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
Fresno council says ‘yes’ to tax measure – and ‘no’ on term-limit extension, redistricting and SEDA
A string of rushed ballot proposals received a chilly reception Thursday at Fresno City Hall, as three of the four just days-old ballot measures died on the vine, but not before a marathon 13-hour meeting where the proposals were criticized primarily as self-serving, hastily introduced and poorly planned. The four proposals were introduced by a…
Where’s the money? Fresno council clashes over SEDA mega-development, delaying the ballot measure
The Fresno City Council voted in a narrow 4-3 majority to remove a SEDA ballot initiative from their meeting agenda on Thursday. Councilmembers Miguel Arias, Annalisa Perea, Brandon Vang and Nick Richardson joined together as the voting bloc which gives the so-called “No Debt on Development” ballot initiative only one more week to be put…
Subsidies for SEDA? New Fresno ballot initiative could open door for city revenues to flow towards first phase of southeast mega-development
There’s an old adage in politics: never waste a good crisis. This week, Fresno’s financial rulebook is trying to be rewritten for its $4 billion mega-development plan, known as SEDA. The City Council will vote on Thursday on whether to put the “No Debt on Development” initiative on the November ballot. If approved, the initiative…
City of Fresno introduces tax plan to cover expected lost revenue once Measure C ends next year
The Fresno City Council will be asked at their next meeting to place a general sales tax proposal before voters on the November 2026 general election ballot to help cover a projected shortfall of tens of millions of dollars that will likely come after Measure C expires next summer, with no other replacement legislation in…
What one particularly stubborn vacancy in the Tower District tells Fresno about one of the city’s biggest economic challenges
Steve Wilburn studied theoretical physics in college. They don’t teach you in theoretical physics programs how to revitalize buildings in your Fresno neighborhood that have sat vacant for decades. But he tried anyway. Wilburn had been working remotely for a tech company from his home in Fresno’s Tower District when he started dreaming of putting…
City Council candidate placed on leave, quits Trump administration after Fresnoland investigation
Fresno City Council candidate Rob Fuentes says he quit his job as a federal prosecutor, saying he was “pushed out by the Trump administration” just 10 days after a Fresnoland investigation revealed Fuentes’ work on cases involving immigrants captured by ICE. First reported Monday by The Fresno Bee, Fuentes later confirmed his departure in a…
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