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California Assembly reports on lawmakers' spending misled the public
The Assembly routinely underreports the amount of money used to run legislators' personal offices and overreports the operating costs of committees that do the brunt of the policy work in the house....
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Senate staff raises small compared with budget, but timing questioned
California's chronic budget problems haven't stopped the state Senate from giving some of its own staff members a bump in pay, handing out raises averaging 7 percent to dozens of workers in recent...
View ArticleCalifornia insurance fund ready to pay $50 million in severance for workers...
Despite a yearlong campaign to slash its expenses, a quasi-government agency is ready to pay up to $50 million in severance packages for state workers who volunteer to leave by the end of this year ...
View ArticleCalifornia Assembly fattening paychecks for some employees
The Assembly is fattening paychecks for numerous employees this holiday season.
View ArticlePromotions unpopular for California firefighters earning overtime
Some of California's rank-and-file firefighters earn so much money in overtime that the state has revived pay bonuses worth thousands of dollars to lure them into management.
View ArticleState's public-employee pay ranks high
California state and local government employees remain among the highest-paid in the nation, according to revised 2010 data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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California Legislature tentatively wins court battle over pay
State Controller John Chiang cannot block lawmakers' pay based on his interpretation of the budget they pass, a Sacramento judge tentatively ruled Tuesday, handing the Legislature a significant win as...
View ArticleCalifornia pay commission to consider 5 percent cut for state elected officials
One week after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed slicing state workers' pay by 5 percent, the Democratic governor and legislators find themselves targeted for a "share the pain" salary cut.
View ArticleState worker union agrees to bargain on Jerry Brown's pay cut proposal
The largest state employee union will negotiate with Gov. Jerry Brown early next month, spurred by his proposal to put state workers on a shortened workweek that would cut their pay 5 percent.
View Article4-day week for state workers likely to slow area's recovery
Elias Silhi, owner of Tony's Deli in downtown Sacramento, has unpleasant memories of "furlough Fridays," and gets nervous imagining what an encore would look like.
View ArticleCalifornia pay commission to vote on cutting lawmaker's salaries
California's compensation commission will vote today on a 5 percent pay cut for Gov. Jerry Brown, legislators, and state constitutional officers from controller to treasurer to Board of Equalization...
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California panel orders 5 percent pay cut for lawmakers, governor, other...
California lawmakers, who have seen their pay cut by 18 percent during the past three years, their fringe benefits slashed and their car-lease program eliminated, took yet another hit to their...
View ArticleCalifornia pay commission keeps looking for a legal opinion to support its...
Even its own attorney concludes that the California Citizens Compensation Commission lacked authority to cut legislators' per diem for living expenses and eliminate their car-lease program in separate...
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California state union leader Yvonne Walker has a sales job on her hands
President Yvonne Walker, who led Local 1000's support for Jerry Brown during his campaign for governor, now reminds her members that Brown never promised not to make cuts, but said only that he would...
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Unauthorized vacation buyouts secretly pushed through at state parks...
A high-ranking official at the California Department of Parks and Recreation carried out a secret vacation buyout program last year for himself and other headquarters staff, according to an internal...
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Assemblywoman Gaines calls for fiscal probe of California parks agency
Assemblywoman Beth Gaines on Tuesday called for an investigation into fiscal practices at the California Department of Parks and Recreation after The Bee revealed an unauthorized vacation buyout...
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California Senate salary freeze comes after raises
After giving out hundreds of pay raises in the past year, the Senate announced plans for a crackdown Wednesday a one-year pay freeze. Darrell Steinberg
View ArticleTop-paid California legislative employees get pay raises
As California lawmakers slashed funding for social services and state workers this spring, some of the Legislature's top-paid staff saw the size of their own salaries grow.
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Hidden California state parks funds spark outrage
California state parks Director Ruth Coleman resigned and her second-in-command was fired Friday after officials discovered the department has been sitting on "hidden assets" totalling nearly $54...
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California Assembly reports on lawmakers' spending misled the public
The Assembly routinely underreports the amount of money used to run legislators' personal offices and overreports the operating costs of committees that do the brunt of the policy work in the house....
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