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The Clearlake Animal Control website continues to list 35 dogs for adoption.
This week’s dogs include “Red,” a male German shepherd mix.
There also is Maya,” a female German shepherd mix and Atlas, another German shepherd.
The shelter is located at 6820 Old Highway 53. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
For more information, call the shelter at 707-762-6227, email
This week’s adoptable dogs are featured below.
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- Written by: LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS
The report covers the month of May, when a total of 92 single family homes were sold through the multiple listing service, compared to 67 in April and 109 sold during the same time last year.
These include traditionally built “stick-built” houses as well as manufactured homes on land.
There were five sales of mobile homes in parks, compared to 5 in April and nine sold during the same time period last year, and 21 sales of bare land (lots and acreage) sales, compared to 24 in April and 33 during the same time last year.
There are 382 “stick built” and manufactured homes on the market right now, compared to 344 listed in April.
If the rate of sales stays the same at 92 homes sold per month, there are currently 4.15 months of inventory on the market at the moment compared to 5.1 months of inventory in April, and 3.6 months of inventory in March.
That means that if no new homes are brought to the market for sale, in 4.15 months all of these homes would be sold and there would be none available.
Less than six months of inventory is generally considered to be a “sellers’ market” while more than 6 months of inventory is often called a “buyers’ market.
Total percentage of homes bought for all cash in May was 21%, compared to 27% for April and 28% for this same time last year; 47% were financed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (“conventional loans”) compared to 48% in April and 41% for the same time last year; and 21% were financed by FHA (compared to 15% for in April and 18% for this time last year); and 5% were financed by the VA or CalVet (compared to 4% for March and 7% for this time last year); 5% had other financing such as private loans, USDA, or seller financed notes (compared to 6% in April and 6% last year at this time).
The homes in May were selling at an average of 96% of the asking price at the time the property went under contract, but an average of 92% when compared to the original asking price when the property first came on the market.
In April it was roughly the same at 97% of the asking price at the time the property went under contract, but 92% of the original asking price.
A year ago at this time, homes were selling at 98% of the asking price at the time the property went under contract and 96 % when compared to the original asking price.
The median time on the market in May was 39 days, compared to 41 days for the previous month and 22 days for this time last year.
The median sale price of a single family home in Lake County in May was $341,000, compared to $307,500 for the previous month and similar to the median sale price of $339,000 during this time period last year.
This would indicate that in May the higher priced homes were selling in greater numbers to bring the median sale price up compared to the previous year.
In May, 46% of homes sold had seller concessions for an average concession of $8,540. In April, 42% of homes had seller concessions for an average concession of $6,648 and a year ago 34% of homes sold had an average seller concession of $6,773.
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- Written by: Clayton Gumber and Michael Burrows
The share of U.S. jobs worked on-site dropped roughly 10 percentage points from 84% in 2019 to 74% in 2021, the first full year of the pandemic, according to the Survey of Income and Program Participation, or SIPP.
The share of jobs done exclusively from home (fully home-based jobs) roughly doubled from 11% of all jobs in 2019 to 23% in 2020, before declining to about 21% in 2021.
Jobs worked some days on-site and other days from home — referred to as mixed or hybrid work — represented the smallest share of all jobs worked each year, but increased from around 4% in 2020 to 6% in 2021.
Essential work more commonly performed on-site
The category of essential worker was created by the Department of Homeland Security to characterize workers employed in occupations considered vital to the continued operation of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to DHS methodology, around 7 in 10 jobs overall were deemed essential in each survey year.
A significantly larger percentage of on-site jobs (compared to mixed and fully home-based jobs) were considered essential in 2019 through 2021. By 2021 roughly 75% of on-site jobs were classified as essential, compared to about 60% of hybrid and 61% of fully home-based jobs.
Other highlights of the table package include:
Work schedule
• Workers with mixed schedules were more likely to work from home at the start or end of the work week. For this set of workers, the most common days to work from home in 2021 were Fridays (53%) and Mondays (50%).
• The share of mixed jobs with a standard, predictable schedule increased from 81% in 2019 to 84% in 2021. And among jobs that allowed working fully from home, the share that offered a standard, predictable schedule went from 66% in 2019 to about 77% in 2021. The percentage of on-site jobs offering a standard, predictable work schedule decreased from 73% in 2019 to 71% in 2021.
