Employers across the country need to pay close attention to developments in California relating to its pay transparency law, also known as Senate Bill 1162 (SB 1162). For many years, pay transparency ...

EXPLAINS THE EFFORT. IT’S ONE OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT PROVIDING PUBLIC RECORDS. JOURNALISTS, ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC REQUEST THEM. AND IT’S THE STATE OR LOCAL ...

Good government groups are using Sunshine Week to make the case for more transparent California state elections. And bills promoting more transparency are in the hopper in Sacramento. The California ...

Transparent California is dropping its lawsuit against Compton after the city agreed to turn over its salary data and to pay $7,500 to cover the legal costs for the public pay database. Transparent ...

California once was a national leader in making government more transparent, requiring state and local agencies to conduct their business in public meetings and giving Californians easy access to ...

Truth in Accounting (TIA) is a think tank that analyzes government financial reports. As part of its mission, it encourages public entities to produce financial reports that are comprehensive, clear, ...

Key point: California expands the scope of the California AI Transparency Act by adding compliance obligations and extends the operative date to August 2, 2026. On October 13, 2025, California ...

California once was a national leader in making government more transparent, requiring state and local agencies to conduct their business in public meetings and giving Californians easy access to ...

During every California election cycle, dozens of ballot measures to raise taxes or issue bonds appear on local ballots. Long-standing state law requires that the ballot include a statement, no longer ...

The Nevada Policy Institute, operators of the public pay database Transparent California, has filed a lawsuit against Compton for allegedly refusing to release records showing how much the city pays ...