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Committee advances SB 493 to revise fairground manager title and compensation authority
Summary
SB 493 would standardize the title for fair managers to "secretary manager," direct CDFA to survey and establish a compensation range, and remove CalHR from final salary approval for those positions; the committee voted to send the bill to Appropriations.
Senator Josh Becker introduced SB 493 to revise how compensation is determined for secretary managers of District Agricultural Associations (DAAs), the state entities that operate county fairgrounds. "These secretary managers handle all critical operations behind the scenes," Becker said, listing duties that include staff management, budgeting, marketing, securing sponsorships, event planning, and emergency-response coordination.
Sarah Pelley, secretary manager at the Yellow County Fair and a representative of California Emergency Response Resiliency Venue and Fairgrounds (CERV), testified in support and described fairgrounds as critical emergency infrastructure. "California has 52 DAAs,…
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