By RAMON SOLIS / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

For years now, the state budget has been the subject of intense scrutiny as multi-billion-dollar deficits have forced cuts to the state’s General Fund. California’s highest-salaried nonacademic employees, however, reside outside of that system, working in departments that are funded by bonds or special revenues.
This world isn’t as well-known.

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Five highest-salaried nonacademic employees in state government:
Alan Trounson, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, $490,008
Thomas Rowe, State Compensation Insurance Fund, $450,000
Joseph Dear, chief investment officer of CalPERS, $450,000
Real Desrochers, CalPERS, $375,000
Roelof van Ark, High Speed Rail Authority, $375,000

Source: State Controller’s Office salary data for June 2011