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Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] Anaheim Public Records Request for2023 Employee Compensation Report
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April 24th, 2024
We are requesting acopy of Anaheim'sEmployee Compensation Report for the 2023 calendar year under the
provisions of California Gov. Code §7920, the California Public Records Act. The purpose of this request isto
obtain records which provide acomplete and comprehensive account of Anaheim'stotal costs associated with
employee full names and compensation. Specifically, this request seeks an accounting, by full name and job
title, of total gross wages paid to each employee and the total cost incurred separately by the employer for
providing retirement and health benefits.
Note that the State Controller’s “Government Compensation inCalifornia” report does not contain the
names of employees and therefore does not satisfy this request. Ifyour response isto send us acopy of that
report, that will simply delay the process and take more of your time as we will reject itas insufficient to
satisfy this request in full. As areminder, per Gov. Code §7922.585(a) “Nothing in this section isintended to
affect the public record status of information merely because itisstored in acomputer. Public records stored
in a computer shall be disclosed as required by this chapter.” Please provide the requested materials or, per
Gov. Code § 7922.535, atimeline along which they will be made available by, no later than ten days from the
date of this request. In an effort to standardize how this information is reported, please include the following
categories in your response:
Employee Name (full name, including first and last)
Position/Job Title (“City Manager”, “Police Officer”, etc.)
Annual Salary Minimum & Maximum
Total Regular Pay
Overtime Pay
Other Pay (any additional forms of pay that are not reported in Regular Pay)
Retirement Contribution Costs - All forms of employer-paid retirement contributions, deferred
compensation, etc., including Unaccrued Actuarial Liability if applicable. Please split out per the
standard State Controller’s Office categories.
Healthcare Contribution Costs - All forms of employer-paid health and welfare benefits, such as health,
dental and vision insurance benefits.
In the event Anaheim isnot in possession of a record of this nature, we request copies of any other record or
records that contain information, even if only in part, that is responsive to the purpose of this request —
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employee name in conjunction with their compensation data for the period requested. Per Gov. Code
7922.570(a), we ask that you provide the records in an Excel spreadsheet format. You may provide this data
to us by replying to this email and attaching your data file. There isno need to password-protect your
responsive data, that data will be posted to apublicly-available website when we’vecompleted our review
process. Note that saving your original spreadsheet in the form of aPDF and sending that to us isnot
sufficient. Doing this will simply result in aneed for you to take more time to respond, given that aPDF copy
isnot the original data, which iswhat we are requesting. As areminder, Gov. Code §7922.600(a) instructs
public agencies to "assist requester in finding records and information that are responsive to the request or to
the purpose of the request."
Itisnot necessary to prepare aboilerplate PDF response document sent tous as an attachment to email in
order to respond with your ETA. We are well aware of the legal provisions ofthe CPRA, donot need them
reiterated, and are happy to accept a simple response giving us the estimated date you will be able to
provide the data requested.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions that you might have.
Thank you.
Municipalities Researcher
Transparent California
muni@transparentcalifornia.com
Rev
9/12/23
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