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…
LA Times: Some pensions are so huge they exceed IRS limits, costing taxpayers millions extra
Great article in today’s LA Times that highlights how California public pension plans get around IRS limits designed to…
Transparent California helps uncover massive fraud in LA school district
On Monday, the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) released their…
How one LA firefighter turned a $90,000 salary into $1.6 million over the past four years
Overtime pay that was at least triple his regular salary in each of the past four years allowed Los…
Former LA Assistant Fire Chief cleared nearly $1.4 million in pension pay last year, new data show
Today, TransparentCalifornia.com released previously unseen 2017 pension data for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Employees’ Pension plan. This…
Dubious overtime pay helped boost former LA Port Pilot’s pension to nearly $375,000 a year
Former Los Angeles Chief Port Pilot Michael Rubino’s $373,156 annualized pension has shattered the record for the highest pension…
New CalSTRS data: LA’s ‘$100K club’ up 82% over past five years
The number of retired Los Angeles educators collecting pensions of $100,000 or more from the California State Teachers Retirement System…
New 2017 pension data released: CalPERS payouts approach $21 billion, up 43% over past 5 years
Today, TransparentCalifornia.com — California’s largest public pay database — released pension payout data for the California Public Employees’ Retirement…
Public records lawsuit filed against Los Angeles government
Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the Los…
DWP trio cleared over $1 million in pension pay, new data shows
Today, TransparentCalifornia.com released 2016 pension payout data from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) — the…