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☀️Good morning! It’s Tuesday, May 13. This is Rob, wishing you a happy National Apple Pie Day! Cooler again today, with highs in the low 70s under mostly sunny skies!
Cherry farmers got burned: You might remember last summer was crazy hot even by Fresno standards. Well, that old heatwave is still messing with us. Cherry growers are frustrated; crop sizes are down by as much as half in some statewide estimates. The Fresno Bee | The Business Journal
Still no answer: As California Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to get tough on unhoused citizens ahead of his likely presidential campaign, some local leaders told ABC30 that anti-camping laws are helping the business and homeowners as intended, but advocates continue to sound the alarm as many cities and counties try to arrest their way out of the issue. It’s a conflict that Fresnoland has been following since the beginning nearly a year ago — and still no elected leader has ever answered the question: “Where the hell are people supposed to go?”
A long road ahead (and it’s full of potholes and politics): Fresno’s messy, disjointed efforts to shore up critical road maintenance funding under Measure C continues with a community workshop later this month with the Fresno Council of Governments. The May 27 workshop “ will gather public feedback on how future transportation sales tax revenues should be spent.” The Fresno Business Journal
Police lawsuits: “A trio of federal lawsuits alleges several Fresno police officers engaged in a pattern of civil rights violations. In all three cases, police have denied the allegations and requested a trial date.” KVPR
ICE reports: The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is expected to release its annual report on ICE access to county jail inmates over the last year. After the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office provides the statistical report, the Board of Supervisors will receive public comment. The presentation is set for May 20 during the regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
Fresnolandia Podcast: The Case Against SEDA
Dani and Jordan are joined by Keith Bergthold, CEO of Regenerate California Innovation and CEO of Better Blackstone CDC, for the first in a two-part series exploring the city’s on-again, off-again plans for a massive 45,000-home megadevelopment on the southeastern outskirts of Fresno known as SEDA. Listen here: Spotify | […]
Fresno-area school trustees don’t know enough about transparency laws, grand jury says
Some local Fresno County elected school leaders have their work cut out for them to make sure they’re legally transparent to the public about their decision-making. In its first report of the year, the Fresno County Civil Grand Jury found that elected board members in Fresno County school districts were […]
Fresno construction workers were ripped off by employer, attorneys say in first-of-its-kind case for the city
The Fresno City Attorney’s Office is prosecuting its first wage theft case on behalf of workers who were paid as little as $50 a day for construction work at a local Holiday Inn. City Attorney Andrew Janz shared details of the complaint Monday, which was filed in Fresno County Superior […]
