As stated previously, the Placer County Sheriff’s Union has made itself the key issue of the Placer County District 2 Supervisor Race. It is really sad, I love law enforcement and I am 100% behind their 3% at 50 pension system because of the short life expectancy of law enforcement.

Kirk Uhler shot a video that dismantled their arguments related to everything they are demanding.

The video shows clearly raises of 11% or more. In addition, despite flat revenues and inflation, it also shows 4-5% year-over-year growth in the last 5 years.

2009 – Budget 79 Million / 465 Employees

2020 – Budget 154 Million / 567 Employees

He also shows that their pay and benefits outstripped the CPI by 30.3% from 1999-to 2021. He also showed other classes of employees with a 33% gap.

Kirk also points out that He, Robert Weygant, and Jim Holmes voted for every single increase in the budget.

On top of every other number – the cost of salaries and benefits went from 27M to $103M from 1999-to 2021. This is an average annual increase of 7.2%.

Note that when the Placer Sheriff’s Union was claiming a defund the police effort – their pay still went up 5.1 to 5.5% depending on classification.

The fight occurred when the board of supervisors said they could not afford a 7.2% year-over-year increase.

At the end of the day, the union went berserk over a request for them to take on an additional 2% of their pension costs.

This is the problem Paul Joiner has – he has taken the side of the union and is claiming Measure F is some sort of moral issue. (More on Measure F later) Literally, Joiner has abdicated his mantle as a fiscal conservative.

Literally, a 2% contribution to their pension set off the entire fight.