{"id":153815,"date":"2026-01-28T20:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/153815\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:42:10","slug":"city-manager-salary-now-346k-orange-county-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/153815\/","title":{"rendered":"City manager salary now $346k \u2013 ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CITY MANAGER Lisa Kim is getting a raise (Shutterstock).<\/p>\n

Garden Grove City Manager Lisa Kim will be getting a raise said to be 7.5 percent, bringing her annual salary to $346,433.<\/p>\n

The city council approved the increase in her compensation at Tuesday night\u2019s meeting by a 6-0 vote, with Councilmember Philip Nguyen absent.<\/p>\n

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LISA KIM, Garden Grove City Manager.<\/p>\n

She will also get a lump sum of 80 hours of vacation beginning in March 2026 and every March thereafter.<\/p>\n

All the council members voiced their praise for Kim, who\u2019s served more than two years in the post, after Scott Stiles left to take a city manager position in Palm Springs.<\/p>\n

The raise was justified by \u201cMs. Kim\u2019s sustained performance and executive leadership,\u201d according to a staff report. Council members said that Kim was being recruited by other cities and the raise would help keep her in town.<\/p>\n

A speaker from the Orange County Employees Association, which represents two bargaining units, complained that giving Kim a pay raise greater than those given to other workers was unfair.<\/p>\n

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