California legislators, the governor and other elected officials are facing an 18 percent pay cut in December as the face grapples with yet another crippling deficit.
State Attorney Gen. Jerry Brown ruled that the state's compensation commission can legally cut the pay of lawmakers midterm.
Base pay would drop from $116,000 to $95,000 on Dec. 7. Legislators also receive per diems for the days they work, car allowances and other forms of compensation.
At least one local legislator signaled that she is OK with the pending pay cut.
"I'm not in this for the money - I never have been," said Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal, D-Long Beach. "I won't spend a lot of time thinking about this. I'm just going to stay focused on the hard work that needs to get done."
