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San Bernardino taxpayers must now foot a $75,000 bill following a ruling in a recent public records case. The ruling comes after an extensive legal battle in which officials refused to turn […]
Since its signing in 1968, California’s open records law has been the gold standard for government transparency. It has remained a shining example of how to track government overspending and misconduct by […]
There is no doubt that firemen provide an essential service, and we owe it to our public servants to provide them with an appropriate wage, but is almost half a million dollars a year in overtime too much?
Los Angeles Unified School District employees are again in an uproar and on strike. But it’s not poor academic performance, politicized union leadership, dismal district finances or the impact of Covid shutdowns […]
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Transparent California’s own Todd Maddison was quoted in a recent article by the San Diego Union Tribune on the highest paid K-12 Superintendents in California. The story spotlights California Administrators who are […]
An audit by the state of California found an egregious amount of mismanagement and lack of transparency from the superintendent and board of the Bellflower Unified School District. The superintendent’s failure to […]
A recent whistleblower document on misconduct within the Shasta Sheriff department has been verified as authentic by a police captain within the county. The user, first known by the pseudonym “Shasta,” wrote […]
With most state agencies, an appeal can be filed in a local superior court, but with the Utilities Commission an appeal must be filed in the state appeals or even supreme court. This makes for a far more difficult and costly process that deters most applicants.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Michael Markman has ruled that the CalPERS Board of Administration violated California’s open meetings law two years ago when it held a session that was closed to […]
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