Councilman Paul Caprioglio may have less than a week left in office, but his legacy will last many more years. In one of his final acts, Caprioglio was present at the naming of a new senior center in his honor. The Paul "Cap" Caprioglio Community Center will primarily focus on...
Council Rushes to Approve COVID Aid Ahead of Blackout Threat
Trying to beat a potential blackout of the downtown area, the Fresno City Council held a lightning-fast meeting to approve a nearly $13 million spending plan for pandemic relief on Monday afternoon. The city will contract with several community-based organizations to help with food distribution, contact tracing, and testing. The...
PD Commission’s Celedon Declines to Explain ‘Burn it Down’ Tweet
In its first public meeting Monday, the Fresno Commission on Police Reform's second-in-command, Sandra Celedon, declined to explain a controversial tweet after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Also in Politics 101: Police Reform commissioners want more time. Another Fresno police committee is still active. County...
Resurrection of Measure P? Ruling Gives Parks Tax New Hope
A court ruling regarding a San Francisco tax measure may breathe new life in Fresno's 2018 sales tax measure for parks. As Dominic Fracassa of the San Francisco Chronicle reported, the California First District Court of Appeal affirmed a lower-court decision that a tax measure for a specific purpose needs...
Can Brand Forge Unity for Parks/Public Safety Tax?
Lee Brand is still optimistic about proposing a combined parks and public safety tax to voters in 2020. He reiterated his plan during remarks at a Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation breakfast Wednesday (Jan. 30). Fresno’s mayor also talked about industrial development in south Fresno and uses for legalized marijuana revenues. “There’s...
Measure P Attorney Asks City to Start Collecting Fresno Parks Tax
Measure P, the 2018 sales tax initiative for parks, may not have failed after all. Last November, 52% of Fresno voters favored it. However, voters were told it needed two-thirds approval to pass. Thus, the measure failed. Or did it? An attorney, on behalf of Measure P advocate Fresno Building...