Media win right to learn which California Cops are making $100K-plus

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

The salaries and hiring and termination dates of government workers, including police officers, are public information and cannot be kept secret, a divided state Supreme Court ruled today in two related cases.

The California Public Records Act requires the state's Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to disclose the names, departments, hiring and termination dates of California law-enforcement officers, the court ruled in one case that began in Sacramento County.

In the other case, involving the city of Oakland, the court said the public-records act also requires the disclosure of names and salaries of public employees making at least $100,000 a year.

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