Summary: The City of Madera is facing significant financial problems, with a general fund deficit projected for each of the next five years, rising from $1.7 million in FY2018 to $3.9 million […]
2018 a decisive year for reining in pensions
A great column by Jody Morales on the impact court rulings in 2018 might have for public pensions: Many noted reporters and columnists proclaim that every new tax is a pension tax. […]
Lack of penalties allows San Diego Unified to disregard state’s public records law
As long as government employees are free to violate the state’s public records law with impunity, Californians will continue to be denied the fully transparent government promised to them under state law. […]
California’s public records law needs teeth
In an op-ed for the Orange County Register I discuss the need for a penalty provision to be added to California’s Public Records Act. San Diego Unified is notorious for its continued and […]
Average striking Oakland worker’s pay was nearly $100,000 last year, data shows
In light of the ongoing strikes, many have been asking for accurate pay figures regarding Oakland city workers. In 2016, the average full-time, year-round Oakland city worker received $112,787 in total wages […]
Lawsuit update: Data provided
After filing lawsuits against the City of Hanford and the Los Angeles County West Vector Control District for failing to provide public employee salary data, we are pleased to announce that both agencies […]
Help keep government transparent!
This year Transparent California surpassed the 100 million mark for lifetime page views — and that wasn’t even close to being our biggest success. But in order to continue the work that has produced […]
California statewide ‘$100k club’ stands at 62,474
Transparent California is pleased to announce that we have now received the most current pension payout data from virtually all of California’s pension funds. As an update to our previous release that […]
Taft complies, two more suits filed
After years of refusing to provide an accounting of city workers’ names and salaries, Taft fully complied with our request just a day after our lawsuit was filed. For more about the […]
California labor union influence kills public records bill
Well, my earlier op-ed arguing that California needs to put some heat in its sunshine law went spectacularly unheeded, with the bill being gutted entirely last week! In an exclusive op-ed for the San Diego […]
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