Constitutional Law

Nearly 37,000 L.A. city salaries posted online

By By The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES ? Salary information for nearly 37,000 Los Angeles city employees has been posted online in a move designed to make local government more transparent.

City Controller Wendy Greuel said on Feb. 4 that the salaries in the database reflect pay cuts, furloughs and other cutbacks, as well as increased pay due to benefits like overtime, bonuses, uniform and car allowances.

Greuel told City News Service that "Angelenos have a right to know how their taxpayer dollars are being spent."

The controller's office says Los Angeles is the largest city in the country to post a comprehensive list of employee salaries.

When news broke about the Bell City Council's inflated salaries, calls for the release of salary information increased.

Full post as published by First Amendment Center on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).