Alameda County Transportation Commission Data Collection Success!
Transparent California’s mission is to get data covering every public employee in our state –…
Honesty in Public Employee Compensation Analysis
The Economic Policy Institute recently released its annual study of public teacher compensation and, to…
San Bernardino Voters Pay the Price for Official’s Neglect of Open Records Law
San Bernardino taxpayers must now foot a $75,000 bill following a ruling in a recent…
A New Initiative to Transform California Open Records
Since its signing in 1968, California’s open records law has been the gold standard for…
Los Angeles FD Payroll is Raging Out of Control
There is no doubt that firemen provide an essential service, and we owe it to…
Don’t be Fooled by Teachers Unions’ Antics
Los Angeles Unified School District employees are again in an uproar and on strike. But…
Inglewood police chief gets an extra $61,000 annually for taking a 2-week course
Median earnings for Inglewood residents was around $30,000 last year. Those same residents are required to pay for a police…
Why is the media treating CalPERS with kid gloves?
Yves Smith of the Naked Capitalism blog has presented irrefutable evidence that CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost submitted false information to…
Ignoring risk hides pension costs from policymakers
A new rule currently being considered by the Actuarial Standards Board would finally require public pensions to meaningfully account for…
CalPERS sued for withholding complete pension data
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is unlawfully withholding information necessary to help safeguard the system from waste, fraud…
DMV supervisor unaware that sleeping on the job for 4 years straight requires disciplinary action
The most robust study ever conducted on the topic found that the average California state government worker earned 23 percent…
1,237% increase in promised pensions dwarfs San Diego’s economic growth, taxpayers’ ability to pay
The total pension benefits promised by the San Diego County Employees’ Retirement Association (SDCERA) increased 1,237 percent from 1986-2016 —…
John and Ken Show 7/23/18
The good folks over at the John and Ken show had me on yesterday to discuss our latest report, in…
Transparent California helps uncover massive fraud in LA school district
On Monday, the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) released their “Extraordinary…
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