Riverside utilities electric power system dispatcher Donald Dahle was the city’s top earner last year, thanks to a $257,719 overtime (OT) payout — the 10th largest of the 1 million public workers […]
LA firefighter trio earns nearly $1 million in OT pay (again)

Three Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) employees earned a combined $1.36 million last year — $974,779 of which came from overtime pay alone, according to just-released 2016 salary data from TransparentCalifornia.com. Unsurprisingly, […]
$299,000 overtime payout boosted Oakland city engineer’s total compensation to nearly $500,000
Oakland civil engineer Kenny Lau’s $484,175 pay and benefits package was the largest of any Oakland worker last year, according to just released 2016 pay data from TransparentCalifornia.com. Lau was able to […]
Six former LA safety officers collected pension payouts of over $1,000,000 apiece last year
Newly released public pension data from TransparentCalifornia.com shows a $1,462,770 pension payout going to former Los Angeles deputy police chief Earl Paysinger last year — with $1,338,232 coming from a one-time DROP […]
Top LA County Pension Passes $400,000 Mark
The top pension payout at the Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association (LACERA) has eclipsed $400,000 for the first time ever, according to just released public pension data. Today, Transparent California released 2016 pension payout […]
Ontario-Montclair Superintendent’s $516,000 pay package tops state list
Today, Transparent California released 2015 public employee compensation data — complete with names, pay, and benefits — for over 800,000 K-12 workers statewide. Ontario-Montclair schools superintendent James Hammond’s $516,573 compensation package was the […]
BART janitor quadruples $57,000 salary to over $270,000 with OT, benefits
Today, Transparent California released 2015 public employee compensation data — complete with names, pay, and benefits — for over 100,000 special district workers statewide. A San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) […]
Sacramento Metro Fire Captain paid $1.1 million over the past four years
Today, Transparent California released 2015 public employee compensation data — complete with names, pay, and benefits — for over 100,000 special district workers statewide. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (Metro Fire) captain Randall Wootton earned […]
DWP supervisor, once again, boosts salary to nearly $400,000 with a $216,000 OT payout
Today, Transparent California released 2015 public employee compensation data — complete with names, pay, and benefits — for over 100,000 special districts workers statewide. The data reveals that Los Angeles Department of Water […]
CalPERS $100k club for Highway Patrol up 15% as taxpayer cost hits an all-time high
The number of annualized pension payouts of $100,000 or more received by former California Highway Patrol (CHP) employees increased more than 15 percent last year, according to just-released 2015 pension data posted […]