The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Re: California
Dear President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama:
Good evening, I’m sure you get hundreds of these per day, pleas to intervene via policy and politically to mitigate horrible situations. Especially from those who live on the gulf. I grew up in that region myself and feel terribly for those who live there still.
Now I live in Sacramento and work as a state employee – general counsel to an agency within California state government. I just learned that Governor Schwarzenegger and his staff decided to order pay cut to the minimum wage for all California state employees. Which, because of the FLSA, means no payment whatsoever to attorneys.
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