This decade? The LAO chose their words carefully, it would appear.
In 1998, Hopwood and his cohorts gave the state's elected officials an eye-popping 34% raise. They followed that up with another 15% raise in 1999.
http://digital.library.ucla.edu/websites/2000_999_037/9903/032199.html
Actually, “decade” was my word. I think the base year mentioned was 2000.
Since it was created after the 1990 election, the commission has increased the base salary of rank-and-file legislators by nearly two-and-a-half fold: from $ 40,800 to $ 99,000. It is the highest base pay for state legislators in the nation.So this pay decrease will take salaries back to below 1999 levels.