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May 25,2023 Fresno City Council! #Fresno Among the items include WORKSHOP on Advance Clean Fleets;1-MM the so called "sit, lay, sleep, store" ordinance regarding homeless near schools, parks, etc;Cal Trans Art murals
Among the CONSENT CALENDAR Items:
1-E Actions pertaining to a License Agreement with California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) for use of Woodward Park for the State Cross Country Championship Special Event: 1.
Authorize a five (5) year License Agreement with California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) for use of Woodward Park for the State Cross Country Championship Special Event two days per year
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#Fresno's city budget meeting is happening today at 10 AM there's no preview of the budget or agenda available to the public yet....if you can't make it don't worry I'll be live tweeting my thoughts.
Public comments were up first. The biggest concern of the community is housing accessibility and youth houseless community.
The fact that this proposed budget dropped after the special meeting started is strategic so that the people do not have time to evaluate and tear apart the budget before public comments.

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May 11, 2023 Fresno City Council meeting!
1/ Among the items:mobile command vehicle in the amount of $444,740 for the Fresno Police Department;Poverello House to operate the Clarion Pointe as a low-barrier emergency homeless shelter and bridge housing;Approve a $3,000,000 Local Housing Trust Fund Agreement with Avalon…
2/ …Commons Phase II, in northeast Fresno;Agreement with Housing Authority of the City of Fresno to operate Journey Home emergency shelter in the total amount of $2,200,075; Approve a $1.5 million with Broadway Plaza Family Apartments, LP for its Hotel Fresno Apartments;enewal…
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#Fresno #CA
*potentially disturbing*
“The Fresno Police Department released on Friday body camera footage from an incident on Dec. 23, 2022, when an officer-involved shooting took place.”

Suspect reversed into occupied patrol car and struck officer resulting in OIS.

/BWC 1
“According to the police department, early morning on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, officers from the Fresno Police Department responded to a disturbance between a man and a woman at the 7-Eleven located in the 2300 block of South Chestnut Avenue.”

/BWC 2
“Police say Alvarez reversed again, driving towards the third officer. The third officer discharged his firearm, striking him once. He drove forward and struck a parked car that was occupied by a driver who was two months pregnant at the moment.”

/BWC enhanced
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February 23,2023 Fresno City Council meeting:Among the items include Mid-Year Budget Review; Authorization to allow Councilmembers to examine sales or transactions and use tax records; A Realtor Planning Commission nominee;The People's Fresno LLC to discuss preliminary license…
…to be reinstated to complete CUP process;ARPA Funds for 26 Tiny Homes #FRESNO
Among the Consent Agenda include 1-B Approve the appointment of Jacqueline Lyday (Resident of District 6) to the Planning Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2025.
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Fresno City Council February 9th meeting!
Among the items include a WORKSHOP on Road Pavement Management;Appearance by former Councilman Brian Calhoun to discuss status of traffic and pedestrian safety improvements for W. Audubon Drive;Among Consent Agenda items is ONCE AGAIN the Fire Department staffing (SAFER) grant…
…award for $7,246,600 (which keeps getting removed from agenda); $1,500,0000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to the Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation. #Fresno
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Big takeaways from our survey of fix-and-flippers last week: 1) Rates have massively slowed transactions and prices are falling broadly. 2) Lots of talk about flippers changing strategies, holding-and-renting instead of flipping, or exiting the space entirely.

COMMENTARY 🧵->
#Atlanta flipper: “Many highly-leveraged flippers will need to go out of pocket to sell or will default on no-recourse loans. We will not see improvement until the 2nd half of 2024. Many will not make it to that point and there will be some bargains for cash-flush investors.”
#Baltimore flipper: “Sellers are still not reacting to market shifts. Sellers need to lower prices.”
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Fresno City Council October 20,2022 meeting!
1/ Among the items include Chaffee Zoo Master Plan WORKSHOP (maybe an aquarium in the future?!);SPECIAL meeting for two Closed Session items regarding City Controller as well as Howard Jarvis Taxpayers lawsuit; Job creation along Ventura/Kings Canyon (Avenida Cesar…
2/ …Chavez);Tower Theater fees; Violence Intervention/Prevention grants;
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Hundreds of places have removed ‘squaw’ from name. Why not the town in #Fresno County?

The latest about federal, state and local efforts to change Squaw Valley's name ⬇️
fresnobee.com/news/local/art…
And thanks @smartnews for helping to share this! Love it when stories like this get read widely thanks to help from the digital age. fresnobee.com/news/local/art…
Related: Love that an email from @palisadestahoe @PalisadesPR popped in about their name change journey as I was talking about it with my husband. (Psychic ski peeps?)

