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Spending in Correctional Officer Overtime
The Governor's budget provides a $35.7 million General Fund augmentation to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to pay for overtime costs for custody staff. The CDCR argues that its base overtime budget - which it identifi es to be $104.3 million—has not been adjusted since 2000-01, despite a 34 percent base salary increase provided to correctional officer staff over that period. The $104.3 million overtime budget identifi ed by CDCR does not include about $49 million in additional overtime funding provided since 2004-05 for various activities, such as medical guarding...
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