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 City Hall wants to raise monthly utility bills. They set the hearing between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Yearslong discussions on water and sewage rate hikes in the City of Fresno are about to come to boiling point, as the Fresno City Council on Tuesday initiated the process to increase rates. The 45-day process, which the state requires through Proposition 218, culminates with a hearing at a special city council meeting scheduled for…
Political hit? Racial profiling? Routine Fresno traffic stop? Critics demand probe into candidate’s arrest
The arrest and quick exoneration of Fresno City Council Naindeep Singh this week sparked an angry backlash and hard questions for City Hall, and now many are calling for independent investigations surrounding the city’s hot-potato handling of the politically-charged fallout. Singh’s arrest over the weekend was quashed by Tuesday afternoon, complete with a rare personal…
Fresno City Council approves $1 million for legal defense fund for immigrants
The Fresno City Council voted Thursday to set up a $1 million legal defense fund to support immigrants in the city facing threats of deportation. The agenda item, sponsored by Councilmember Miguel Arias, passed with an amendment restricting eligibility to residents of the city who have not been convicted of any criminal offense. The legal…
Fresno residents dodge city utility bill increases for now — but probably not for long
The city’s utility rates for water and sewage services have not increased in nearly a decade. The proposed increases, according to city documents, show that the increase would result in an additional $1.77 each month to a typical resident’s water bill. Sewage costs would likely decrease by about a dollar. But in a 6-1 vote…
‘Stay home.’ Anger and fear mount over the latest anti-immigrant crackdown in Fresno County
While the federal government remains mostly silent on the widely-witnessed and apparently ongoing anti-immigrant crackdown in Fresno and other parts of California, local watch groups and advocates estimate that around 70 people have been detained in Fresno and Madera this week. Huy Tran, executive director of SIREN told Fresnoland that the preliminary estimate comes from…
Fresno councilmember representing SEDA comes out against it, reveals Sanger Unified opposes the project too
The political calculus of Mayor Jerry Dyer’s vision to build a new Clovis in southeast Fresno appeared to begin swirling the drain this week. The mayor’s margin of error grew slimmer on Thursday to gain the Fresno City Council’s approval of a $4 billion mega-project known as the Southeast Development Area (SEDA). Brandon Vang, the…
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