Facilities
The seven-hundred acre (2.83 km²) compound, surrounded by hills, is home to all of the highest level management units of the Church of Scientology, all of which are staffed by Sea Organization members. Among the organizations run out of Gold Base are the Religious Technology Center; the Commodore's Messenger Organization International; and Golden Era Productions, which manufactures the E-Meter and produces and distributes the church's media materials, both internal and promotional. The two-lane Gilman Springs Road bisects Gold Base. An on-site film studio, Cine Castle, features conical turrets and a tiled blue roof, designed in the likeness of a castle in Scotland. All of the other buildings share the same motif.
About eight-hundred Sea Org members live on the base. Members are paid $50 a week. Most base personnel live in Hemet at the Vista Gardens Apartments or the Kirby Apartments and commute by base-owned bus. About 500 Scientologists work in the Gold Base, while 100 non-Scientologists also work in the Gold Base.
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