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Oakland taxpayers must fund disability pensions for those in “excellent physical condition” working full-time elsewhere

By Robert Fellner on January 22, 2020

Oakland taxpayers are required to fund so-called disability pensions for former law enforcement officers who are working full-time in law enforcement elsewhere, Transparent California has learned. In 2014, Oakland made national headlines […]

Union rules, not wildfires, behind soaring firefighter overtime pay

By Robert Fellner on January 20, 2020

By: Robert Fellner Los Angeles Daily News — 1/14/20 Overtime pay for Los Angeles firefighters is making national headlines again, thanks to eye-popping payouts that allowed several employees to pocket over $400,000 […]

LA Times misleads on upcoming tax hike

By Robert Fellner on January 14, 2020

The Los Angeles County Fire Department will ask voters to approve a property tax hike in March. The department has cited an increase in medical calls, as well as the need for […]

Calpensions wrap-up: A look back at the ‘crisis’

By Robert Fellner on January 8, 2020

Originally posted on Calpensions:
A decade ago, when this blog began, the big public pension fund that covers half of all California non-federal government employees, CalPERS, lost about $100 billion during a…

250 million pageviews!

By Robert Fellner on December 18, 2019

As the Transparent California team reflects on 2019, we’ve received a big piece of news — the site will eclipse 250,000,000 all-time pageviews by the end of the year! That’s not a […]

Court ruling in CalPERS lawsuit threatens to gut California’s public records law

By Robert Fellner on December 2, 2019

This commentary was first published by the San Diego Union-Tribune It is going to be much easier for California governments to hide their affairs from the public if the legal standard put […]

FBI special agent still collecting CalPERS disability pension

By Robert Fellner on November 22, 2019

In an op-ed for today’s San Diego Union-Tribune, I describe how the recent court ruling in our CalPERS lawsuit will be used to undermine governmental transparency across the state. I also take aim at […]

California’s 100k club grows as tax hikes mount

By Robert Fellner on November 16, 2019

Our recent report on California’s exploding $100K club has generated quite a bit of coverage, perhaps none better than the recent Orange County Register editorial, “California’s 100k club grows as tax hikes mount.” The editorial […]

Court ruling threatens to gut California’s public records law

By Robert Fellner on November 11, 2019

It is going to be much easier for governments to hide their affairs from the public, if the legal standard put forth in a just-issued Sacramento County court ruling is upheld. Last […]

Nearly 80,000 California retirees are receiving $100,000 or more in pension pay, new data show

By Robert Fellner on November 5, 2019

Update 12/23/19: The statewide total is now 80,540 after accounting for new data from the University of California, which saw a 24.5% year-over-year increase in their $100K club.  The number of California […]

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