Request #7334

I am requesting a copy of Garden Grove's Employee Compensation Report for the 2020 calendar year under the provisions of California Govt. Code §§ 6250 - 6270, the California Public Records Act.

The purpose of this request is to obtain records which provide a complete and comprehensive account of Garden Grove's total costs associated with employee full names and compensation. Specifically, this request seeks an accounting, by full name and job title, of total gross wages paid to each employee and the total cost incurred by the employer for providing retirement and health benefits.

Note that the State Controller’s “Government Compensation in California” report does not contain the names of employees and therefore does not satisfy this request.

As a reminder, per Gov. Code § 6252(e) and § 6254.9(d), public records are defined broadly to encompass, among other things, all information stored in a computer database.

In an effort to standardize how this information is reported, please include the following categories in your response:

Employee Name (full name, including first and last)
Position/Job Title (“City Manager”, “Police Officer”, etc.)
Annual Salary Minimum & Maximum
Total Regular Pay
Overtime Pay
Other Pay (any additional forms of pay that are not reported in Regular Pay)
Total Retirement Cost (All forms of employer-paid retirement contributions, deferred compensation, etc., including Unaccrued Actuarial Liability if applicable)
Total Health Cost (All forms of employer-paid health and welfare benefits, such as health, dental and vision insurance benefits.)

In the event Garden Grove is not in possession of a record of this nature, we request copies of any other record or records that contain information, even if only in part, that is responsive to the purpose of this request — employee name in conjunction with their compensation data for the 2020 year.

Please provide the requested materials or, per § 6253(c), a timeline along which they will be made available by, no later than ten days from the date of this request.

Per § 6253.9(a), we ask that you provide the records in an Excel spreadsheet format.

As a reminder, § 6253.1 instructs public agencies to "assist requester in finding records and information that are responsive to the request or to the purpose of the request."

It is not necessary to prepare a boilerplate PDF document response sent to us as an attachment to email in order to respond with your ETA. We are happy to accept a simple response giving us the estimated date you will be able to provide the data requested.