Winners and Losers: Corrections and Higher Education in California This report presents a number of the trends in higher education and the California Department of Corrections (CDCR) over the last three decades. It collects previously unavailable or scattered data for a variety of measures including system population by groups, numbers and salaries of general staff and primary service providers, and overall expenditures for the period 1980-2011, with 1980 being the earliest date for which comprehensive data is available for both systems.

San Jose Pensions How will San Jose pension obligations impact the city's deficit?

Trigger Cuts How do budget trigger cuts impact California's services?

California Pension Costs What is the funding status of California pension plans and what they will cost in the future?

Trial Court Spending Comparisons How much do California's trial courts spend?

California Assembly Exemplifies Lack of Government Transparency See how CACS exposes inconsistencies in reported assembly spending.

Interpreting Data: Context Matters Learn how numbers from the data transparency portal without context can be misleading.

Employee Pay in the Judicial Branch Using the CACS data transparency portal, learn step-by-step how to find interesting stories about government finances. In this case the story is about custodian pay in the courts.