Cotati, Cupertino and Hillsborough recognized for excellence in transparency
Transparent California is pleased to announce the first ever recipients of its Sunshine Award, which recognizes public agencies for…
Amid allegations of misconduct and retaliations, charter school now faces CPRA lawsuit
Update: The agency provided us with the data in response to our lawsuit. Already rife with scandal and dysfunction that…
$1.5 million payout tops LA pension list
Today, Transparent California released new, 2018 pension payout data from the three pension funds serving the city and county…
CalPERS $100K club has more than doubled since 2012, new data show
Last year, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) issued 30,969 pension checks that were worth $100,000 or more…
Hostility to transparency makes Hueso unfit for public office
State Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) has put forth a bill that would essentially eliminate California’s Public Records Act. …
Los Angeles school sued for public records law violation
Update: The agency provided us with the data in response to our lawsuit. The Charter Oak Unified School District is unlawfully refusing…
LA has been violating state law for the past 10 years
Readers may have noticed that the 2017 Transparent California data for Los Angeles does not include the cost of…
San Diego to report full compensation next year
We are pleased to learn that the City of San Diego will finally provide complete employee compensation data when…
Santa Maria-Bonita School District sued for “deliberate, bad faith” violation of state’s public records law
Update: The agency provided us with the data in response to our lawsuit. Santa Maria-Bonita school officials are unlawfully hiding…
Transparent California launches Facebook page!
True democracy depends on the people knowing what its government is doing, and engaging in the process directly. Transparent…