UPDATE: City Hall’s $30,000-a-year Gift to Demoted Executive

The City Council unanimously unanimously approved Friday increasing Detrich Brown Allen’s by $30,000 Friday, restoring her pay to $152,299 a year despite the elimination of the Environmental Affairs Department and her job as general manager.

It was done as part of the 12-0 approval of more than 20 agenda items without any discusion, totally routine.

She is now protected by Civil Service rules as an environmental officer in the Transportation Department, a job that is designated for a $122,607 salary.

Since bringing this to light,
I have learned other members of her staff who lost their jobs, with at least two moving to the DWP and one becoming the mayor’s deputy for “sustainability.