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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 […]

Over 2 million public pay records are now online!

By Robert Fellner on September 27, 2019

Transparent California now has more than 2 million pay records covering the 2018 year for California’s state and local government workers. We also have nearly 200,000 pay records for community college employees, which is even more […]

Central San gives up its crown

By Robert Fellner on September 11, 2019

In 2015, we wrote about the unfairness of a proposed rate hike by Central San, while the district was simultaneously spending ratepayer money on things like “Rolls-Royce-style health, dental and vision insurance […]

Wildly inflated health costs are costing California taxpayers $3.3 billion annually

By Robert Fellner on September 9, 2019

Spending 52 percent more than the market average for public employees’ medical insurance is costing California taxpayers at least $3.3 billion annually, according to a Transparent California analysis of 672,000 payroll records […]

Trio of LA-area city workers made over $2 million last year, as California’s poorest residents continue to pay for the state’s richest pay packages

By Robert Fellner on August 26, 2019

Hawthorne residents are paying the nation’s highest sales tax in order to sustain bloated pay packages for city workers, like the $717,258 that went to former Police Chief Robert Fager last year. […]

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