Transparent California

From today's @latimesopinion letters section. "Your findings on Los Angeles firefighter pay are not a surprise to anyone who pays attention to public employee compensation. Transparent California has been raising the red flag on firefighter overtime for years. Actual data, as…

TransCal in the News! "As of 2023, Larkin’s pay package, including benefits, came to $422,202.17, according to Transparent California." Thanks to @pulcrano and the @morganhilltimes for using our data! If you’d like to see more data like this, you can help by sponsoring data…

TransCal in the News! "Transparent California has updated its database detailing salaries and benefits paid to Tuolumne County government employees. It is the effort of a non-profit organization, a non-partisan think tank, to compile details about the pay of California…

Never underestimate the ability of government to repeat past mistakes, especially when it is in the best financial interests of government employees to do that. "Planning is underway at San Diego County to let veteran sheriff’s deputies and other public safety employees collect…

TransCal in the News! "While the organization faced a $1.8 million deficit in 2023 and saw its revenue plunge by more than $4 million year over year, according to ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer database, CEO Tricia Smith's salary increased by over $100,000. She earned $485,231…

TransCal in the News! "Navarro earned $235,000 in 2021, plus $95,000 in other pay and benefits, according to Transparent California." Thanks to @allaboutgeorge, Michael McLaughlin and @sfstandard for using our data! If you’d like to see more data like this, you can help by…

TransCal in the News! "The analysis reviewed 2023 salary data for presidents and vice presidents at El Camino, Cerritos, Santa Monica, Long Beach City, San Diego City, Los Angeles Pierce, Riverside City and Antelope Valley colleges, as reported by Transparent California, a…

TransCal in the News! "Transparent California data reveals that dozens of Sacramento officers have overtime pay exceeding 100% of their base salaries for multiple years. According to data gathered by Transparent California via public records requests, one Sacramento officer…

TransCal in the News Again! "Transparent California is an excellent site to see what every public employee is making in the state. The latest numbers, though, are only from 2023. Nevertheless, the figures shown at that time for Marcus were $225,117 total pay (not including…

Just a quick note: Ché L. Abram should be ashamed of herself. The idea that "urgency" is a feature of white supremacy—especially coming from someone in Public Health—is absurd. Should we hesitate to administer Narcan? Should ambulances take their time? The stakes are life and…

TransCal in the news! "According to Transparent California, McCarthy earned $380,000 in “regular pay” in 2023, the most recent year available. SJV Water requested McCarthy’s contract and any settlement agreements involved in his firing, but did not receive them in time for this…

Great analysis by Mark Joffe of the @CalPolicyCenter on California's ever-increasing pension funding debacle. "As the League of California Cities observed, pension costs for many of their members have been rising to “unsustainable levels”. Now, remarkably, the state Assembly is…

This is a big part of why Transparent California exists. "Now, records from Transparent California reveal Norris collects $186,675 annually from the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association - including $150,282 in disability payments and $36,393 in benefits. While…

TransCal in the News! "Melanie Richardson, a former deputy administrator and assistant CEO at Santa Clara Valley Water, has come out of a recent retirement to lead the water agency as it investigates a workplace misconduct complaint against her former boss, Valley Water CEO Rick…

Some exceptional common sense from the editorial board at @sdut. "Actions speak louder than words, and here’s what they say: Both the council and the mayor are eager to keep playing their roles as the revenue collectors for the pension-first city-state. They deny responsibility…

A great article from @MariiFTrujillo of the @ReasonFdn on how ever-increasing pension costs are really what is driving the City of San Diego's "need" for more revenue, from today's @sdut . Finally we see someone saying the quiet part out loud. Pitches to us that more taxes are…

Here at TransCal we usually get great cooperation from the public agencies we request data from, but occasionally we run into an agency that clearly does not understand their obligation under the Public Records Act and existing case law. When that happens, we are sometimes…

TransCal in the News! "Martin declined to comment on the vote after last week’s meeting, citing the ongoing settlement negotiations. His total pay plus benefits amounted to roughly $289,500 in 2023, the most recent year of public pay data available via Transparent California."…