The Kings River is the primary surface water source to Fresno, Kings, and Tulare counties – including numerous disadvantaged communities. Semitropic Water Storage District is seeking to divert precious Kings River water toward Southern California. If successful, this blatant water grab will devastate our agriculture industry and dozens of disadvantaged...
Former Fresno Councilman Files to Challenge Dictos for County Assessor
Former two-term Fresno City Councilman Paul Caprioglio could seek public office again. Caprioglio has filed to run for Fresno County Assessor/Recorder — a spot held by three-term incumbent Paul Dictos. Caprioglio left office in January, terming out after two election victories and eight-plus years representing east-central Fresno (he also served...
Dictos Wants to End Stain of Fresno’s Discriminatory Housing Covenants
Redlining, the practice of limiting where ethnic minorities could live and own property in local communities, has been a stain on Fresno's history for decades. Now, Fresno County Assessor-Recorder Paul Dictos wants to stamp out the remnants of the discriminatory practice in official records. In some cases, documents called covenants still...
Will Creek Fire Make Home Insurance Even Harder to Get in ‘High Risk’ Areas?
The latest totals from CAL Fire show 855 structures destroyed (identified as residential, commercial and "other"), and another 71 structures damaged by the Creek Fire. Five of the 20 largest wildfires in California history have occurred in 2020, with the Creek Fire now confirmed as the single biggest in terms...
County Hired Convicted Murderer in 2015. Dictos Says Hires Now Must Pass Background Checks.
Fresno County Assessor-Recorder Paul Dictos says he does not want another Tony Amundson situation. Amundson is an appraiser working for Dictos. Amundson has murder and assault convictions in his long-ago past that went unnoticed because no one bothered to ask before he was hired in 2015. They came to light...
Fresno County Employee Served Time for Murder. Now He's Running for Office.
By David Taub and Bill McEwen When Tony Morgan Amundson, an appraiser in the Fresno County Assessor-Recorder's Office, approached his boss about running for the elected position in Mariposa County, Paul Dictos encouraged him to give it a try. Imagine Dictos' surprise when he found out Monday (March 26) that...
Dictos Rights a Wrong & Wins Showdown With County Supervisors
Paul Dictos' moral streak is as straight as a ruler and as strong as steel. He doesn't bend. He doesn't capitulate. And, at age 74, he still calls on an inexhaustible reservoir of outrage to right the wrongs of government. All the more unusual: Dictos is the government. He is...