Knight FOI Fund supports another victorious transparency case

In a court challenge brought with the support of a Knight FOI Fund grant, proponents of government transparency won a significant victory in a California case involving a county’s attempt to keep pension compensation to former employees secret. A California judge ruled that Sacramento County must disclose the pension payments, rejecting the contention of the county retirement system that state law and the system’s own regulations required it to keep the information private.

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