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1. What is a cord of firewood?
2. How can you make sure you are getting what you pay for when buying firewood?
3. What is a Private Applicator Certificate (PAC) and who needs one?
4. What is an Operator ID and who needs one?
5. What is a Pest Control Adviser?
6. Is there an application fee for a pesticide permit?
7. When are pesticide use reports due?
8. What is the Agricultural Pest Detection Program (Why is There a Trap in My Yard)?
9. Who do I contact if I find a sick or dead bird?
10. Can I bring in a spider, bug or weed to be identified?
11. What payment methods are accepted by your department?
12. What is your mailing address?
13. What is your fax number?
14. I have an 18 gallon gas tank, but the pump says I put 18.5 gallons into my empty tank. Is this possible?
15. Who do I call if I have a wildlife issue like a raccoon or opossum?

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1. What type of property relief is available?
2. After my property is rebuilt or repaired following the damage, will my property taxes be increased over what they were before?
3. Do boats and airplanes qualify for this property tax relief if they were damaged by a disaster?
4. If I have been granted a reduction for the current year will I have to request another review next year?
5. What is a supplemental assessment?
6. My name is not spelled correctly on the property tax bill. How can I have the spelling corrected or changed?
7. Where can I obtain the necessary forms to change title?
8. Will my home be reappraised if I add another bedroom?
9. How can I find out who owns a piece of property?

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1. When does the Board of Supervisors meet?
2. Where does the Board of Supervisors meet?
3. Who is the Board Chair?
4. Who Represents me on the Board of Supervisors?
5. How do I contact a Board member?
6. Where do I find the Board Agendas?
7. How do I address the Board of Supervisors on a matter not listed on the Agenda?
8. When are Meeting Agendas Available?
9. How do I place an item on the Agenda?
10. Who Decides What Items are on the Board's agenda?
11. How do I apply for a position on Advisory Boards and/or Commissions?
12. How can I get a copy of a Resolution or an Agreement the Board adopted?
13. How can I get a copy of the recording of a meeting or hearing?
14. Is there a charge for obtaining copies of the Board of Supervisors' records?
15. How do I get a copy of Mariposa County Codes?

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1. When do you need a permit?
2. Why do you need a permit?
3. What applications do I initiate?
4. How much does the permit cost?
5. What is plan checking?
6. How soon can I get a permit?
7. When are inspections required?
8. What does the inspector do?
9. How do I call for an inspection?

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1. Permit #123456 Application Date: 04-20-2014
2. 4-22-2014 Permit #456789

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1. How do I start a business in Mariposa County?
2. Do I need a Sales and Use Permit (Seller’s Permit) to conduct business?

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1. If I register to vote with the DMV, should I follow up on the status of my registration?
2. If I move, get a new address, or make changes to my post office box, do I need to re-register to vote?
3. How do I change my political affiliation?
4. If I re-register to vote, does it change my permanent absentee status?
5. If I am a permanent absentee voter, should I return the absentee ballot request from the back of my sample ballot?
6. What if I make a mistake on my Vote By Mail Ballot?
7. If I mailed my ballot but am not sure it will make it to you by Election Day...can I still Vote?
8. Do I have to request a Vote By Mail ballot every time?

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1. What is the purpose of traffic counters on County roads?
2. When do I need an encroachment permit?
3. What is the fee for an encroachment permit and where do I get the permit?

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1. How can I reach the Fairgrounds office?
2. How can I reach the Resource Conservation District?
3. What does the Cooperative Extension office do?

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1. What is the Grand Jury?
2. What is the Grand Jury Function?
3. Who are the Grand Jury members?
4. What does the Grand Jury do?
5. What is the Grand Jury’s Jurisdiction?
6. How is the Grand Jury structured?
7. Who can be a Grand Jury member?
8. How are Grand Jury members selected?
9. Who can request a Grand Jury Investigation?
10. How can I contact the Grand Jury?
11. How to file a complaint:
12. What is the Final Report?

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1. Can my home kitchen be used to prepare food to sell to the public?
2. I became ill after eating at a local restaurant. What should I do?
3. I found this dead bird – it was alive yesterday in the tree. What should I do with it?
4. My club wants to sell food at an upcoming community event. What is required?
5. My child has a cold. Should I bring her in for shot?
6. My hamster bit me. Do I need to worry about rabies?
7. I found a tick attached to my leg. What should I do?

