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HOUSING
Granville Homes’ former CFO accuses Darius Assemi of secretly siphoning from the company to buy back a ranch his family had lost
The former chief financial officer of Granville Homes has accused prominent Fresno developer Darius Assemi of raiding his own company — diverting as much as $16 million in corporate cash to secretly buy back a ranch his family had lost to its creditors, using a longtime business associate as a front to keep his name…
Fresno City Council passes legislation to make it easier to build affordable housing
The Fresno City Council on Thursday approved a policy to help streamline the building approval process for proposed developments that set aside at least one-fifth of their housing units to lower-income households. In short, developers who present the city with a housing proposal with at least 20% of their total units priced for low-income rental…
If the federal government changes this rule, hundreds of Fresno-area families could be hurt
A proposed HUD rule that would bar mixed-status families from federally assisted housing would affect hundreds of families in Fresno County.
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How to report substandard housing conditions in Fresno
If you are a renter who thinks your housing might be in need of repairs that your landlord is refusing to fix, the City of Fresno’s Anti Slum Enforcement Team may be able to help.
ENVIRONMENT
Will Fresno County voters see any transportation taxes on the November ballot?
The front-running group in the scramble to replace Fresno County’s 40-year transportation sales tax doesn’t have the numbers they need yet to qualify for the November ballot. But backers insist the fight isn’t over. The “Better Roads, Safe Streets” campaign learned this week that they didn’t meet the needed benchmark to qualify for the ballot…
WORK
Hundreds march in downtown Fresno in commemoration of May Day
Hundreds of Fresno workers and advocates gathered in downtown Fresno on Friday to commemorate May Day as the fight for employees’ rights take on new significance under the second Trump administration. “This May Day, we are at a historical juncture,” said Ana Padilla, executive director of the UC Merced Community and Labor Center that helped…
Things keep getting worse for California farmworkers. Would a minimum wage help?
Four years after a landmark report from UC Merced painted a dire picture of health outcomes among California’s more than 900,000 farmworkers, a new study suggests not much has improved. If anything, matters seem to have only worsened since 2022, as the 21 farmworkers interviewed for the new study told researchers. As the prices of…
Whistleblower social worker says Fresno County is mishandling cases and kids are being ‘reabused’
In 2021, the Fresno County Department of Social Services made national headlines following the revelation of poor living conditions for its foster children. First reported by The Fresno Bee, whistleblowers described children sleeping on tables inside the department’s office building, relieving themselves in water bottles, and other subpar living conditions. Now, five years later, one…
Community
As gas prices continue to rise, will more Fresno residents bike and bus around?
Day Smith takes shelter underneath some shade at the Manchester Transit Center. She’s waiting for the FAX Route 1 bus to come save her from this particular sweltering hot spring day. Smith said she used to have a car, but ditched it after she got a bill for repair costs that she couldn’t afford. And,…
Fresno’s next generation of voters grills current generation of local politicians
Youth Leadership Institute and three partner organizations hosted a community forum on issues affecting southwest and southeast Fresno while encouraging youth civic engagement.
Fresno City Council westside candidates square off over development, ‘political elite’ in election forum
Residents living west of the 99 freeway got a glimpse of how the candidates running to represent them on Fresno City Council will advocate for their neighborhood in a forum at the Teague Community Resource Center on Monday. Organizers counted roughly 60 residents who turned out to hear policy positions from the four candidates competing…
With Fresno County partnership, Fresno Arts Council begins moving past embezzlement scandal
The Fresno Arts Council will remain the county’s primary arts agency. Fresno County supervisors unanimously approved keeping the Fresno Arts Council as its partner for state funding on Tuesday in spite of the arts nonprofit’s $1.8 million embezzlement scandal. Tuesday’s vote allows the council to serve as the county’s partner for the State and Local…