Former Granville Homes controller files second whistleblower lawsuit. They say he stole company data
On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 8, Aleksey Dvorkin sat down and wrote to the leadership of Granville Homes, one of the largest homebuilders in Fresno, to say that its financial statements could not be relied upon. Granville’s reviewed reports for 2023 and 2024, he wrote, “may have been materially misstated.” He was the company’s…
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…
Tensions and questions mount over Fresno’s failed attempt to build two dozen tiny homes with Poverello House
A failed effort to build about two dozen tiny homes has caused clashes between the City of Fresno and the Poverello House. Now City Hall appears poised to ratchet up the legal pressure, triggering confusion and frustration from the nonprofit. The Fresno City Council voted on Thursday to initiate litigation against the Poverello House, one…
Fresno used to be a cheap place to live. Now evictions are piling up as experts and residents brace for ‘the worst’
Dozens of people like Dawnielle Carter wake up bright and early every Tuesday with their heads hanging low, waiting for final judgement. The hallways of Fresno’s M Street courthouse are a daily gridlock of rushed and harried drivers scrambling to pay off traffic tickets and parking fines. But once a week, down the hall, past…
Granville Homes’ former CFO accuses Darius Assemi of secretly siphoning from the company to buy back a ranch his family had lost
The former chief financial officer of Granville Homes has accused prominent Fresno developer Darius Assemi of raiding his own company — diverting as much as $16 million in corporate cash to secretly buy back a ranch his family had lost to its creditors, using a longtime business associate as a front to keep his name…
Fresno City Council passes legislation to make it easier to build affordable housing
The Fresno City Council on Thursday approved a policy to help streamline the building approval process for proposed developments that set aside at least one-fifth of their housing units to lower-income households. In short, developers who present the city with a housing proposal with at least 20% of their total units priced for low-income rental…
If the federal government changes this rule, hundreds of Fresno-area families could be hurt
A proposed HUD rule that would bar mixed-status families from federally assisted housing would affect hundreds of families in Fresno County.
This new progressive faith and labor coalition is hoping to shake up Fresno politics
The new nonpartisan coalition brings faith, labor and civic leaders across the Central Valley to mobilize around the issues most important in their communities.
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