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The site can be found at http://sco.ca.gov/compensation_search.html.
Monday’s posting includes wages and other forms of compensation worth $38.8 billion.
"Holding public officials accountable for how they manage public dollars relies heavily on transparency," said Chiang. "The struggles of the city of Bell remind us that corruption and fiscal mismanagement are often the byproducts of keeping the public in the dark."
The county of Lake and cities of Lakeport and Clearlake are in compliance with the filing requirements, according to the states.
However, four counties and 37 cities did not file in time for the Web site update.
The counties that did file are Marin, Mono, San Benito and Tuolumne, according to the State Controller’s Office.
Cities that failed to file 2010 salary and compensation reports are Adelanto, Amador, Angels, Atwater, Cerritos, Cloverdale, Coalinga, Corning, Cudahy, Del Rey Oaks, Dunsmuir, Farmersville, Folsom, Fort Jones, Hawthorne, Hercules, Hillsborough, Hughson, Ione, Isleton, Kerman, Lindsay, Livermore, Loyalton, Maricopa, Oakdale, Palmdale, Placentia, Point Arena, Rio Vista, San Buenaventura, South El Monte, St. Helena, Tracy, Trinidad and Turlock.
Each noncomplying agency could face a penalty of $5,000, the Controller’s Office reported.
The State Controller’s Office’s salary and compensation Web site originally was created by Controller Chiang in late 2010, after he ordered local governments to provide salary and other wage information for their employees to his office.
In October 2010, Chiang’s office collected and posted 2009 wage information for more than 600,000 city and county employees. He then added 2009 information for the employees from 2,379 special districts.
In June, he added 2010 compensation information for 256,222 employees from the state of California and 123,406 from the California State University System.
The data postings drew heavy Internet traffic, and the site has logged nearly 5.3 million page views since October 2010.
The Web site covers elected officials as well as public employees. It includes minimum and maximum salary ranges, actual wages paid, the applicable retirement formula, any contributions by the employer to the employee’s share of pension costs, any contributions by the employer to the employee’s deferred compensation plan and any employer payments for the employee’s health, vision and dental premium benefits.
In addition, the Web site shows employees who hold multiple positions within either state government or the CSU system.
The State Controller’s Office continues to update and expand the site to include more public-sector data.
The 2010 compensation information for special districts, and 2011 information for state and CSU employees will be phased in over the next six months.
In August, Chiang and Community College Chancellor Jack Scott wrote to all 72 community college districts across the state, requesting they also submit their payroll data by early 2012.
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