Matier & Ross: Golden Plums (California budget)

SF Chronicle ^ | January 19, 2004 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

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Golden plums: For all the talk of dire budget cuts in Sacramento, there's one area that legislators don't want to touch -- the plums that grow in their own back yard.

Those would be the spots on boards and commissions that pay members more than $100,000 a year for less-than-onerous work.

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This is an excerpt from a multi-subject column entitled "State Dept. thaws S.F. parking cold war Russian Consulate gets 5 more spaces -- federal pals help cut through red tape."

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