This November, registered voters within the El Camino Hospital district in Mountain View, Calif., will decide whether there should be salary caps for El Camino Hospital executives, according to a San Jose Mercury News report.
The hospital district's board of directors voted 4 to 0 to include the measure on the November ballot. The result is the culmination of months of debate and work from the Service Employees International-United Healthcare Workers West, which submitted the requisite amount of signatures in March.
If the measure is approved by voters, hospital executive pay will be capped at no more than twice the annual salary of the governor of California. Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to make $165,000 in 2012, according to the report.
Controversy over executive pay started after El Camino Hospital CEO Tomi Ryba took the helm in August 2011. She received a $695,000 salary with the potential to earn bonuses of up to 30 percent.
The hospital district's board of directors voted 4 to 0 to include the measure on the November ballot. The result is the culmination of months of debate and work from the Service Employees International-United Healthcare Workers West, which submitted the requisite amount of signatures in March.
If the measure is approved by voters, hospital executive pay will be capped at no more than twice the annual salary of the governor of California. Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to make $165,000 in 2012, according to the report.
Controversy over executive pay started after El Camino Hospital CEO Tomi Ryba took the helm in August 2011. She received a $695,000 salary with the potential to earn bonuses of up to 30 percent.
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