Just Where the Heck is Fig Garden, Anyway?

By Bill McEwen, News Director

Published 3 years ago on

December 27, 2021

If you follow the listings, Fresno real-estate agents are among many people who are confused about the boundaries of both the Old Figarden the Fig Garden neighborhoods.

And, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission obviously had trouble identifying those areas recently.

Where else would @WeDrawTheLines be today except Old Fig Garden. Apparently they have been confused about OFG and OFG Loop for 3 months and working to fix it in the Senate Maps today. pic.twitter.com/f9pY0uIx78

— CA Target Book (@CATargetBook) December 18, 2021

So Fresno blogger Mike “The Fresnan” Seay decided to investigate Fig Garden’s actual boundaries.

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Bill McEwen,

News Director

Bill McEwen is news director and columnist for GV Wire. He joined GV Wire in August 2017 after 37 years at The Fresno Bee. With The Bee, he served as Opinion Editor, City Hall reporter, Metro columnist, sports columnist and sports editor through the years. His work has been frequently honored by the California Newspapers Publishers Association, including authoring first-place editorials in 2015 and 2016. Bill and his wife, Karen, are proud parents of two adult sons, and they have two grandsons. You can contact Bill at 559-492-4031 or at Send an Email