeman, division chief, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 102,500 OFFICIAL: Harry Hansen, Jr., division chief, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 102,500 OFFICIAL: Ricardo Merrick, division chief, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 102,500 OFFICIAL: James Painter, division chief, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 102,500 OFFICIAL: Duane Preimsberger, division chief, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 102,500 OFFICIAL: Oliver Taylor, division chief, Sheriff’s Dept. SALARY: 102,500 OFFICIAL: Thomas Bonaventura, chief asst., City Attorney’s Office SALARY: 102,458 OFFICIAL: John Emerson, chief deputy, City Attorney’s Office SALARY: 102,458 OFFICIAL: James Pearson, chief assistant, City Attorney’s Office SALARY: 102,458 OFFICIAL: Jarlath Oley, senior deputy general counsel, MWD SALARY: 102,396 OFFICIAL: Ted L. Reed, director, county Beaches and Harbors Dept. SALARY: 102,306 OFFICIAL: Gerald Roos, senior asst. administrative officer, L.A. County SALARY: 102,261 OFFICIAL: Earl Fordham, deputy fire chief, L.A. County SALARY: 101,969 OFFICIAL: Mark Kroeker, deputy chief, LAPD SALARY: 101,665 OFFICIAL: Glenn Levant, deputy chief, LAPD SALARY: 101,665 OFFICIAL: Bernard Parks, deputy chief, LAPD SALARY: 101,665 OFFICIAL: Irving Cohen, asst. director and financial administrator, county Health Services Dept. SALARY: 101,290 OFFICIAL: Frank Zolin, county clerk and executive officer, county Superior Court SALARY: 101,285 OFFICIAL: Bruce Blowey, engineer of generation/external, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: Duane Buckholz, asst. engineer of Los Angeles Aqueduct, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: Robert Carr, asst. engineer of water operating, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: Rodney Clark, executive asst. general manager’s office, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: Luis Escalante, manager, civil structural engineering & services, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: Armando Galindo, manager, project management, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: Lawrence Green, engineer of power system maintenance, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: Gary Langewisch, manager/construction, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: John Russell, engineer of generation/internal, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: James Vigue, assistant general services manger, DWP SALARY: 101,171 OFFICIAL: James Lents, executive officer, South Coast AQMD SALARY: 100,786 OFFICIAL: John Lynch, bureau chief, Dist. Atty. Office SALARY: 100,588 OFFICIAL: Elias Martinez, city clerk, city Clerk’s Office SALARY: 100,433 Salary data is as of the most recent increase (July 1, 1989).

Salaries for the Los Angeles Unified School District are for the 1989/1990 school year.

* Also serves as city finance director, city clerk, personnel director, city treasurer and chief executive officer of the Vernon Light & Power Co.

** Also serves as city clerk, city attorney, executive director Community Redevelopment Agency and projects manager of the Industrial Development Agency