Early results posted by the Fresno County elections office in the State Center Community College District show incumbents facing real challenges. Area 3 Seat Is Closest Race John Leal is seeking re-election to his third term in Area 3, which stretches from central Fresno southeast through Reedley. Leal’s opponents are Dary...
Challengers Leading Incumbents in 2 State Center Trustee Races
Early results posted by the Fresno County elections office in the State Center Community College District show incumbents facing real challenges. Area 2 Seat The most prominent race pits embattled incumbent Eric Payne in a race for the Area 2 seat he has held since 2012. Payne’s opponents, communications professional Nasreen...
COVID-19 Kills Parks-Safety Sales Tax Effort, Brand Says
Mayor Lee Brand says there is no chance that a successor to Measure P — the 2018 sales tax measure for parks currently ruled to have failed — will be on the November ballot. "You're going to see nothing on the November ballot. The COVID crisis and the consequence, which is...
Will City Settle High Profile Police Shooting Case? Fresno Council Considers Next Move.
A Fresno police shooting death that has received more attention in the era of George Floyd is on the Fresno City Council's agenda this week. The 2017 shooting of 16-year old Isiah Murrietta-Golding as he ran away from police officers rankled social justice advocates then and now. With the renewed...
A Look at Fresno's Judiciary as Mangano Takes His Robe
Even though he was sworn in last January, Robert Mangano took his black robe at a ceremony Friday, joining his brethren as a Fresno County judge. Dozens of his colleagues descended upon the event at the Fresno Veterans Memorial Auditorium officially welcome Mangano into the fold. He won election to...
Brandau Apparent Winner for Vacant Supervisor Seat
Fresno city councilman Steve Brandau appears ready for an upgrade. With 100% of precincts reporting, Brandau leads in the special election for the vacant Fresno County Board of Supervisors District 2 seat with 57.5% of the votes. Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission publicist Nasreen Johnson is in second place with 31.8%;...
Is Clovis Economic Boom Headed for Slow Down?
At tonight’s Clovis council meeting (March 4), the board will hear a five-year economic forecast. The report indicates trouble looming: “The General Fund forecast continues to be much more constrained during the forecast period than it has been during recent years … sales tax is projected to grow at a...
Face-Off for Fresno Supervisor: Brandau, Hosey, Johnson
The election for a vacant Fresno County supervisorial seat is less than six weeks away. And, the three candidates vying to represent north and central Fresno and parts of Clovis are getting ready. Fresno City Councilman Steve Brandau may have some built-in advantages. He has name recognition as an elected...
Cox Chairs First Capitol Hill Meeting. It Lasted Just 12 Minutes.
Rep. TJ Cox chaired his first meeting of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday (Feb. 26). The official portion didn’t last long. The topic was how industries manipulate science and climate change information, but much of Twitter’s reaction was about the brevity...
Absentee Returns Suggest Strong Interest in Supervisor Race
The election clerk’s office reports that voters have returned nearly 11,000 absentee ballots in the March 5 election for a vacant Fresno County supervisor seat. That is a 15% return rate of the approximately 71,600 sent out. In all, District 2 has 113,596 registered voters, meaning 63% received mail-in ballots. The...