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Lifeguards in Los Angeles County make a staggering three hundred thousand dollars or more in pay and benefits.
Los Angeles pays record amounts of overtime to its police officers and other emergency first responders, whose departments are understaffed.
California spent $450 million on a new 911 call center system with four regional centers, but emergency communications are fouled up.
The Austin Fire Department set a new record for overtime pay, though they say they've spent years trying to curtail overtime.
