The Fresno County Board of Supervisors makes decisions on countywide services, including elections, voter registration, law enforcements, jails, vital records, tax collection, public health and social services. They also serve as the local government for all unincorporated areas.
Meetings usually occur at 9:30 a.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 2281 Tulare Street in Fresno. They are also webcast.
Who are the Fresno County Supervisors:
Brian Pacheco, District 1
Sal Quintero, District 3, Chairman
Steve Brandau, District 2
Buddy Mendes, District 4
Nathan Magsig, District 5, Vice-Chairman
(As of December 2023)
Meeting Notes
Privatizing Fresno County’s library is an uphill fight and it doesn’t have the votes — yet
Conversations around privatizing Fresno County libraries are heating up, and while potential cost savings and program changes remain enormous question marks, one thing is clear — supporters of the idea don’t have the votes to make it happen. At least not today. And with a report due back to the Board of Supervisors as soon…
Fresno County Planning Commission OKs a new $1.1 billion Friant-area city for seniors
A $1.1 billion mega-project for the Friant area is heading towards a final vote at the Fresno County Board of Supervisors next month after the county planning commission unanimously recommended approval Thursday. The project, known as Friant Ranch, is decades in the making and aims to build a new town roughly the size of Fowler…
A new town on Friant Road? Fresno County planners to vote Thursday on $1.1 billion project near Millerton
For nearly three decades, the Bigelow family has pictured building a new town in the foothills above Fresno: rustic lodge- and farmhouse-style homes feeding into a village center complete with shops, a ballroom and an indoor lap pool. The name? Friant Ranch. On Thursday, the Fresno County Planning Commission will vote on whether to recommend…
Here are some of the biggest winners and losers in Fresno County’s (proposed) $5.5 billion budget
On Monday, Fresno County will begin hearings for its proposed $5.5 billion budget, a fiscal plan that supports its workforce of more than 8,300 workers and funds services for its constituency of more than one million residents. The county’s proposal marks another year with a record-high budget coming before the board, and that’s despite the…
Fresno County’s top cop says downtown is dangerous as she calls for armed prosecutors
The Fresno Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the first of two votes needed to pass an ordinance allowing investigators and prosecutors at the county’s district attorney’s office to carry firearms while on the clock and inside of government buildings, following an attack against a DA working downtown last month. Prosecutors would need a concealed-carry permit to…
Amid bureaucratic uncertainty, City of Fresno places citywide general tax on November ballot
The City of Fresno announced on Friday that it has filed to place their recently approved citywide general tax measure on the November ballot, amid uncertainty on how the county will follow through on the recently approved state bill that should allow the Better Roads countywide tax measure to go before voters later this year.…
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