California approves 5 billion rescue bill for local govts
Governor Brown signs a five billion dollar rescue measure to replace lost Proposition 13 funding for schools counties and cities. The package includes 4.1 billion in grants and 900 million in loans with a 2.2 billion school allocation and 1.48 billion for counties. Shafter receives 32500 of Kern County total. Local districts face scaled guarantees and budget reductions. Richland and Kern High School District see varying ADA and base changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Brown
Shafter
Kern County
Thomas
Richland
Kern
Shafter High School
City approves budget and discusses state funding impact
Shafter City Council approved Resolution 580 setting the budget amid talks of possible state funds. Mayor Unruh and City Administrator Bill Sheldon debated anticipated $32,500 and a 1 percent property tax shift, while planning to analyze costs and potential layoffs. The council also moved to cancel certain development funds and adjust conventions spending, with bids on Richland tennis courts approved and annexation by Sill Properties recommended.
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Bill Sheldon
Shafter
Sheldon
William Cummings
Cummings
Unruh
Bill
William Mungary
Recreation District
W.C. Walker
Recreation District Board of Directors
Recreation Ara
Walker
Mungary
Dixie Crane
PG and E
Richland Tennis Courts
Griffith Company
Richland
Planning Commission
Sill Properties
Tulare Avenue
Congressman Bill Ketchum Dies After Tennis Match
California congressman Bill Ketchum 56 died of a massive coronary Saturday evening after a tennis session at Rio Bravo Tennis Ranch. He was in Bakersfield to finalize plans for reelection and pronounced dead at Kern Medical Center after chest pains. He is survived by Lola, wife, and children. Funeral was held Tuesday at St Lukes Episcopal Church in Bakersfield.
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William M. Ketchum
Rio Bravo Tennis Ranch
Bakersfield
Kern Medical Center
Ketchum
Ken Vetter
Lola
KMC
Eletchum
Bob Sogge
Robert
Kathy
William Thomas
Walter Stiern
18Th
Congressional District
Republican Central Committee
Ways and Means Committee
36Th
Los Angeles
Colorado School of Mines
University of Southern California
U.S. Army
Korea
San Luis Obispo
County
Farm Bureau
Assembly
Labor Committee
Congress
St. Lukes Episcopal Church
Fourth of July Fireworks Sponsored by Shafter Chamber
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce and local merchants sponsor the annual Fourth of July celebration at Shafter High School football field. Fire Chief Cliff Ratzlaff will ignite the Fuses while the American Legion plans a color guard. A Pee Wee baseball playoff game accompanies the festivities. fireworks begin at dusk with no admission fee.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter High School
Cliff Ratzlaff
The
American Legion
Shafter
Burglaries Reported Across City Over June 23–24
Norma Martin reported a break in at Shafter Precision Molders on Walker Street with fishing tackle and tools stolen. Robert Lee Stewart reported a Sears 33 horse power B&B compressor and hose taken from his pickup between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. The green tank and brown engine were noted. Consuelo Martinez said a vehicle stereo and tapes were stolen from a driveway between 1 a.m. and 10 a.m.
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Norma Martin
Shafter Precision Molders
Walker Street
Robert Lee Stewart
Kern
Sears
Consuelo Martinez
Beth Eden
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Faber
Chamber of Commerce
Mortimore
Chamber
Bill Ketchum
William Ketchum
C.of C
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