Politics & Government
Oakland City Council Seeks $75K Raise For Mayor
The new recommended salary of $277,974.54 is the maximum of this range.
OAKLAND -- As Oakland faces the largest budget deficit in its history, members of the City Council's finance and management committee Tuesday endorsed a raise to the mayor's salary that would bump Mayor Sheng Thao's pay by around $75,000 annually.
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Oakland's Human Resources Department recommended the increase, noting that the mayor's current salary is lower than the salaries for city managers in six California cities with similar populations to Oakland.
The Oakland City Charter, which determines the formula for setting the mayor's salary, mandates that the salary set by the City Council should be no less than 70% and no more than 90% of the average salaries of the city managers in those six cities. The new recommended salary of $277,974.54 is the maximum of this range.
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