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…
Taft complies, two more suits filed
After years of refusing to provide an accounting of city workers’ names and salaries, Taft fully complied with our request…
Fresno Council of Governments sued for violating state’s public records law
Update: On September 29, 2017 the Fresno Council of Governments complied with our request and agreed to pay our attorney’s fees. Their…
California labor union influence kills public records bill
Well, my earlier op-ed arguing that California needs to put some heat in its sunshine law went spectacularly unheeded, with the bill…
California needs to put some heat in its sunshine law
In an exclusive op-ed for The Modesto Bee I discuss the importance of adding penalties to California’s Public Records Act. A…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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