97 Retired Redondo Beach Employees Make 6 Figures Per Year

REDONDO BEACH, CA – Redondo Beach is one of three South Bay cities (the other two are Torrance and Inglewood) that ranks in the top 10 in Los Angeles County for retired city workers who make more than $100,000 per year, according to new data released Thursday by Transparent California, a government watchdog.

Torrance was ranked second, Redondo Beach was ranked eighth with 97 employees, and Inglewood ninth, on a list of communities with a least 25 retirees making six figures annually, according to The Beach Reporter. Long Beach was ranked first, with a whopping 390 former employees making more than $100,000 in retirement.

“The issue is as pension costs continue to go up — and they will — you’re asking (private sector) South Bay residents, who on average make much less and will get much less in retirement, to pay for them,” Robert Fellner, Transparent California’s executive director, told The Beach Reporter. “To me, that’s the issue; is that fair and is that sustainable?”

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