Last month, Transparent California revealed that a Riverside utilities dispatcher had earned almost $400,000 in pay and benefits. What happened next was a testimony to the importance of transparency in government. The […]
105 Santa Monica city workers cleared over $300,000 last year
CBS Los Angeles did a report on Santa Monica’s extroardinarly high compensation packages, using TransparentCalifornia.com data. Given the time constraints, the segment could only cover a fraction of the excess. Here are […]
Transparent California receives international coverage!
The findings from Transparent California’s recent report on a BART janitor has been republished by some of the largest news organizations around the world. The Easy Bay Times got tremendous mileage out of […]
Pension Segment on Fox News
Fox News covered our previous work on Fresno’s pension system in a TV segment that aired today. You can watch the entire segment here.
Don’t wait for next bankruptcy wave
A new op-ed published in the Vallejo Times-Herald highlights the devastating effects that the public pension crisis can have on communities. A slice: When public pension systems miss their investment target, taxpayers are […]
Shining a light on the public pension crisis
In an exclusive op-ed for the RealClearPolicy website, I address the U.S. public pension crisis. A slice: While underperforming investments receive the most attention, they aren’t the real reason for the tax […]
TransCal in the News – June 2016
ABC7 San Jose follows up on our Bay Area release, uncovering how a Milpitas’ fire prevention inspector took home over $540,000. The City of Industry will move to lower-cost health plans reports the […]
FOX40: How much overtime is unsafe?
FOX40 Sacramento aired a segment on our findings regarding high overtime pay at the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District. The group Transparent California compiled a list of some of the highest overtime amounts […]
Beachcomber: LB City $200K Club 647% Larger than Comparable City
Transparent California data is used in an analysis that compares Long Beach with neighboring cities: $200K Club – Population Comparison to Other Cities The Long Beach City Employee $200K Club had 224 […]
SacBee: Sacramento Metro Fire dominates list of top-paid firefighters in region
The Sacramento Bee used TransparentCalifornia data in their recent analysis of firefighter pay: The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District paid salaries of at least $200,000 to 67 employees in 2014, the same year it […]
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