
Overtime pay at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) hit a record-high $250 million last year, an increase of 84 percent from 2013, according to new pay data from […]
Overtime pay at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) hit a record-high $250 million last year, an increase of 84 percent from 2013, according to new pay data from […]
An Oakland fire captain, a police officer, and a civil engineer each made over $500,000 in pay and benefits last year, according to newly released 2018 pay data published on TransparentCalifornia.com. The […]
Transparent California is pleased to announce the first ever recipients of its Sunshine Award, which recognizes public agencies for exceptional service in responding to, and fulfilling, public records requests. The recipients of […]
Update: The agency provided us with the data in response to our lawsuit. Already rife with scandal and dysfunction that led to three board members resigning in protest last month, a public charter […]
Today, Transparent California released new, 2018 pension payout data from the three pension funds serving the city and county of Los Angeles. The top earners were three members of the Los Angeles […]
Last year, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) issued 30,969 pension checks that were worth $100,000 or more on an annualized basis, according to newly released pension payout data from TransparentCalifornia.com. […]
State Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) has put forth a bill that would essentially eliminate California’s Public Records Act. In a new op-ed for the Voice of San Diego, I argue that his long […]
Update: The agency provided us with the data in response to our lawsuit. The Charter Oak Unified School District is unlawfully refusing to disclose records documenting the names and wages of its employees, a just-filed […]
Readers may have noticed that the 2017 Transparent California data for Los Angeles does not include the cost of benefits. The LA Daily News article, LA hides health care costs for individual employees […]
We are pleased to learn that the City of San Diego will finally provide complete employee compensation data when they submit their 2018 data to us later this year. San Diego’s pension […]