Yolo Deputies Take Pay Plea to Voters
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WOODLAND, Calif. — After two years without a contract and three without a pay increase, Yolo County sheriff’s deputies are turning to the voters for a raise.
Contract talks with the county have stalled, and deputies are taking action to put a pay-raise initiative on the June or November ballot next year.
The deputies became the lowest-paid law enforcement officers in the county in September, when the small farm town of Winters gave its police force a raise.
Last week, the Yolo County Deputy Sheriffs Assn. voted unanimously to spend $5,000 to draft the initiative and prepare petitions, said Deputy Larry Garcia, the association’s vice president. Deputies need signatures of 10% of the county’s voters to qualify the measure for the ballot.
Deputies presently earn between $1,780 and $2,163 a month.
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