Fresno City Council

Developer and private equity-funded PAC, firefighters and the city employees’ union were the biggest spenders to date in the June primary election.

The bond market has delivered $70 million to the stalled project behind Chukchansi Park, in the Brewery District.

The candidates represent how far Sikhs have come after settling roots largely in places like California for the last century.

Judge Robert Whalen’s ruling stopped short of issuing an injunction that would bar the city from convening a private budget committee again.

The Fresno City Council is entering the chat on corporate landlords’ contributions to spiraling housing prices in the state’s last bastion of affordability.

In the months leading up to and during the November 2024 election, former Councilmember Luis Chavez paid more than $130K to a consultant for Facebook ads and constituent outreach.

Under a city policy, a former councilmember paid a consultant more than $300,000 in taxpayer funds for constituent outreach, Facebook ads and more.

A top Fresno Unified official said Mayor Dyer’s plan to open up land for nearly 45,000-homes would drain middle-class families to Clovis Unified, costing $200 million annually and forcing mass layoffs.

Two weeks after giving preliminary approval to a law that would outlaw kratom sales, the Fresno City Council pivoted, giving a final green light to a modified law that restricts, rather than bans, the sale of kratom products to adults.

Behind closed doors, Fresno’s mayor strategized with builders to overcome citizen opposition and coach councilmembers into approving a 9,000-acre development that lacks any plan to pay for its infrastructure.