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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Contra Costa County Schools Hit with Rate Increase to Fund Sanitary District’s $100k+ Pensions
Transparent California was featured in the Contra Costa Times and the OC Register today! From the Contra Costa Times…
The Bakersfield Californian on Golden Empire Transit’s Pay Disparity
The Californian reports: Between 2012 and 2013, GET’s 10 highest-paid administrative employees received raises averaging more than 6 percent,…
TransCal data used in investigation of nepotism allegations
A fascinating report by the Temecula Valley News uses Transparent California in their investigation into a questionable hired at…