Industry and occupation
• The share of jobs in finance and insurance, real estate and rental and leasing industries that were conducted on-site dropped from 67% in 2019 to 43% in 2021.
• The percentage of on-site public administration jobs declined from 86% in 2019 to 67% in 2021.
• Computer and mathematical occupations had a noticeable shift from the majority of jobs worked on-site in 2019 (60%) to a majority not worked on-site in 2020 (32%) and 2021 (30%).
• The material moving occupations, which include jobs that often must be performed on-site such as stocker and order fillers, hand packers and packagers and industrial truck and tractor operators, had relatively low percentages of home-based jobs: 97% of jobs were on-site in 2019 and 2020, and 96% in 2021.
Recently released American Community Survey data shed some light on the effect of increased remote work on the commuting landscape since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2019-2021 SIPP Home-Based Workers Table Package offers substantial new detail on how home-based work has changed over the past few years.
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All comparative statements in this report have undergone statistical testing and, unless otherwise noted, all comparisons are statistically significant at the 10% significance level.
Survey statistics are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. For further information on the source of the data and accuracy of the estimates, including standard errors and confidence intervals, refer to the SIPP website.
Clayton Gumber is a survey statistician in the Industry and Occupation Branch of the Census Bureau’s Social Economic, and Housing Statistics Division, or SEHSD. Michael Burrows is a survey statistician in the Journey to Work and Migration Statistics Branch in SEHSD.
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In addition to Thompson and Gallagher, the bill is led by Reps. John Garamendi (CA-08), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Ed Case (HI-01), Bill Johnson (OH-06), Jim Costa (CA-21), Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Frank Lucas (OK-03), Jason Crow (CO-06), Rob Wittman (VA-01), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Randy Feenstra (IA-04) and Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL).
The bill text can be found here.
“Protecting national security and food security go hand in hand in our region — which is why it is vital to know who owns land around national security sites,” said Rep. Thompson. “The bipartisan legislation I am introducing with Chairman Gallagher will help identify foreign actors who are seeking to purchase land near military installations while maintaining food security throughout our country.”
Rep. Thompson sent a letter to the United States Department of the Treasury Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, calling for a review of the purchases in Solano County.
“The United States cannot allow foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party and its proxies to acquire real estate near sensitive sites like military bases or telecom infrastructure, potentially exploiting our critical technology and endangering our service members. This bill gives CFIUS jurisdiction over foreign adversary real estate transactions to guard against the threat of the CCP and other adversaries purchasing land for malign purposes, and it also encourages CFIUS to consider food security issues as it evaluates the national security risk of a given transaction,” said Rep. Gallagher.
“Safeguarding our food supply chains and national security from foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party will always be a top priority of mine. We must ensure our government agencies have the necessary resources to stop bad actors from gaining a foothold in our homeland. I am proud to introduce this legislation as a continuation of my efforts to stop the CCP and all foreign adversaries from putting our food supply and national security at risk,” said Rep. Newhouse.
“As the proud Representative of Travis Air Force Base in Congress for over a decade, the recent land purchases near the base by unknown investors raise serious questions and concerns. Travis, also known as the ‘Gateway to the Pacific,’ is one of the most strategically valuable installations within the U.S. military. We must do everything in our capacity to ensure Travis is fully protected and supported,” said Rep. Garamendi. “Though Flannery Associates claims that it is not controlled by foreign entities, they have shockingly failed to provide any proof to local and federal officials. This issue raises serious security concerns for our community and the critical military operations at Travis. That's why I greatly appreciate this important bipartisan legislation and look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to protect our communities and defend our national security.”
“Food security is national security, and I’ve been fighting to get the Secretary of Agriculture a seat at the table for a long time — this bill builds on that fight. As we witness growing threats from foreign adversaries on American soil, Congress should work overtime to ensure our military bases, food sources, and research facilities are protected. Our bill provides CFIUS with the tools needed to keep America’s enemies away from our most sensitive areas,” said Rep. Johnson.
