Elected Kings & Queens

The elected officials have been caught taking wildly excessive pay. With just 38,0000 residents, some officials are taking $800,000 and part-time council members take $100,000.

Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo earns $787,637 -- with annual 12 percent raises -- and that Bell pays its police chief $457,000, more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck makes in a city of 3.8 million people. Bell council members earn almost $100,000 for part-time work.