Fresno data center ban? Councilmember proposes citywide prohibition
A Fresno councilmember will ask his colleagues to begin writing a citywide ban on data centers, a step that would strip power the city’s Planning Director currently has to allow one. The resolution, from Councilmember Nick Richardson, directs staff to prepare an amendment to the city’s Development Code defining data centers — including facilities built…
Fresno County’s lawsuit against California, Better Roads group gets yet another judge ahead of Tuesday’s hearing
Fresno County’s lawsuit against the State of California gets its third judge swap ahead of Tuesday’s start date for the case that will decide whether a controversial countywide transportation tax proposal gets placed on the November ballot. Judge Jonathan Skiles has been selected to oversee Fresno County’s Better Roads lawsuit following 10 days’ worth of…
Meet the next judge overseeing Fresno County’s transportation tax lawsuit
Updated story: Read the latest developments on Fresno County’s lawsuit here. The dust has mostly settled on the judge disqualification spree this week in Fresno County’s lawsuit against the State of California, their own elections clerk and a local transportation tax campaign, and Judge Lisa Gamoian has emerged as the likely arbiter on the critical…
Fresno Planning Commission backs SEDA again without financing plan, this time in near-unanimous vote
Fresno City Hall Wednesday night once again was packed to the rafters with residents who wanted to weigh in on SEDA, and again almost nobody in attendance wanted Mayor Dyer’s $4.3 billion mega-development plan to move forward. By a raise of hands in front of the commission, a total of five people supported the Southeast…
‘Knee jerk, sloppy’ special meeting of Fresno City Council goes nowhere as general tax remains on ballot
A City of Fresno general tax, framed as a possible backstop for Measure C transportation funds, is staying on the ballot — but not because the Fresno City Council had anything to do with it. Not directly. The council was scheduled to debate removing the tax measure from the ballot at a last-minute special meeting…
Uncertainty looms over Fresno County’s transportation-tax war as political maneuvering continues past ballot deadline
What’s Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer’s recommendation if Fresno County voters have to decide on two separate, transportation-related tax measures this November? Vote “yes” on both. The mayor outlined his position on the general tax his staff submitted to the county clerk at the eleventh-hour last Friday — as well as the countywide transportation measure he’s…
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