It's pretty wild that jury service pay in California is $15/day, if you're salaried for any reasonable amount it's literally cheaper to eat the fine for not appearing than it is to skip work to serve on a jury. Meanwhile it's not enough to compensate lower-income folks
Jury duty should really pay at fair market rate for comparably-skilled work (probably $40+/hr) or whatever pay you're missing due to jury duty, whichever is higher.