134 Lifeguards Cost Los Angeles Taxpayers $70M a Year

https://reason.com/2025/07/14/in-just-1-year-134-lifeguards-cost-los-angeles-taxpayers-70-million/

5•Gaishan•6mo ago

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zippyman55•6mo ago

This is way too much money.

bix6•6mo ago

Big ups to lifeguards but we need to stop paying so much OT in general. CHP has the same issue.

Edit: is the math right? $70.8M / 134 = $528k which is more than the highest paid lifeguard.

meheleventyone•6mo ago

It’s obviously partisan so presenting the figures in the worst possible light but the link to the original article has this:

> Total compensation was $70.8 million for the 134 lifeguards last year, and includes the following: base pay, overtime pay, “other” pay, leave time payouts, health insurance payments, pension contributions, deferred contributions, long-term disability and life insurances, and “other” benefits.

almosthere•6mo ago

Such a fucking huge waste of money. They should honestly knock the amount up by $30M and get 1 openai engineer instead.