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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 66.74
The average living wage for the state of California is $40.83/hr, while the states minimum wage is $13/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives California a minimum wage score of 51.89 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $13/hr, which gives California a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 100 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for California is $260, resulting in a UI benefit score of 39.13 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 92.86

✓ California does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ California does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ California does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ California does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
✓ California does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
✓ California does provide some form of paid family leave.
✓ California does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X California does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
✓ California does mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
✓ California does provide split shift pay regulation.
X California does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ California does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ California does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
✓ California does extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 100

✓ California does not have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ California does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ California does protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ California does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ California does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ California does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Tulare County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 14.8% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 52.82%
Democratic: 45%
Libertarian: 1.02%
Other: 0.83%
Green: 0.33%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 93244
Latitude : 36.391727
Longitude : -118.985150
TimeZone : Pacific (GMT -08:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 1249 ft.
Area Code(s) : 559

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.51
Male Population Estimate : 50.94%
Female Population Estimate : 49.06%
Median Age : 45.3
Male Median Age : 45.8
Female Median Age : 44.8

White Population Estimate : 91.39%
Black Population Estimate : 0.94%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 23.97%
Asian Population Estimate : 1.31%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 1.50%
Indian Population Estimate : 3.37%
Other Population Estimate : 6.93%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Lemon Cove specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Tulare County: About 8 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Tulare County: About 382 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Tulare County is about 51% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 25% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.