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1. How do I apply for CalWORKs?
2. Can I have a job and still get Public Assistance?
3. Are there work requirements for CalWORKs?
4. How long can I receive CalWORKs?
5. How much money can I receive?

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1. Do I have to have a shut-off notice when I apply for Energy Assistance?
2. Can I receive Energy Assistance if my utility bill is in someone else's name?

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1. How will I be able to participate in the program without transportation or child care?
2. What will I be expected to do in the Welfare to Work Program?
3. Why do I have to participate if I am already working?
4. I was in foster care, am I eligible for ILP?
5. I heard that you can find former foster youth a place to live, is that true?
6. Is ILP just another boring class that I have to go to?
7. What are the requirements for medical assistance, Food Stamps, County Medical Services or Cal Works programs?
8. How do I get MediCal for my aged parents?
9. I am receiving Social Security benefits. Can I get Food Stamp benefits?
10. I have MediCal now. What is a MediCal Share of Cost (SOC)?
11. Can I have a job and still get Food Stam benefits?

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1. What are Housing Choice Vouchers?
2. Can I find my own place?
3. What kind of home can I look for?
4. What if I already rent a home that I want to stay in?
5. How do I know if the home I choose will be acceptable?
6. How much rent will I have to pay?
7. What if I eventually want to buy a house?
8. Where does the funding for this program come from?

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1. What do foster parents do?
2. How long does it take to become a foster parent?
3. Do I have to own my own home? What if I'm a renter?
4. What if I'm a single parent? Can I still be a foster parent?
5. What is the difference between being a certified home with an agency or a licensed foster family home?
6. What kind of support do foster parents receive once a child is placed with them?
7. Do the natural parents remain involved with their child in placement?
8. What types of foster families are needed most?
9. What support services will I receive as a foster parent?
10. How many children can share a room? Can a boy and girl share the same room? As a parent, can I share my room with a child?

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1. What are the different types of abuse?
2. Who is considered a "Mandated Reporter"?

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1. What, exactly, is reportable to Child Welfare Services?
2. How do I report child abuse?
3. What happens when Child Welfare Services becomes involved with my family?
4. How can I get my children back?

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1. Who can become a foster parent?
2. How do I become a foster parent?
3. Are foster homes needed in Mariposa County?

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1. How do I know if I'm eligible to receive IHSS services?
2. How do I find a caregiver?
3. How do I sign up my current caregiver?
4. How can I become a provider for IHSS?
5. As a provider, what do I do if my check is late?

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1. What constitutes fraud?
2. What authority does a Special Investigator have under Penal Code 830.35?

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1. What is the hourly wage for a Preferred Provider?
2. If I have a criminal history, will it prevent me from being a provider?
3. Can I choose the types of care I want to provide?

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1. When is visiting day?
2. How can I get money to someone in jail?
3. How do I find out when an inmate goes to court?
4. What happens if an inmate is sentenced to a term in state prison?
5. How can I find some one who has been sent to prison?
6. When I asked what someone's charges were, I got a number. What does this number mean?
7. Someone I know was arrested and taken to jail. What happens now?
8. How can I bail someone out of jail?
9. What can I mail to an inmate?
10. What may I bring to an inmate in jail?
11. How can I get a message to an inmate?
12. I am required by the state to register for a criminal offense. How do I do that?
13. Does Mariposa County have alternative incarceration programs?

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1. When is the pool open?
2. What halls do you have?
3. How much are swim lessons?

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1. How do I request an investigation into possible code violations?
2. How is my property zoned?
3. My neighbor has a property full of “junk”! How much junk can my neighbor have on his property?
4. How do I go about getting a property owner to remove junk from their property? Why doesn't the county do something?
5. How many houses can I have on my property?
6. Are there any incorporated cities in Mariposa County?
7. What are my residential construction setbacks from property lines and roads?
8. My property does not front on a public road. Can I put the sign for my small business on my neighbor’s property which is on a public road?
9. Does the County enforce CC & R’s?
10. I have 9.99 acres in the Mountain Home Zone, which has a 5 acre minimum parcel size. Can I subdivide my parcel into two parcels?
11. What does TPA zone mean? And what can I do with my property?
12. How can I get the County to maintain my private road?
13. How many horses or animals can I have on my property?
14. Can I have a small business on my property?
15. How can I determine if I can subdivide my property?
16. My neighbor put a fence up and I think it is on my property, what can I do?
17. What is California Conservation (Williamson) Act? How do I put my property into the Williamson Act?
18. How do I cancel my Williamson Act Contract?
19. Does my project need Design Review and/or Historic Design Review?
20. My neighbor has horses near my property line. I am bothered by flies, and concerned about other pests and impacts of runoff and erosion to nearby creeks.

