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A&A: Request for councilmembers salaries not granted

FAC October 13, 2010

Q: I requested the salaries and health benefits of City Council members. It took one month to receive and I didn’t get what I’d asked for.  I also asked for information regarding the voiding of a parking citation that they would not release. A: The California Supreme Court has held that the names and salaries of individual public employees are generally required to be made public. See International Federation of Processional Engineers v. Superior Court,

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Los Angeles County postpones release of salary information of highest-paid employees

donal brown September 30, 2010

A Los Angeles County lawyer said they are delaying the release of the names and salaries of its highest paid employees out of concern for the workers’ safety. -db Los Angeles Times September 27, 2010 By Rong-Gong Lin II Los Angeles County officials are taking steps to keep secret the names and salaries of some highly paid county employees, saying they need more time to comply with public records law to protect workers who claim

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A&A: Is the list of employees taking voluntary buyouts a public document?

FAC August 27, 2010

Q: I am a reporter covering the public district hospital. I want to know if a list of 74 employees who accepted voluntary buyouts is a public document. I requested this list from the hospital’s PR person, and she said she would provide it only on condition that I promise not to publish the names. I probably won’t use more than a few names (for people I might quote), but if the document is public,

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Bell’s princely salaries result of fewer reporters on the beat

FAC July 30, 2010

How did the city officials of Bell, CA, manage to convince the mostly low-income citizens of their municipality to fund such outrageously high salaries?  Writer Conor Friedersdorf at Forbes.com argues that the townspeople never agreed, they didn’t even know about the high salaries.  The reason? There was no watchdog reporter covering city hall. Why Every City Needs A Beat ReporterConor Friedersdorf, 07.29.10, 05:43 PM EDT …Each member of the city council was being paid six

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Public agency pensions: Editorial reaffirms public’s right-to-know

donal brown July 27, 2010

An editorial in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat calls for the Sonoma County employee association to release information on pensioners receiving over $100,000 a year. In a recent case in Sacramento County, a judge ruled that under California’s Brown Act Sacramento County could not keep pension information from the public. -db Pubilc agency pensions: Editorial reaffirms public’s right-to-know Santa Rosa Press Democrat Editorial July 23, 2010 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100723/OPINION/100729808/1043/opinion?Title=PD-Editorial-Right-to-know “The people of this state do not yield

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