LOS ANGELES COUNTY — Taxpayers could have saved up to $172,668 in overtime pay last year if beach lifeguard towers had been staffed using larger numbers of temporary, or "recurrent," lifeguards, an audit has found.
"Spending for lifeguard overtime is excessive because higher-paid permanent lifeguards are working the overtime rather than the less-expensive temporary [recurrent] lifeguards," said an auditor-controller report issued Tuesday.
