The Auditor-Controller of Los Angele County provides financial leadership and expert advice on a wide range of fiscal matters and advocates for financial integrity and accountability in all County business practices, and also develops financial policies and guidelines for departmental operations and issues checks to vendors, employees, child support payments, judgments and damages and other claims against the County, as well as other financial responsibilities. The Auditor-Controller discloses information about compensations paid to employees of Los Angeles County in the form of earnings and fringe benefits.

The disclosed employee information includes last name, first name, middle initial name, position title, department, fiscal year, earnings and benfits. The earnings and benefits information are as follows:

• Earnings for Regularly Scheduled Work Hours,
• Payments for Straight and Premium Overtime,
• Other Payments such as Shift Pay, Allowances and Bonuses,
• Payments of Excess and Unused Leave Time at Termination,
• Total Earnings Above.
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Benefits,
• County Payment of Employees' Retirement Contributions,
• County Pension (Defined Benefits) Contributions,
• Deferred Contributions from County,
• Long Term Disability Premiums, Life Insurance Premiums and Employer Medicare Tax,
• Other Benefits, Short Disability Insurance and Dependent & Health Care Spending Accounts,
• Total Contributions and Fringe Benefits.

The California Public Records Act requires public disclosure of government salary information, which serves a significant public interest. Every employment contract between a state or local agency and any public official or public employee is a public record which is not subject to the provisions of the law. A public employee's salary relates to a particular person, but it is a matter of public interest and not primarily a matter of the individual's private business.