Already rife with scandal and dysfunction that led to three board members resigning in protest last month, a public charter school in Siskiyou County is now facing a lawsuit for refusing to […]
$1.5 million payout tops LA pension list
Today, Transparent California released new, 2018 pension payout data from the three pension funds serving the city and county of Los Angeles. The top earners were three members of the Los Angeles […]
CalPERS $100K club has more than doubled since 2012, new data show
Last year, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) issued 30,969 pension checks that were worth $100,000 or more on an annualized basis, according to newly released pension payout data from TransparentCalifornia.com. […]
Hostility to transparency makes Hueso unfit for public office
State Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) has put forth a bill that would essentially eliminate California’s Public Records Act. In a new op-ed for the Voice of San Diego, I argue that his long […]
Los Angeles school sued for public records law violation
The Charter Oak Unified School District is unlawfully refusing to disclose records documenting the names and wages of its employees, a just-filed lawsuit alleges. Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) filed […]
LA has been violating state law for the past 10 years
Readers may have noticed that the 2017 Transparent California data for Los Angeles does not include the cost of benefits. The LA Daily News article, LA hides health care costs for individual employees […]
San Diego to report full compensation next year
We are pleased to learn that the City of San Diego will finally provide complete employee compensation data when they submit their 2018 data to us later this year. San Diego’s pension […]
Santa Maria-Bonita School District sued for “deliberate, bad faith” violation of state’s public records law
Santa Maria-Bonita school officials are unlawfully hiding information about how the school spends taxpayer dollars, according to a just-filed public records lawsuit. Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) filed a lawsuit […]
Transparent California launches Facebook page!
True democracy depends on the people knowing what its government is doing, and engaging in the process directly. Transparent California has always been all about making sure we know what our government […]
Financial mismanagement of San Diego school hurts students the most
Guest commentary by Todd Maddison It seems as if the financial mismanagement at Sweetwater Union High has reached a tipping point, now that officials with the San Diego County Office of Education […]