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# Raising smiles: Executive Pay Plan amended for cost-of-living adjustment
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/raising-smiles/
- Published: 2006-07-11T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:51:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The Executive Pay Plan is being amended to provide a cost-of-living adjustment for all department heads, as well as an equity adjustment of 3.75 percent for the director of planning and community development to make that pay scale competitive with other municipalities.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 11, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)