I included their outreach efforts in the Lake Tahoe area in a story I did last year: fresnobee.com/news/local/art…
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ICYMI: The results of #Fresno #Starbucks unionization efforts are in: workers voted 14-0 against union representation. This story has been updated with comments from Starbucks & the worker that led organizing🧵
My latest for @FresnoBee @fresnoland
fresnobee.com/news/local/art…
Workers announced their intent to organize in April. The store would have been the first Central Valley Starbucks to unionize.
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Maria Rivera, a representative of @WorkersUnited, said the results show "clear evidence of the fact that the will of the workers is being affected by Starbucks’ anti-union campaign, which includes threats, discrimination and the targeting of leaders.”
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June 30,2022 Fresno City Council meeting! Among the items include Budget items; Proposed pay raises for Mayor and Councilmembers;Parkway Inn homeless shelter conversion;Measure C New Technology Grant; Tower Theater Closed Session item;#Fresno
Among the Consent Agenda items:1-B Award an Agreement for 25 Axon Body 3 Flex Body Worn -Video Cameras, with unlimited Data Storage and related services; Authorize the Director of the Airport or Designee to execute this agreement
1-C BILL B-16 (Intro'd 6/23/2022)(For Adoption) - Amending Administrative Abatement, Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) Section 10-616
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June 21,2022 Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting! Among the items is a different way to deal with the 66,000 free roaming (“community”) cats in Fresno County; Zoo Authority annual report; Mental Health Services Act Annual Update; Both the Caruthers and Orange Cove High
Schools championship softball teams honored; #Fresno Among the CONSENT AGENDA Items: 23. Approve and authorize Clerk of the Board to execute Budget transfer number 54 transferring FY 2021-22 appropriations in the amount of $350,000 from Accounts 6100 (Salaries) and 6400
(Retirement) to Accounts 7295 (Professional and Specialized Services) and 7340 (Operating Leases Buildings) within the District Attorney Org 2860, to fund unanticipated operating expenses.
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June 16, 2022 Fresno City Council meeting! With this meeting occurring in the middle of budget hearings several items have already been continued to the June 30 meeting. A WORKSHOP on Measure C and whether it should be a ballot. #Fresno @fresnoland Image
Among the Consent Items 1-L Actions pertaining to the Palm Avenue and Belmont Avenue Class IV Protected Bikeway Project - Bid File 3848 (Council Districts 1, 3, and 7): 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff determination pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 2. Award a construction contract in the amount of $1,236,120 to VSS International, Inc. of West Sacramento, California
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June 9,2022 Fresno City Council meeting! Today’s meeting comes two days after the June 7 election. Among the items include various workshops on Water Supply; Code Enforcement; Measure C; Also Interim City Attorney;Selected Consent Calendar items:
1-M Approve the award of a purchase contract to Swanson Fahrney Ford, of Selma, California, for the purchase of 97 Ford vehicles for Department of Public Utilities, Departments of Public Works, Transportation, Airports, Planning&Development, Police,&Animal Center for $4,139,218
1-P Actions pertaining to a Parking Agreement between the City of Fresno and Metro Hospitality, Inc.: 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff determination pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301 Class 1 (existing facility) of the California Environmental Quality Act
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May 12, 2022 Fresno City Council meeting! The items on both the West Creek Village Development Agreement and Annual Action Plan have been CONTINUED until May 26th.;Item on Fresno PD military weapons;Kathy Bray to the Planning Commission; Tower Theater indemnity agreement;
subpoena of Tower owner Lawrence Abbate. #Fresno You can watch beginning at 9:00 am on @CMACTV
Among the Consent Calendar Items:1-B Reject all proposals for the removal of printing press and related equipment located at 1626 E Street, Fresno, California (Bid File 3851) (District 3) Image
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April homebuilder survey results are here. Top themes: 1) Demand is slowing, namely entry-level due to payment shock. 2) Investors are pulling back. 3) Ripple effect of rising rates starting to hit move-up market. Market commentary to follow…
#Dallas builder: “Interest lists are shrinking or buyers are truly pausing.”
#Houston builder: “Many first-time buyers simply no longer qualify with the increase in interest rates, as their debt-to-income ratio gets out of whack.”
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Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting May 3, 2022! Lots of proclamations/resolutions this morning including Oakland Raider great Daryle Lamonica who passed away recently. Also on Agenda is a verbal report on Suicide Survivors Program. Among the Consent Calendar are:
22.Adjourn in Memory for Randal "Randy" Rocca Image
23. Proclaim May 9 -13, 2022 as "Juror Appreciation Week" Image
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Fresno City Council meeting April 28, 2022! Among the items include rules for the Fresno Police Department to fund, acquire and use military equipment as defined in Assembly Bill 481;Fireworks Ordinance, to add liability for "social hosts" and increase the fine structure of the
fireworks ordinance;contracts with federal and state lobbyists;Community Truck Reroute Study;Establishing the City of Fresno Women's Commission.#Fresno @fresnoland
Among the Consent Calendar :1-E BILL (for introduction) - Amending the Fireworks Ordinance, FMC sections 10-55602.2 to 10-55602.4, to add liability for "social hosts" and increase the fine structure of the fireworks ordinance. (Subject to Mayor's Veto) ImageImageImageImage
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April 21, 2022 Fresno City Council meeting!Among the items today is the Purchase of Tower Theater by the City of Fresno; 3 WORKSHOPS on Animal Shelter; Downtown Fresno Partnership and Covid Emergency Orders;Also Homeless Housing;Travel by Trail, Fresno!;First Street Cycle Track;
RESOLUTION - Adopting the City of Fresno Tree Policy. #Fresno @fresnoland
Among the lengthy Consent Agenda items:1-I &Reject all bids for a two-year Requirements Contract, with options for three one-year extensions for the purchase of Solar Real Time Digital Displays for bus stops as no responsive bids were received
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March 24,2022 Fresno City Council meeting! Among the items include Flag raising protocols; Councilmember Bredefled’s request to revoke Councilmembers’ credit cards and audit;WORSHOPS on Airport Concessions as well as West Fresno’s CAN (California Ave Neighborhood)Planning effort
88 Unit Transit Oriented Development which is Among the Consent Agenda items:1-I Actions pertaining to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) (Council District 1): 1. ***RESOLUTION - Authorizing the City of Fresno to accept a grant in the amount of
$1,843,572 from the SJVAPCD for the development of 88 multifamily residential units and commercial/ retail space at 1501 N. Blackstone Avenue TOD project (Subject to Mayor's Veto) 2. ***RESOLUTION - adopting the Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2022-
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If you care about making #fresno safer to Bike and Walk, the next BPAC Meeting starts in a few minutes!

