San Benito is one of two counties in California listed as noncompliant with a state mandate to submit salary records for public perusal – and could face $5,000 in fines if it doesn’t turn in the data in coming weeks. Two special districts in the county – the San Benito Resource Conservation District and the Tres Pinos Water District – also failed to file the documents.
Public agencies must periodically hand over their salary information to state Controller John Chiang as part of a push for greater transparency in public employee pay following salary scandals in Southern California.
Marin and San Benito were the only counties that failed to submit their 2010 data, according to Chiang’s website. Nine cities – all outside the Bay Area – also missed the Oct. 18 deadline to submit their information, said Jacob Roper, a spokesman for the controller’s office.
Salary data from public agencies around the state is available at http://www.sco.ca.gov/compensation_search.html.
