Nearly 80,000 California retirees are receiving $100,000 or more in pension pay, new data show
Update 12/23/19: The statewide total is now 80,540 after accounting for new data from the University of California, which…
Over 2 million public pay records are now online!
Transparent California now has more than 2 million pay records covering the 2018 year for California’s state and local government workers….
Central San gives up its crown
In 2015, we wrote about the unfairness of a proposed rate hike by Central San, while the district was…
Wildly inflated health costs are costing California taxpayers $3.3 billion annually
Spending 52 percent more than the market average for public employees’ medical insurance is costing California taxpayers at least…
Trio of LA-area city workers made over $2 million last year, as California’s poorest residents continue to pay for the state’s richest pay packages
Hawthorne residents are paying the nation’s highest sales tax in order to sustain bloated pay packages for city workers,…
Hospital CEOs top pay list, as top earner clears $10 million over the past five years
The heads of public health agencies are once again atop the list of California’s highest-paid special district workers. Transparent…
TransCal in the news, July 2019 edition
Transparent California continues to help inform the discussion over a variety of public pay issues. Here are some of…
Oakland’s soaring OT mostly due to deficient management, new audit confirms
The Oakland City Auditor just released a report analyzing the use of overtime pay in the city’s police department….
LADWP sees nearly 1,000% increase in six-figure OT payouts, while one LA firefighter collects $2.1 million over five years
Overtime pay at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) hit a record-high $250 million last year,…
Oakland trio cleared over $1.6 million in pay and benefits last year, new data show
An Oakland fire captain, a police officer, and a civil engineer each made over $500,000 in pay and benefits…