I need to be a lifeguard
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Your outrageous California budget profile cliff's notes of the day:
• 13 full-time city lifeguards in Newport Beach earn over $120,000 in total annual compensation.
• The top lifeguard earns $211,000.
• They work four ten-hour days in a week.
• They retire at age 50 and receive a generous pension. In fact, one retired lifeguard, age 51, gets $108,000 per year.
• They receive an annual allowance of $400 for "sun protection."
• 13 full-time city lifeguards in Newport Beach earn over $120,000 in total annual compensation.
• The top lifeguard earns $211,000.
• They work four ten-hour days in a week.
• They retire at age 50 and receive a generous pension. In fact, one retired lifeguard, age 51, gets $108,000 per year.
• They receive an annual allowance of $400 for "sun protection."
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I was a City of San Diego Lifeguard for 2 summers and did a weekend exchange in Newport Beach and stood tower watch at the Wedge. They would not let me in the water there, only observe. That place kills people every year and the lifeguards that work it are masters. It's also ******* Newport Beach, one of the most expensive places in SoCal to live... trust me the locals can afford to pay enough for guys who are good enough to make rescues in conditions like this: