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Deputy County Counsel urge supervisors to address pay gap before closed session
Summary
Multiple deputy county counsel spoke at a special San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting, urging the board to close a compensation gap with other attorney groups and warning the discrepancy threatens retention and institutional knowledge. The board recessed into closed session on the matter.
At a special meeting of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, a series of deputy county counsel and other county attorneys urged supervisors to reconsider a salary proposal that speakers said would leave County Counsel attorneys paid substantially less than their peers in the district attorney and public defender offices.
The comments came during a public comment period before the board recessed into closed session on item 1 of the special meeting agenda and item 1 of the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority special meeting agenda.
Deputy County Counsel leaders said pay parity affects recruitment, retention and the county's legal capacity. Randall Shoblam, senior deputy in the Office of County Counsel and president of the Deputy County Counsel Association, said, "We are here today because we were offered a substantially lower compensation package than our public defender and district…
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