TransCal in the News
A pair of articles demonstrates how TransparentCalifornia.com data helps to empower the public. An East Bay Times op-ed entitled EBMUD,…
Riverside gets it right!
Last month, Transparent California revealed that a Riverside utilities dispatcher had earned almost $400,000 in pay and benefits. What…
Soaring overtime pay boosted Orange County fire captain’s $116,846 salary to over $500,000 last year, despite recently implemented cap
A $245,350 overtime payout — the 13th largest of the more than 1.3 million public workers surveyed statewide —…
Riverside utilities dispatcher triples salary to nearly $400,000 with state’s 10th largest overtime payout
Riverside utilities electric power system dispatcher Donald Dahle was the city’s top earner last year, thanks to a $257,719…
LA firefighter trio earns nearly $1 million in OT pay (again)
Three Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) employees earned a combined $1.36 million last year — $974,779 of which came…
$299,000 overtime payout boosted Oakland city engineer’s total compensation to nearly $500,000
Oakland civil engineer Kenny Lau’s $484,175 pay and benefits package was the largest of any Oakland worker last year,…
Six former LA safety officers collected pension payouts of over $1,000,000 apiece last year
Newly released public pension data from TransparentCalifornia.com shows a $1,462,770 pension payout going to former Los Angeles deputy police…
Top LA County Pension Passes $400,000 Mark
The top pension payout at the Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association (LACERA) has eclipsed $400,000 for the first time ever,…
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As our 3rd year of operation comes to a close, we remain truly humbled by the overwhelmingly positive response…
105 Santa Monica city workers cleared over $300,000 last year
CBS Los Angeles did a report on Santa Monica’s extroardinarly high compensation packages, using TransparentCalifornia.com data. Given the time…