-Court ruling in CalPERS lawsuit threatens to gut California’s public records law
This commentary was first published by the San Diego Union-Tribune It is going to be much easier for California governments…
-FBI special agent still collecting CalPERS disability pension
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…
-California’s 100k club grows as tax hikes mount
Our recent report on California’s exploding $100K club has generated quite a bit of coverage, perhaps none better than the recent Orange…
-Court ruling threatens to gut California’s public records law
It is going to be much easier for governments to hide their affairs from the public, if the legal standard…
-Nearly 80,000 California retirees are receiving $100,000 or more in pension pay, new data show
Update 12/23/19: The statewide total is now 80,540 after accounting for new data from the University of California, which saw…
-Over 2 million public pay records are now online!
Transparent California now has more than 2 million pay records covering the 2018 year for California’s state and local government workers. We…
-Central San gives up its crown
In 2015, we wrote about the unfairness of a proposed rate hike by Central San, while the district was simultaneously…
-Wildly inflated health costs are costing California taxpayers $3.3 billion annually
Spending 52 percent more than the market average for public employees’ medical insurance is costing California taxpayers at least $3.3…
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