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Gubernatorial Candidates Talk Pension Reform
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCBS) _ The controversy over the Southern California city of Bell’s highly-paid city officials has brought the bigger issue of out of control government spending to the forefront....
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Brown to Investigate Outrageous Salaries in CA Town
California’s attorney general says he’s subpoenaed hundreds of records from a Los Angeles suburb he’s investigating for sky-high salaries earned by its leaders. Attorney General Jerry Brown says that...
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Eight Arrested in Bell Salary Scandal
An ex-city manager and mayor were among eight people arrested on Tuesday in a corruption investigation in the scandal-plagued Los Angeles suburb of Bell. The district attorney’s office and state...
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Eight Arrested In Bell High Salaries Scandal
BELL, Los Angeles County (AP) — The mayor and former city manager of Bell were led away in handcuffs Tuesday, charged with six other officials with taking more than $5.5 million from the working-class...
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Prosecutors Say Corruption Ran Deep In Bell
BELL, Los Angeles County (AP) — Eight current and former officials of the city of Bell appeared in shackles before judges Wednesday in a corruption case prosecutors said was so ingrained in the...
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Report: Bell Police Chief Eyed Tax-Free Pension
BELL, Los Angeles County (AP) — The one-time police chief in the corruption-plagued city of Bell declared himself disabled when he took the job last year in a move that could someday earn him a...
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Survey: 20 City Managers In California Make More Than $300K
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A state survey finds at least 20 city managers in California receive salaries and benefits that total more than $300,000. The findings put together by a state legislative committee...
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Residents Long Suspected Corruption In Bell
BELL, Los Angeles County (AP) — A few would-be whistleblowers suspected for years that the government in this working-class Los Angeles suburb was corrupt and that leaders were secretly paying...
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California Controller Wants Increased Transparency After Bell Scandal
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)- More than a dozen state agencies paid some of their top executives more than $300,000 in 2009. That information comes as part of an ambitious effort by the state controller to...
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California Controller Aims To Prevent Local Corruption
SACRAMENTO (KCBS) – As the criminal case proceeds against officials from the Southern California city of Bell, the state controller is calling for new safeguards to prevent local corruption. State...
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Californians Grow More Critical Of Public Employee Pensions
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Well-publicized cases of public employees abusing the system to enrich themselves have helped sour the public perception of public employee benefits, according to a new poll. A...
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Historic Copper Bell Stolen From San Francisco Cathedral
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A landmark bell was reported stolen from the garden at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco on Sunday morning. The copper bell, which is about 4 feet tall, 5 feet wide and...
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Stolen SF Cathedral Bell Recovered Near Oakland Scrap Yard
WEST OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Police have told the Archdiocese of San Francisco that they had found a 5,300 pound, historic bell that had been stolen last Sunday from the grounds of St. Mary’s Cathedral....
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NorCal Pair Accused Of Using Salvation Army Bell, Kettle To Enrich Themselves
MODESTO (CBS/AP) — A man and woman used a Salvation Army bell and kettle to collect money outside a Modesto Walmart for themselves, according to investigators. Modesto police Sgt. David Chamberlain...
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