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Committee approves SB 493 to let CDFA secretary set salary ranges for fairgrounds managers
Summary
Sen. Becker presented SB 493 to change how compensation for district agricultural association secretary managers (fairgrounds CEOs) is set, directing the California Department of Food and Agriculture to conduct a salary survey and for the CDFA secretary to establish salary ranges.
Sen. Becker presented SB 493 to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture, describing the bill as a modernization of compensation and classification for secretary managers who run district agricultural association (DAA) fairgrounds. "These secretary managers handle all critical operations behind the scenes...they manage staff, facilities, budgets, and marketing," the senator said, and added that the role has grown to include emergency-response duties.
Sarah Pelley, CEO of the Yolo County Fairgrounds and speaking for the California…
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