Santa Ana City Manager David Cavazos is allegedly making $315,000 in annual salary, according to CBS News. Cavazos is also paid a massive $234,536.04 annual pension he engineered before he exited his previous job, in Phoenix. His Santa Ana pay is padded by an additional estimated $243,000 in perks and benefits including an electric car , moving expenses and a housing allowance. In all Cavazos is bringing home $800,000 a year!
You would think that Cavazos, a transplant originally from Chicago who claims his parents were Mexicans, would be happy with all of that money but my sources at City Hall are telling me that now he wants a 5.5% raise! U.S. Census figures show the median household income in Santa Ana is $54,000. Cavazos makes over $28,000 a month according to the City of Santa Ana’s published salary schedule. In two months Cavazos nets more than most Santa Ana families make in a year. And he still wants more of our money! Continue reading