Details⬇️
Sorry for the hold up, apparently a link wasn't sent out to the members and we are still trying to get people joined in.

On top of that, it looks like Melanie and Phil will be absent tonight. 😶😕

Still absent, District 5.

We barely have a quorem.
Agenda motioned to approved by @climateadvocat1 and 2nded by Susan Smith (D7)

Minutes are approved by Steven Bradley (D6), 2nded by Me.
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Fresno City Council meeting November 4, 2021!Among the items include Club One Casino increase in card room tables;WORKSHOP - Police Department Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program;Actions pertaining to the acquisition of the UMC Campus Property;Authorize the Chief of
Police to enter into a First Amendment to the existing contract with ShotSpotter Inc., (SST) for an additional three square miles in the City of Fresno for a total cost of $535,849;6 PM HEARING Regarding redistricting;
Among the Consent Calendar items: 1-C Actions related to the Airline Operations Agreement with ExpressJet Airlines LLC.,:
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November 2, 2021 Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting! Among the items include a proclamation honoring the life of Track coach/artist Red Estes;Appeal of 75-foot sign; Receive presentation on current and proposed County facility capital projects;Controversial Redistricting
this afternoon at 1:00 pm. Among the Consent Agenda:19. Adopt proclamation to declare November 2021 as "National Adoption Month" in Fresno County
20 Adjourn in Memory of Gene "Red" Estes
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October 28,2021 Fresno City Council meeting!! Among the items today include hiring 54 persons from Measure P funds in PARCS and Public Work Departments; Meeting with Joint Powers Financing Authority;WaterSMART grants;@fresnoland #Fresno
Among the CONSENT CALENDAR Items:1-E #RESOLUTION - Authorizing an application by the Department of Public Utilities to the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation for a WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grant for Fiscal Year 2022 in an amount
not to exceed $500,000 for the Smart Irrigation Controller Direct Install Program.1- F #authorizing application, by the Department of Public Utilities, in cooperation with the Department of Public Works and Parks, After School, Recreation & Community Services Department, to the
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