{"id":2026405,"date":"2023-09-08T21:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T01:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-goat-herders-hope-to-avoid-shutdown-with-budget-trailer-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T21:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T01:27:19","slug":"california-goat-herders-hope-to-avoid-shutdown-with-budget-trailer-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-goat-herders-hope-to-avoid-shutdown-with-budget-trailer-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"California goat herders seek to evade shutdown through budget trailer bill."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-goat-herders-hope-to-avoid-shutdown-with-budget-trailer-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Agricultural Minimum Wage for Goat\u200c Herders in California<\/h2>\n<p>A handful of California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-california-regulation-has-unintended-consequence-that-could-fuel-major-wildfires\/\" title=\"California's new regulation may cause major wildfires.\">goat herding companies<\/a> are \u200bseeking an \u2064extension of the\u200d state\u2019s special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">minimum wage<\/a> \u200dto continue their efforts in reducing the risk of wildfires. The state Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 143,\u2064 which would \u2063extend the alternative or agricultural \u2064minimum wage for sheep and \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-why-the-medias-moral-panic-around-ukraine-failed-to-reboot-bidens-presidency\/\" title=\"Nolte: Why the Media's Moral Panic Around Ukraine Failed to Reboot Biden's Presidency\">goat herders<\/a> until Jan. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>California is home \u200bto several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-goat-herders-hope-to-avoid-shutdown-with-budget-trailer-bill\/\" title=\"California goat herders seek to evade shutdown through budget trailer bill.\">fire fuels abatement companies<\/a> \u200cthat \u2064use goats to munch on overgrown vegetation, effectively reducing fire danger in an eco-friendly manner. These companies are primarily funded by the California Department of Forestry.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/californias-budget-now-affordable-deficit-resolvable-legislative-analyst-5478098\">California\u2019s Budget Now Affordable, Multibillion-Dollar Deficit Resolvable: Legislative \u2063Analyst\u2019s Office<\/a> (8\/21\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-overtime-law-threatens-use-of-grazing-goats-to-prevent-wildfires-5301777\">California Overtime Law Threatens Use of Grazing Goats\u2062 to Prevent Wildfires<\/a> (5\/30\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>About 10 goat herding companies have hired a lobbyist to support the \u200dbill in the state \u200bLegislature. Currently, goat herders receive a lower minimum wage due to their around-the-clock work, but they were excluded from last year&#8217;s budget trailer bill.<\/p>\n<p>If the exemption is not passed, \u200dgoat\u200d herding\u200b companies would be required to pay the state&#8217;s minimum wage starting in January, \u200cwhich would amount to approximately $180,000 per \u2063year.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Arrowsmith, owner of Western \u200cGrazers, employs\u2062 around 4,000 goats for government agencies and\u200c private landowners. The workers he hires are primarily from \u2062Peru and have temporary\u200c agricultural\u200d work visas. In \u2064addition to \u2062the $3.79 \u200chourly pay, companies must provide \u2062housing, utilities, meals,\u200d and other basic necessities.<\/p>\n<p>If the exemption is not granted, Mr.\u200b Arrowsmith\u2062 would have to triple the wages, which would\u2064 be detrimental to his business. Lengthy contracts with\u2062 agencies \u200bcannot be altered if wage costs rise.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly \u200dBill \u2062143 has passed the Assembly and is currently progressing through the Senate. \u200bSome senators have expressed concerns about establishing a minimum wage below the state&#8217;s\u200c amount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few goat herding companies in California seek a 2.5-year extension from the state to pay workers and mitigate wildfire risks. Assembly Bill 143, a budget trailer bill, is being reviewed by the state Legislature to prolong the special minimum wage of $3.79 per hour for the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":2026406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}