I just don't understand why I wasn't smart enough to move to California in my youth and get a state or county government job. ------ Alameda County supervisors have really taken to heart the adage that government should run like a business â rewarding County Administrator Susan Muranishi with the Wall Street-like wage of $423,664 a year. For the rest of her life. According to county pay records, in addition to her $301,000 base salary, Muranishi receives: â $24,000, plus change, in âequity payââ to guarantee that she makes at least 10 percent more than anyone else in the county. â About $54,000 a year in âlongevityâ pay for having stayed with the county for more than 30 years. â An annual performance bonus of $24,000. â And another $9,000 a year for serving on the countyâs three-member Surplus Property Authority, an ad hoc committee of the Board of Supervisors that oversees the sale of excess land. Like other county executives, Muranishi also gets an $8,292-a-year car allowance. Muranishi has been with the county for 38 years, and sheâs 63. When retirement day comes, sheâll be getting a lot more than a gold watch. Thatâs because, according to the county auditorâs office, Muranishiâs annual pension will be equal to the dollar total of her entire yearly package â $413,000. She also has a separate executive private pension plan, for which the county chips in $46,500 a year. http://blog.sfgate.com/matierandross/2013/03/25/alameda-county-administrator-tops-in-pay/