In an exclusive op-ed for The Modesto Bee I discuss the importance of adding penalties to California’s Public Records Act. A slice: When a government denies access to public records in violation of […]
Enforcing California’s Public Records Law
Bakersfieldnow.com investigative reporter Kyle Harvey did a truly outstanding piece last night on our regrettable, but necessary, decision to file a lawsuit against the City of Taft as a result of their […]
Public records lawsuit filed against the City of Taft
Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) filed a lawsuit in Kern County Superior Court against the City of Taft for refusing to comply with the California Public Records Act (CPRA). The […]
The impact of transparency
More great examples this week of the importance of transparency in government, all made possible as a result of California’s Public Records Act. The Press-Enterprise continued their outstanding investigative reporting by following […]
CalPERS paid out over $20 billion in benefits last year as ‘100K club’ grows to nearly 23,000, new data shows
Update: Membership in the “$100k club” now stands at 62,474, click here for more. Today, TransparentCalifornia.com — the state’s largest public pay and pension database — released 2016 pension data from the […]
LADWP: The information we told you was correct is “extremely misleading and incomplete.”
In response to our earlier press release on the publication of the LADWP’s pension data, the LADWP issued the following statement (condensed to the relevant claims, you can find their full release […]
DWP trio cleared over $1 million in pension pay, new data shows
Today, TransparentCalifornia.com released 2016 pension payout data from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) — the nation’s largest municipal utility district. Today’s release is the first time that this […]
TransCal in the News
A pair of articles demonstrates how TransparentCalifornia.com data helps to empower the public. An East Bay Times op-ed entitled EBMUD, Central San rate hikes? Give us a break argues that continual rate hikes are […]
Riverside gets it right!
Last month, Transparent California revealed that a Riverside utilities dispatcher had earned almost $400,000 in pay and benefits. What happened next was a testimony to the importance of transparency in government. The […]
Soaring overtime pay boosted Orange County fire captain’s $116,846 salary to over $500,000 last year, despite recently implemented cap
A $245,350 overtime payout — the 13th largest of the more than 1.3 million public workers surveyed statewide — boosted Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) captain Gregory Bradshaw’s total compensation to $508,495 […]
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