The Fresno City Council makes decisions on the scope, direction and financing of city services, such as water, sewer, police and fire protection. It also establishes policy that is administered and implemented by city staff, as well as establishing land-use policies through the General Plan and zoning regulations.
Meetings usually occur at 9 a.m. on Thursdays at the Fresno City Hall, 2600 Fresno Street. They are also available to participate in via Zoom and are webcast.
In Fresno, the city clerk and the city attorney serve the council, not the mayor.
Who are the Fresno City Council Members:
Tyler Maxwell, President, District 4
Annalisa Perea, Vice President, District 1
Mike Karbassi, District 2
Miguel Arias, District 3
Luis Chavez, District 5
Garry Bredefeld, District 6
Nelson Esparza, District 7
(As of January 2023)
Meeting Notes
‘Why the hell should you trust the city?’ Fresno packs City Hall to oppose southeast mega-development
A southeast Fresno mega-development known as SEDA is now on shaky political ground Thursday after residents packed City Hall to the rafters to tell the Fresno City Council that the project’s $3 billion shortfall and its potential to hollow out Fresno Unified with school closures was unacceptable. In a 5-2 vote, the City Council asked…
Big win for supporters of Fresno’s new transportation tax proposal. What happens next?
Most Fresno County 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. 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…
It’s OK to sit, lie and sleep in Fresno again. But still no loitering or camping?
The Fresno City Council approved changes to the city’s anti-encampment ordinance that, at least on paper, gives law enforcement more tools to punish violators of the law. The amendment codifies loitering as a violation of the ordinance and gives the city attorney more tools to pursue penalties against reoffenders of the law, among other things. …
City of Fresno poised to strengthen anti-encampment law by adding new penalties
The Fresno City Council on Thursday is expected to adopt a handful of changes to city code, with most aimed at granting the Fresno City Attorney more power to pursue legal action against violators of its anti-encampment law. The updates to city code will come through a single item with sweeping consequences, which passed its…
‘Those were all houses.’ New report quantifies 99 freeway’s path of destruction in West Fresno
Kathy Omachi used to wonder why there was no D Street in Fresno’s Chinatown. The street names otherwise went in order from A to G in the West Fresno neighborhood, then continued through the alphabet in downtown proper. Omachi later learned that there indeed used to be a D Street — but that was all…
Fresno takes on ‘forever chemicals’ in second major water contamination lawsuit
The City of Fresno is making its second major legal offensive against corporate polluters in two years, filing suit against more than 40 companies it accuses of contaminating the city’s groundwater with PFAS, the synthetic compounds known as “forever chemicals.” Fresno’s groundwater is over 600% EPA standards for forever chemicals — some of the worst…
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