(From the AP) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger challenged cities Thursday to post officials’ salaries on websites if they have nothing to hide. The Republican governor said Californians were asking what their local government officials were paid after revelations that the Southern California city of Bell paid three of its top administrators a total of $1.6 million a year.
“I think if the city officials have nothing to hide, put the information on the website so people don’t even have to call,” Schwarzenegger said in a budget speech to the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Such information is already public record in California, but many cities and counties don’t display the information for the public to easily see.
That could change if the state Legislature moves ahead with proposals being drafted by the League of California Cities.
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