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…
Marin County promised pension benefits up nearly 1000%, dwarfing rate of economic growth
The total pension benefits promised by Marin County increased 982 percent from 1986-2016 — a rate 58 times greater than…
Nearly 900% increase in CalPERS benefits dwarfs economic growth, taxpayers’ ability to pay
The total pension benefits promised by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) increased 886 percent from 1987-2016 — a…
Marin union votes to strike
Despite the fact that local government workers in Marin County receive wages higher than local government workers in over 99…
Despite wages that rank in the top 1% nationwide, Marin union considers striking
Update: Strike was approved on 6/20/18. The average wage for Marin County local government workers is richer than what their…
Oakland engineer and police officer again earn a combined $1 million, as superhuman OT continues
Today, Transparent California — California’s largest public pay database — released previously unseen 2017 pay data for the City of…
How one LA firefighter turned a $90,000 salary into $1.6 million over the past four years
Overtime pay that was at least triple his regular salary in each of the past four years allowed Los Angeles…
San Jose payroll tops $1 billion, as city manager collects $610,000 in pay and benefits
Total employee compensation for San Jose city workers hit a record-high $1 billion last year, according to newly released 2017…
San Francisco public pay up nearly $900 million since 2012
Today, Transparent California — the state’s largest public pay database — released 2017 employee compensation data for 175 California cities…
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