No more $100 a day for jury duty in Fresno County: now it's $15 a day

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Jurors successful Fresno County volition nary longer person $100 a day; instead, the wage volition instrumentality to $15 a day, tribunal officials announced connected Tuesday.

The $85 driblet successful regular wage comes pursuing the merchandise of the Governor’s May Revision to the projected fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26 budget, Fresno County tribunal officials say. That alteration took distant Fresno County's requirement to proceed the AB 1981 assemblage aviator study.

The wealth not spent connected the aviator survey volition alternatively beryllium utilized to offset the state's projected fund shortfall, officials add. When the aviator survey was launched, officials said it was expected to extremity aboriginal 2026 oregon erstwhile the backing became exhausted, whichever came first.

"The Court remains committed to providing entree to justness and profoundly values the captious relation jurors play successful upholding the integrity of the judicial process," Fresno County Superior Court officials add.

The little assemblage wage volition beryllium effectual from May 19; immoderate jurors who are presently serving oregon person completed a paid time of work connected oregon earlier May 19 volition proceed to get the $100 a time until the extremity of their service.