I\'m going to be joining the police force after next summer, so I have started doind some inquiring about the pay scales here in cali. I have eliminated the departments down to two, Berkley P.D, and Santa Clara P.D, they are pretty equal in pay Santa Clara pays 77520 first year and gradually goes up to 93984 the fith year, and tops out at 98k a year. Berkley starts at 60,000, and will top out at 100,000 in 2007. My question is does anybody live in either of these two cities or have personal experience in either city, I want to know which one would be best to live in, ie weather, and somewhat low rent, I don\'t want to pay 4k a month for a shack.