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Kevin Crye/FacebookAn effort to recall a right-wing county supervisor in Northern California has been approved by the county elections office Monday. -
Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsThere are hundreds of open positions in Shasta County. With such an excess of openings, a newcomer might wonder how anyone could need a job in the far northern California county. But a closer look at the pay and political dysfunction there shows why so few people are filling those seats.
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The California legislature passed a bill Friday that would ban hand-counting ballots in most elections. The bill was targeted directly at Shasta County in the far northern part of the state.
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Last Tuesday, the Shasta County sheriff presented his latest plan to reopen a currently closed floor of the county jail. Staffing shortages forced the closure more than a year ago.
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A decision earlier this year by Shasta County supervisors to upend their elections system has drawn the attention of California lawmakers.
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Shasta County has failed to reach an agreement on a new contract with the local union representing sheriff’s deputies and correctional officers. The union says low wages are creating a staffing shortage in the county jail.
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The Fountain Wind project proposal includes 48 turbines that would generate about 205 megawatts of power.
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The California Secretary of State is accepting public comment on proposed regulations, some of which outline the procedures to hand-count ballots. Those changes are targeted at Shasta County, where an increasingly conservative majority on the board of supervisors voted to start hand-counting future election results.
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The county has been without a CEO since June of last year, when Matt Pontes resigned after a political fight with county Board Chair Patrick Jones.
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Shasta County’s largest bargaining unit will be going on strike on Monday, following an impasse in negotiations with the county over a pay increase. The union represents over 800 county employees across every department.
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After months of confusion about how Shasta County will conduct its elections, county supervisors approved a new company to provide their voting equipment on Thursday. That’s in addition to an effort to hand-count ballots.
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The Gateway Unified School District needs to fill a vacant school board seat, but Shasta County doesn’t currently have a way to hold elections.
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After ditching Dominion Voting Systems in January, Shasta County still doesn’t have a clear way to conduct elections. The county’s Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to try hand counting every ballot.
