State prison guards in California will get a more than $500 million pay raise in the next budget after Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state legislature used a loophole in the law to avoid going through the proper procedure.
In June, the politicians quietly gave the increase to the guards using a 1981 loophole in state code, according to good government organization Govern for California. Govern for California describes itself as a network of about “1,000 political philanthropists whose mission is to liberate the California State Legislature to govern for the benefit of citizens instead of special interests.”
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