I think if the state, county, and local city would just publish once a year.....these are our employee positions, and how much each makes and what their pension deal would be....the public would fire all of their representatives. Nobody would stand there and allow the dimwits to hire some sheriff for $190,000 a year. Nor would they allow the chief county nurse to get a pension deal of $140,000 a year. Nor would the chief of the local fire department get a wage of $270,000 a year.
These people need to have to pay back what they have stolen from the taxpayers.
In New York you can see the salaries of every municipal employee. It wouldn’t stop the abuses like in California but it would be there for all to see. ( http://seethroughny.net/)