“The San Diego Police Department is woefully understaffed and has clearly shown, over an extended period of time, it cannot correct its staffing crisis without increasing the compensation of sworn police officers […]
Soon to be published 2013 payroll data for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reveals extraordinary levels of public employee compensation. As an example of the widespread excessive levels of […]
Abstract: The San Diego Police Officers Association and, to some degree, the San Diego media has long held that low pay was a significant factor in the department’s attrition rate that required […]
If you’ve heard CalPERS cite their average pension amount of $30,000 or so, you may think that is what the average full-career retiree receives. The average 2013 full-career (defined as 30 or […]
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!
In 2014, the staff of Transparent California submitted public records requests to thousands of California public agencies. While the vast majority complied with the law, several are currently violating state law and […]