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Jennifer Vigil
News editor
Top story
Last year, 12 San Diego firefighters earned over $200,000 in overtime pay. One firefighter made $1.18 million in the past five years.
Tucked into our report on overtime and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department is this tidbit on a 2025 analysis that might have been forgotten:
“The city auditor found the department consistently underestimated the number of firefighters who leave the city while simultaneously overestimating the number of recruits who finish academy. The resulting staffing imbalance increases the demand for overtime.”
So, while the city’s police department also has some eye-popping OT numbers, SDPD is trending in the right direction. Dorian Hargrove reported earlier this month that current OT costs are expected to fall below what the department spent in the prior two fiscal years.
That’s not the case with SDFD, where OT costs have shot up to nearly $62.4 million since 2021. Dorian’s latest report outlines who is benefitting from the jump.
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Stories you should know about
🏐 Point Loma boys volleyball plays for state title, girls softball compete in CIF Open Div. final: The Pointers are playing well this year in multiple sports.
💰Fixing the Saturn Boulevard ‘hot spot’ for Tijuana River pollution would cost $25 million: Meanwhile the U.S. and Mexico pursue a combined $800 million in upgrades to wastewater facilities on both sides of the border.
🎥 Correia Middle School students honored for their documentaries on the current impact of the Declaration of Independence: They were honored for their prize-winning documentaries in C-SPAN’s annual Student Cam competition.
🌎 Opinion: The Islamic Center shooting destroyed my daughter’s earth.
What else we’re reading
💧 The Sierra Club is suing the Imperial County Board of Supervisors over its decision to greenlight a massive and controversial data center complex, alleging the county is violating CEQA. (KPBS)
💵 Josh Coyne, running for council in District 2, continues to receive financial support from labor, while labor unions are spending against Richard Bailey, also running in District 2, big time. (Union-Tribune)
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