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The data cover 3,631 positions and a total of more than $57 million in 2019 wages.
The newly published data include 2,784 positions at 29 fairs and expositions and 847 positions at 38 First 5 commissions.
In Lake County, the First 5 Lake Commission is reported to have salaries totaling $115,797 and health and retirement contributions totaling $20,741.
The commission’s two paid employees are the executive director, who receives an annual salary of $75,751 and $6,503 in retirement and health, while the secretary receives an annual salary of $40,046, with retirement and health costs totaling $14,238, according to the website. The commission also has nine unpaid board positions.
For 2019, the Lake County Fair, 49th District Agricultural Association, reported a total of 51 employees, with wages totaling $321,131 and retirement and health benefits of $22,648. The top administrative job has a yearly salary of $65,015 and retirement and health benefits of $4,422, plus numerous part-time positions for the fair and seven unpaid board members.
California law requires cities, counties and special districts to annually report compensation data to the State Controller. Controller Yee also maintains and publishes state government and California State University salary data.
No statutory requirement exists for superior courts, UC, community college districts, fairs, expositions, First 5 commissions, or K-12 education providers; their reporting is voluntary.
A list of entities that did not file or filed incomplete reports is available here.
Since the website launched in 2010, it has registered more than 12 million pageviews. The site contains pay and benefit information on more than two million government jobs in California, as reported annually by each entity.
As the chief fiscal officer of California, Controller Yee is responsible for accountability and disbursement of the state’s financial resources. The controller has independent auditing authority over government agencies that spend state funds.
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The California Highway Patrol will address this issue with the assistance of a yearlong campaign to ensure children are properly restrained while traveling California’s roadways.
The California Restraint Safety Education and Training, or CARSEAT, IV grant, which provides funding through Sept. 30, 2021, will enable the CHP to present seminars and new parent classes to help reduce the number of deaths of unrestrained and improperly restrained children involved in crashes.
“Passenger safety, especially when it comes to children, is a primary concern for our Department,” CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “Using a correctly installed safety seat that is suitable for the age and size of a child is the best way to keep them safe.”
California law requires a child be properly secured in a safety seat in the second row of a vehicle, when available, until they are at least 8 years of age.
Children age 8 and older, who are at least 4 feet, 9 inches in height, may ride in the back seat of a vehicle in a properly fitted safety belt.
Children under the age of 2 must ride rear-facing or until they reach 40 pounds or 40 inches in height.
Contact the CHP Area office nearest you for more information about child passenger safety or to schedule a free safety seat inspection.
During the pandemic, classes and seminars are being conducted both online and in-person in accordance with California Department of Public Health guidelines.
In addition to educational efforts, the CHP will conduct enforcement operations concentrating on occupant restraint violations throughout the year, with a special emphasis during the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign, Nov. 9 to 29, 2020.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The mission of the CHP is to provide the highest level of safety, service and security.y, Service, and Security.
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The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9.
It will take place in the Marge Alakszay Center at 250 Lange St., with seating arranged to ensure the requirements of social distancing.
Community members also can participate in the meeting via Zoom.
The main item of business will be the board’s consideration of approval for the start date for hybrid learning, which is Stage 2 of the Lake County Return to School Continuum Plan.
Lakeport Unified, like the majority of Lake County’s school districts, started the new school year in distance learning mode due to the challenges of COVID-19.
Documents for the meeting did not give a proposed date for starting Stage 2.
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The council meeting will convene at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9.
Because of the county’s shelter in place order, Clearlake City Hall remains closed to the public, however, the virtual meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEG TV YouTube Channel. Community members also can participate via Zoom.
The agenda can be found here or viewed below.
Comments and questions can be submitted in writing for City Council consideration by sending them to Administrative Services Director/City Clerk Melissa Swanson at
To give the council adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments prior to 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9.
On the agenda is a request from Police Chief Andrew White to purchase 42 mobile and six portable radios, with accessories, from Command Communications in an amount not to exceed $47,175. Staff also is seeking authorization to trade-in the mobile radios being replaced.
Also on the agenda is consideration of the sale of city-owned property at 15886 18th Ave.
City Manager Alan Flora’s report to the council explained that in 2018 the city was deeded a 1,022-square-foot, two-bedroom, one-bath single-family dwelling with an attached garage on 18th Avenue due to a default on a Community Development Block Grant Home Rehabilitation loan by the homeowner.
The original loan amount was $117,000 at 3 percent interest which would have matured in 2023, Flora said.
Flora said staff placed the home up for sale on the open real estate market and received several offers.
“The proposed sale price is $130,000, recouping the City’s loan funds that were previously
Defaulted,” Flora said in his report.
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