San Diego Superintendents Earning More Than Their Peers
Just what does it take to become one of the highest-paid school superintendents in California? Length of tenure, rather…
CalPERS $100K club up 173% since 2012, new data show
CalPERS issued 40,060 pension checks that were worth $100,000 or more on an annualized basis last year — up…
Fresno-area city sued for public records violation
After routinely complying with Transparent California’s annual request for employee pay data for more than half a decade, the…
Appellate brief filed in CalPERS public records lawsuit
Today, Transparent California filed its opening appellate brief in its ongoing public records lawsuit against the California Public Employees’…
Riverbank sued for violating California’s open records law
Feb 2021 Update: In response to our lawsuit, Riverbank provided the requested data and paid all of our legal…
Oakland cop’s $640,000 pay package highest ever, new data show
Oakland police officer Malcolm Miller continued his multi-year trend of shattering public pay records and is once again the…
$3 million for LA firefighter, as overtime pay soars 110 percent since 2013
Overtime pay at the city of Los Angeles hit an all-time high of $521 million last year, up 13…
LADWP security guard earned nearly $1 million over the past three years, new data show
Overtime pay at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) hit a record-high $258 million last year,…
Fraud allegations against San Diego-area school reveal deceptive practices used to enrich public pay
In a just-released report documenting possible fraud at the Sweetwater Union High School District, state auditors revealed how staff…
$418,600 pension for former CalPERS investment manager largest ever, new data show
In 2018, Curtis Ishii announced that he would be stepping down as head of global fixed income for the…