FILE PHOTO - Riverside County Board of Supervisors.
RIVERSIDE - The 10 highest paid officials in Riverside County government last year were working in public safety and behavioral health, according to data published by the California State Controller's Office.
The 2021 "Government Compensation in California'' report shows how taxpayer funds were spent in the previous year, and who was receiving what for being on the public payroll.
Figures were released by the controller's office just ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
The data, available via www.publicpay.ca.gov, indicated that the largest composite salary in 2021 -- $609,323 -- went to a sheriff's communication supervisor, who was not named on the web portal.
The amount included base pay and overtime compensation -- the latter accounting for more than half of the total paid
