A Tale of Two Numbers

A Tale of Two Numbers

With a spotlight on child welfare in Los Angeles, the public has recently become aware that the salary for the director of the county Department of Children and Family Services, the county welfare department, is $260,000 a year, or $21,666 a month. (There is the likelihood that this salary will increase with the appointment of a director, Antonia Jimenez, from a private-sector financial consulting background; the recently reassigned director, Trish Ploehn, who holds a master's degree in social work from Cal State Long Beach, will be retaining the $260K salary in her new position.)