Are Santa Monicans paying too much for city employees?
A resident of Santa Monica asks: Are Santa Monica residents paying excessively for city employees? According to information found…
Examining Public Pay in California: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Transparent California has released a new study that analyzed the pay received by employees of the Los Angeles Department…
ABC 10 News San Diego Features Transparent California
ABC 10 News featured Transparent California in a piece analyzing the pay of San Diego Unified teachers. Click here…
Monterey Hearld: Monterey Fire Department earns $1.5 million in overtime in 2013
Two Monterey firefighters earned more than $100,000 each in overtime in 2013, and the department as a whole dominated…
Deficient Recruitment Efforts, Not Low Pay, Responsible for SDPD’s Staffing Shortage
“The San Diego Police Department is woefully understaffed and has clearly shown, over an extended period of time, it…
Something is in the water at the LA Department of Water and Power
Soon to be published 2013 payroll data for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reveals extraordinary levels…
Deficient Recruitment Efforts, Not Low Pay, Responsible for SDPD’s Staffing Shortage
Abstract: The San Diego Police Officers Association and, to some degree, the San Diego media has long held that…
Average CalPERS Pension Up To 5 Times Greater Than Comparable Social Security Payouts
If you’ve heard CalPERS cite their average pension amount of $30,000 or so, you may think that is what…
Auburn Journal: They earn how much?
The Auburn Journal reports: A significant number of Placer County public employees listed in the report made more than…
San Diego Police Department losing most officers to lucrative retirements, not other departments
The San Diego Police Officers Association and multiple media reports have stated that cops are leaving the SDPD for higher pay at competing departments. This is largely false, the overwhelming percentage of those leaving the SDPD do receive higher pay after leaving, but from their City pensions, not competing departments!