Retired Santa Ana city workers often make over six figures a year!

Who knew that working for the City of Santa Ana could make you a rich man?  The O.C. Register investigated what many of our local cities are paying to their retired city employees.

While most of us have a bankrupt Social Security program to look forward to in our retirement, public employees make a ton of money in retirement, based on their last salary paid.  It is common practices for city’s to spike their employee’s pensions by giving them a raise in their last year of employment.  This happens a lot in Santa Ana, in particular.

Is this one of the reasons that the City of Santa Ana has such a huge budget deficit?

Here is the list of Santa Ana retired employees who are making over six figures in their retirement:

SANTA ANA

• PHILLIP GARCIA $173,776.08
• FRANKLIN JENSEN $146,259.48
• WAYNE BOWMAN $142,134.24
• GEORGE SAADEH $140,825.04
• RAYMOND COMEAU $138,313.08
• WILLIAM ZASTROW $137,952.48
• ROBERT TYLER $137,472.24
• ANDY MONEY $136,292.64
• ALLEN CARTER $135,825.72
• JON RIBBLE $133,996.92
• ROBIN MCCOY $129,565.20
• BALTAZAR DE LA RIVA $126,492.12
• DAVID NICK $121,399.68
• MICHAEL FOOTE $121,322.76
• KENNETH HALL $121,228.92
• JOSE GARCIA $121,187.16
• JOHN PEREZ $121,091.40
• PHILIP ARCHER $120,635.88
• CHARLES MAGDALENA $119,259.84
• FELIX OSUNA $119,173.56
• ERNEST HOEFT $117,542.28
• WILLIAM TEGELER $117,111.24
• COLLIE PROVENCE $115,110.48
• JIMMY DALTON $113,925.60
• THOMAS SKELLY $113,783.40
• CHARLES MILLER $113,127.12
• JOHN CHAMBERS $112,292.28
• TIMOTHY GRABER $112,228.68
• GUADALUPE GARCIA $111,991.32
• ROBERT HELTON $111,116.64
• RAYMOND DAVIS $110,203.92
• CHARLES DEAKINS $110,061.96
• WILLIAM SANDLIN $109,275.36
• HUGH MOONEY $109,241.16
• GERARDO MATA $108,438.36
• IRMA MANDELL $107,896.32
• GARY ADAMS $107,423.76
• RICHARD MARTIN $105,809.04
• KEVIN BROWN $104,965.08
• DENNIS STUELAND $104,346.84
• JAMES DITTMAN $103,682.28
• BRUCE LEAMER $103,530.12
• ROBERT SAYNE $103,106.52
• WILLIAM BARRETT $102,634.56
• GARY BIDGOOD $102,448.92
• WILLIAM SCHEER $100,918.32
• ROBERT STEBBINS $100,688.16
• WILLIAM MCCOY $100,616.76
• RICHARD BOUCHARD $100,333.08
• MICHAEL OVERN $100,237.80