“The People’s Republic of China has an alarming history of leveraging foreign investment to gain access to sensitive information,” said Rep. Case. “ This type of foreign espionage is a serious threat to national security. This bill will help close the gaps in our oversight of foreign purchases and their use of agricultural land, especially near our military bases and training sites. This will help ensure that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States can fully assess investments that can compromise our security and intelligence sites.”
“Food security is national security. Communist China buying up U.S. agricultural land is just one of the CCP’s many attempts to subvert our sovereignty and threaten our national security. I will continue to fight to protect our agricultural land and to ensure that our country’s food security and national security are prioritized. I am proud to support this legislation that will mandate heightened scrutiny over adversarial land purchases near our military installations,” said Chair Stefanik.
"Food is a national security issue. Increasing foreign ownership of American farms and farmland is a threat to our food security,” said Rep. Costa. “We need to prevent foreign adversaries like China from undermining the American agricultural industry. This bill will ensure American agriculture is operated by American businesses.”
“A resilient food supply is essential to national security, which is why the rise of foreign investments in our nation’s farmlands deserves increased scrutiny. I have long supported adding the Secretary of Agriculture on CFIUS, which will equip the Committee with the expertise needed to identify potential threats to our national security,” said Rep. Lucas. “I’m pleased to be an original cosponsor and commend Congressman Gallagher for his work on this important legislation.”
“Our geopolitical adversaries are exploiting loopholes in regulations to purchase farmland and other agricultural assets, threatening our national and food security,” said Rep. Panetta. “I’m proud to join this bipartisan effort to ensure CFIUS has the jurisdiction and mandate needed to properly vet these foreign purchases as in the best interest of the United States. This is a necessary step to counter any malign efforts to weaken U.S. agricultural independence and security.”
“The scope and scale of the Chinese Communist Party’s activities in the United States is deeply alarming,” said Rep. Wittman. “Entities with clear ties to foreign adversaries should not be permitted to purchase land near U.S. military bases, intelligence facilities, or national laboratories. I’m proud to join this effort to equip the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States with the tools it needs to protect our national interests.”
American farmland belongs to American farmers — period. For the sake of our national, energy, and food security, we cannot let China, or any other foreign adversary, buy our fertile farmland, prevent our young producers from planting their roots, or jeopardize our agricultural supply chains,” said Rep. Feenstra. “I am proud to work with my colleagues to introduce legislation to protect American farmland from foreign acquisition, particularly the Chinese Communist Party, and keep American farmland where it rightfully belongs — in the hands of American farmers.”
An entity called Flannery Associates has spent nearly $1 billion over the last five years to become the largest landowner in Solano County. The land purchases go up to the fence of Travis Air Force Base, the home of the largest wing of the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command.
CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States and certain real estate transactions by foreign persons, in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. However, there are significant gaps in the current process.
The Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act would:
• Give CFIUS jurisdiction over all land purchases (with exceptions for real estate in urban areas and single housing units) by foreign adversary entities. This would avoid a repeat of the “FuFeng incident” where, despite a clear national security concern to a military installation in North Dakota, CFIUS claimed it was unable to even review (let alone block) the transaction because the land was outside the scope of CFIUS jurisdiction.
• Authorize CFIUS to consider U.S. food security, including via biotechnology acquisition, as a factor in its national security reviews and require the Secretary of Agriculture have a vote in CFIUS reviews of transactions that involve farmland or agriculture technology.
• Establish a “presumption of non-resolvability” by CFIUS that raises the approval threshold for CFIUS transactions by a foreign adversary entity purchasing near sensitive sites (e.g., major military sites, acknowledged intelligence facilities, etc.) CFIUS will be required to review these transactions with the presumption that the national security concerns cannot be resolved.
• Mandatory CFIUS filing for foreign adversary entities making land purchases near sensitive sites. This will ensure CFIUS remains apprised of ongoing real estate purchases by foreign adversary entities.
• Expand the list of sensitive national security sites designated for CFIUS jurisdiction. Require CFIUS to expand the list of sensitive national security sites to all military facilities, acknowledged intelligence sites, national laboratories, and defense-funded university-affiliated research centers, critical telecommunication nodes, and more. Current CFIUS regulations only cover a limited number of sensitive sites, and does not include all military facilities, national laboratories, and other sites. CFIUS is also limited to sensitive sites that are U.S. government property.