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1. Do you hand out applications for employment at the front desk of the Public Works office?
2. How much are the hook-up fees for each district?
3. Water and Sewer Billing for Special Districts:At what point during the month are the meter readings taken? Why is my meter reading higher than expected? What is the penalty for late payments?

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1. Why does it take so many county workers to do a simple road repair?
2. Why does the brushing crew cut down so many trees and bushes?
3. Why did I receive a Right of Entry request?
4. How can I get a Speed Zone sign installed?
5. What is an Encroachment Permit, and when do I need one?

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1. What is Redistricting?
2. Why is Redistricting Important to Me?
3. What is the Criteria for Districts?
4. What do existing supervisorial districts look like?
5. How will the County notify the public about redistricting?
6. How can I find out more?

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1. Which of the 4 options keep district boundaries closest to what they are today, Which one is the biggest change?
2. We have lost population in the County since 1980, what is the population decline in each existing District?
3. Has the BOS or an individual Supervisor offered any suggestions as to how/where changes should be made in the existing boundaries?
4. When do you expect to present your recommendation to the Board and do they have final approval?
5. Why is the Foresta area called Crane Creek on the new redistricting map?

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1. What is Megan's Law?
2. What is a sex offender?
3. What is Sex Offender Registration?
4. What does 290 PC mean?
5. What is the Difference between Serious and High Risk Offenders?
6. How Do I View More Detailed Megan's Law Information?
7. What Will This More Detailed Information Provide?
8. Is the Information Available from My Local Law Enforcement Agency Accurate?
9. What Information Do I Need to View the Megan's Law Data?
10. If I Have an Address Where I Suspect an Offender Lives, Can the Megan's Law Data Confirm My Suspicion?
11. When Are Sex Offenders Required to Register?
12. Is it a Crime if a Sex Offender Does Not Register
13. I Know of a Sex Offender Who Did Not Register When He/She Recently Moved to a New Location. What Should I Do?

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1. Who do I call for garbage service?
2. What can I recycle and where?
3. Where can I bring my California Redemption Values (CRVs) containers?
4. Where can I recycle my used oil and oil filters?
5. What can I do with my # 3-7 plastics?
6. Why do I have to separate all of my recyclables?
7. How can I reduce my landfill fees?
8. Why do the number 3 through 7 plastic containers have to be clean, and why can’t I recycle all plastic with the numbers 3 through 7 on it?
9. Why are the recycling numbers printed so small on the plastic containers?
10. What can I do to help reduce the amount of plastic entering the compost facility?
11. Why do I have to pay to recycle items such as refrigerators and TVs 36 inches or larger on the diagonal?
12. Where can I recycle printer and copier cartridges?
13. Do you recycle junk cars?
14. Why do I have to take my trash to the Landfill instead of the Compost Facility at times?

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1. When is the secured tax assessed?
2. How are tax amounts determined?
3. What period of time does a secured property bill cover?
4. When should I expect my secured property tax bill?
5. When are secured property tax bills due?
6. What is a Special Assessment?
7. When should I mail my payment to avoid penalties?
8. Is a private meter date the same as the United States Postal Service postmark?
9. Can payments be postmarked on the deadline date?
10. Are there any programs to assist me with paying my secured tax bill?
11. Can I pay my secured property tax bill with my credit card?
12. What is the mailing address?
13. Whom should I call if I have questions?
14. When is the unsecured tax assessed?
15. When is the unsecured tax bill due?
16. How are the unsecured tax amounts determined?
17. What period of time does an unsecured tax bill cover?
18. If I am selling my unsecured property (Boat, RV, etc.), will I be responsible for the tax bill?
19. How are the supplemental tax amounts determined?
20. When should I expect my supplemental tax bill(s)?
21. Why did I receive more than one supplemental tax bill?
22. When is the supplemental tax due?
23. When does the supplemental bill become delinquent?
24. If I don't pay on time, will I be charged a penalty?