Paradise, CA
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ParadiseCA averageUS Census ACS
Typical home value $335,486 -2% yr/yr · -27.4% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2001–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
🗳️ Election results (3 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
City Council 2024-11-05
Heidi Lange ✓ 3,394 · Steve “Woody” Culleton ✓ 2,968 · Greg Bolin ✓ 2,652 · Colleen Corners 2,337
City Council 2022-11-08
Steve Crowder ✓ 2,700 · Ron Lassonde ✓ 1,747 · Stuart Lee Bannister 1,190
City Council 2020-11-03
Greg Bolin ✓ 1,566 · Rose Tryon ✓ 1,446 · Steve "Woody" Culleton ✓ 1,277 · Lucas Bellefeuille 1,067 · Melissa Schuster 906 · Julian J. Martinez 752
Recent meetings
Fri Aug 28, 2026 · 18:00
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Mon Aug 24, 2026 · 18:00
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Mon Aug 24, 2026 · 18:00
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Mon Aug 24, 2026 · 18:00
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Mon Aug 24, 2026 · 18:00
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Mon Aug 24, 2026 · 18:00
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Fri Aug 14, 2026 · 18:00
City Council
Mon Jul 27, 2026 · 18:00
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Mon Jul 27, 2026 · 18:00
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Mon Jul 27, 2026 · 18:00
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Mon Jul 27, 2026 · 18:00
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Mon Jul 27, 2026 · 18:00
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Fri Jul 24, 2026 · 18:00
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Fri Jul 24, 2026 · 18:00
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Thu Jul 23, 2026 · 18:00
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Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00
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Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00
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Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00
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💰 Federal awards (top 3 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $1.7M | NORTH FORK ENTERPRISES LLC Department of Agriculture · NORTH CANYON REFORESTATION STEWARDSHIP IRSC 12363N25F4151 PLUMAS NATIO |
| $984,046 | NORTH FORK ENTERPRISES LLC Department of Agriculture · BEARTRAP SSC -12363N24F4166 $922,999.98 TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE COR: BRI |
| $187,900 | HILLSKEMPER BROTHERS LP Department of the Interior · MONTEZUMA WEST HAZARD TREE REMOVAL |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (Butte County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities1 (2023)
Business establishments4,677 (63,158 employees · 2023)
Adults with low literacy20.2% (low numeracy 29% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
$65.3M
Annual budget
110
Employees on payroll
483
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$65.3M
Spending$59.1M
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.
The money — out
source: city procurement & payrollWho the city actually cuts checks to.
110 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.