Turlock takes steps to address soaring health costs
Today’s report from the Turlock Journal has the details: The Turlock City Council voted to implement contracts with the…
Agency relies on flawed study to justify massive pay raise
Excellent letter-to-the-editor from a resident who correctly questions the validity of setting public pay by comparing to other public…
Voters Deserve the Truth on Pension-Driven Tax Hikes
Washington Examiner — Jan. 22, 2020 Soaring public pension costs are driving a wave of tax hikes across California,…
Oakland taxpayers must fund disability pensions for those in “excellent physical condition” working full-time elsewhere
Oakland taxpayers are required to fund so-called disability pensions for former law enforcement officers who are working full-time in…
Union rules, not wildfires, behind soaring firefighter overtime pay
By: Robert Fellner Los Angeles Daily News — 1/14/20 Overtime pay for Los Angeles firefighters is making national headlines…
LA Times misleads on upcoming tax hike
The Los Angeles County Fire Department will ask voters to approve a property tax hike in March. The department…
Court ruling in CalPERS lawsuit threatens to gut California’s public records law
This commentary was first published by the San Diego Union-Tribune It is going to be much easier for California…
FBI special agent still collecting CalPERS disability pension
In an op-ed for today’s San Diego Union-Tribune, I describe how the recent court ruling in our CalPERS lawsuit will be…
California’s 100k club grows as tax hikes mount
Our recent report on California’s exploding $100K club has generated quite a bit of coverage, perhaps none better than the…
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…