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 […]
City of Industry pays ‘astronomical’ costs for employee health insurance
The Los Angeles News Group published a report on our data revealing astronomical levels of health costs for city workers: In 2014, the city paid $57,773 — $4,800 a month — for […]
The Press-Enterprise: Tax increase and service cuts loom
A great editorial in today’s edition of The Press-Enterprise: One long-term solution to this problem is simply to have fewer public employees who would receive a pension through CalPERS, and utilize public-private partnerships […]
LA Daily News Op-ed: What’s really driving CalPERS contribution rates higher
Our op-ed in the Los Angeles Daily News addresses the misleading tactic of citing raw averages as an indicator of a pension plan’s generosity: If public pensions are so modest, as the California […]
OC Register: CSU system continues to swell from administrative bloat
The Orange County Register published an editorial today which draws heavily on Transparent California’s data: Administrative bloat has increasingly become a problem for California schools at all levels, from K-12 through the […]
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