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State lawmakers set hearing on pay for local officials

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State lawmakers will be in Santa Ana on Oct. 20 for a hearing on whether more disclosure should be required of salaries and benefits received by government officials in response to the Bell pay scandal.

The Senate Local Government Committee hearing on ‘transparency and accountability’ will begin at 1 p.m. in the board room at the Rancho Santiago Community College District. Among those invited to testify include representatives of the League of California Cities and the state auditor’s office.

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The hearing comes just weeks after the state Legislature failed to act by the end of its session on two pieces of legislation to require public disclosure of compensation received by public officials.

A report by legislative consultants notes that some people want all high-level government salaries put on a state-run database.

‘Others worry that the state government’s experience with building online databases suggests that technological approaches result in expensive cost overruns and missed deadlines,’ the report says. ‘They suggest following the approach in the Political Reform Act, with public officials filing public documents with their own agencies’ clerks.’

-- Patrick McGreevy in Sacramento

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