On one hand, this doesn’t bother me much. California is very expensive and wages are very high - these two things are related. In general I think public employ

On one hand, this doesn’t bother me much. California is very expensive and wages are very high - these two things are related. In general I think public employees making wages comparable to private sector is a good thing. On the other hand, if all the city staff people had to live on $67k/yr (the median household income in CA), then perhaps we would make more progress addressing the cost of living.