City Hall ● 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente CA 92673 ● (949) 361-8200 ● www.san-clemente.org
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL
Gene James
Mayor
Chris Duncan
Mayor Pro Tem
Laura Ferguson
Steve Knoblock
Kathy Ward
INTERIM CITY MANAGER
Sean Joyce
910 Calle Negocio
San Clemente, CA 92673
Phone: (949) 361-8200
“The Spanish Village
by the Sea”
November 15, 2022
Dear Orange County Board of Supervisors,
We are extremely concerned about the hundreds of thousands of public employee union dollars being used for independent expenditures for and against certain Board of Supervisor candidates. We are particularly concerned about the upcoming labor negotiations between the Board of Supervisors and the Association of Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies. It begs the question; what is being promised by candidates being supported by the deputies union? It certainly appears at least one supervisor candidate is being bought by the union.
For the City of San Clemente, 26% of our budget is dedicated to contract police services; should the Board of Supervisors agree to unreasonable pay raises with the deputy union, it will result in severe consequences for our taxpayers. San Clemente City Council will be compelled to make very difficult decisions ranging from reducing the number of deputies to reducing other city services or contemplating other law enforcement options.
In San Clemente, we have limited pay raises for our city employees to 1% annually for the next three years. We urge the Board to consider a similar fiscal move. At the conclusion of your labor contract with the union, taxpayers need to be treated fairly. The Democrat policies of Sacramento and Washington have decimated our hardworking families and we cannot allow union bosses in Orange County to further the suffering of taxpayers.
Sincerely,
Gene James
Mayor
City of San Clemente
CELEBRATING 90 YEARS OF INCORPORATION
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Kathleen Ward
Mayor, City of San Clemente
Cc: Sheriff-Coroner, Orange County Sheriff’s Department Board of Directors, Asssoication of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs City Council, Aliso Viejo
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