TransCal in the news, July 2019 edition
Transparent California continues to help inform the discussion over a variety of public pay issues. Here are some of the more recent examples:
- Transcal data featured at the top of Politico’s daily CA newsletter (Carla Marinucci-Politico)
- Transparent California Director Robert Fellner featured on ABC 10 in Sacramento to discuss the website (Walt Grey- ABC 10)
- Editorial: Pension reform isn’t happening fast enough, currently elected officials refuse to address problems created by predecessors agreements to overly generous pension plans (Marin Independent Journal)
- Los Angeles finally discloses how much it actually pays for each employee’s benefits, median reported pay and benefits total jumps nearly $50,000 (Jason Henry- Pasadena Star News)
- Inglewood paid $52,000 ($1,500 a month) to lease an SUV for the mayor, despite his $110,000 salary and his city pension of over $200,000 (Jason Henry- Pasadena Star News)
- LADWP and fire department continue to post high overtime pay for some employees (Elizabeth Chou- Los Angeles Daily News)
- San Francisco sheriff overtime on the rise, department still uses paper timesheets, audit finds (Lisa Fernandez- KTVU Fox 2)
- How Oakland cops gamed the system to earn $30 million in overtime pay (Eric Boehm- Reason)
- How a lawsuit against a North State charter school could impact transparency in California (Alayna Shulman- Redding Record Searchlight)
- Placentia City Council votes to replace county fire department with a new department of the city’s own, saving the city millions of dollars, despite firefighter union’s opposition to reform (Editorial Board- The Orange County Register)
- Some charter school leaders made more money than San Diego Unified’s superintendent (Kristen Taketa- The San Diego Union Tribune)
- Oakland cops collected $30M in overtime pay last year; one officer logged 2,600 OT hours (FoxNews.com)
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