{"id":76249,"date":"2025-12-19T08:34:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fresnoland.org\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=76249"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:43:17","slug":"fresno-council-approves-mayors-pivot-on-seda","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/fresnoland.org\/es\/newsletter\/fresno-council-approves-mayors-pivot-on-seda\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Council approves mayor’s pivot on SEDA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Good morning! It\u2019s Friday, Dec. 19<\/strong>. This is Rob & Danielle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcadOnly darkness every day?<\/strong> More clouds, more (Fresno) cold \u2014 high of 51. NOAA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udea8Police lease:<\/strong> Fresno carves out $12 million to renovate a landlord\u2019s building so city police can rent it. Fresnoland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcf3Can you hear this?<\/strong> Verizon wireless plans to construct an 80-foot communications tower at Van Ness and Olive avenues in Fresno\u2019s Tower District. The Fresno Bee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. County transportation board approves Measure C renewal plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Parlier Mayor Alma Beltran and Fresno Council of Governments Executive Director Robert Phipps pictured at a COG meeting Thursday, June 26, 2025. Credit: Julianna Morano | Fresnoland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A majority of Fresno County’s mayors voted Thursday evening to officially approve the expenditure plan for the renewal of Measure C, the transportation sales tax, planned for the November 2026 ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer led the charge, with Clovis Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua in support along with the county’s west side mayors, in a 10-4 vote. The plan was modified to reduce the county’s required expenditures in disadvantaged unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That amendment didn’t sway Fresno County Supervisor Garry Bredefeld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of the opposition focused on fears that the measure wouldn’t allow for enough road expansion. Under the plan, cities and the counties aren’t allowed to spend more than 5% of their Measure C dollars on expanding roads until every road has hit an average of 65 on the pavement condition index, with some safety exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now the plan heads to the County Board of Supervisors, where Supervisors Bredefeld and Buddy Mendes have made it clear that they’ll reject this plan in favor of an alternative that vastly reduces public transit spending to expand more roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proponents of this plan could bypass the supervisors by gathering signatures to qualify for the ballot instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clovis Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua:<\/strong> \u00abThe goal of this measure is, ‘fix all of our roads’. And that’s what we’re doing.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. ‘You don’t trust us’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A marathon debate on a region-defining megadevelopment ended just before midnight Thursday with most of the City Council backing Mayor Jerry Dyer\u2019s pivot from seeking a new 45,000-home sprawling suburb to studying a scaled-down \u201cbusiness park alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fresnoland\u2019s Gregory Weaver was inside the hours-long, standing-room-only meeting that saw more than four dozen locals speak out in overwhelming opposition to the project. A few called on the council to kill the project outright, while others criticized some city leaders for their ties to developers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least one person challenged Council President Mike Karbassi to recuse himself from voting because of his relationship with Granville Homes developer Darius Assemi. Karbassi is frequently identified as a \u201ccohost\u201d on a weekly podcast on Assemi\u2019s Granville\/GV Wire website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check back with Fresnoland later today for a full breakdown of what\u2019s still on the table for development in the region (hint: pretty much everything) and what comes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Fresno changes \u2018sit, lie, sleep\u2019 law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After briefly tabling the discussion, the Fresno City Council OK\u2019d some changes to the city\u2019s anti-camping law, Fresnoland\u2019s Pablo Orihuela reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amendments added loitering to the list of violations and gave the city attorney more tools to pursue penalties against reoffenders. Councilmembers also removed the phrase \u201csite, lie or sleep\u201d from the ordinance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Fresno Councilmember Nick Richardson urged \u2014 and initially convinced \u2014 his council colleagues to postpone the vote for a month, saying the law\u2019s \u201cwording needs to be tightened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A short time later, however, Councilmembers Miguel Arias and Mike Karbassi reopened the debate and pushed for a vote, saying city residents wanted to see more urgent action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councilmember Mike Karbassi:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m pretty tired of getting complaints by residents because they want to use public spaces and they can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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