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Former Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan was the second highest paid city employee in California last year, according to new state data.
The 2024 payroll information, released last month by the California State Controller’s office, showed Chan made $789,147 in total wages. Only a fire battalion chief in Los Angeles ranked above Chan in the report, which spans more than 746,000 positions…