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☀️ Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 20. This is Rob wishing you a happy National Ravioli Day! AND Fresno’s weather needle remains stuck on “beautiful” again today with mostly sunny skies and daytime highs in the upper 60s and overnight lows in the 40s.
🏫“On Saturday, March 22, the African American Student Social Worker Association will present “Taste of Freedom,” Fresno’s first African American living history day,” the Fresno Business Journal reports.
❎Candidate Brandon Vang could find out as soon as this afternoon whether he has secured a seat on the Fresno City Council — or whether he’ll face a summer run-off with Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas. Vang raced out to a commanding lead in the crowded campaign, but was just barely above the 50% threshold needed to avoid a run-off election. An vote count update is expected later this afternoon from the Fresno County Registrar of Voters. Check back with Fresnoland for the latest updates.
💸Earlier this week, Fresno EOC approved a forensic audit that is expected to reveal how the nonprofit ran-up a multi-million dollar budget deficit. Questions about the nonprofit’s revenue and spending emerged last year shortly before the commission parted ways with its CEO. Check out Fresnoland’s story below.
‘Right this ship.’ Fresno EOC greenlights audit to examine multi-million dollar deficit
The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission this week approved a long-awaited forensic audit that is expected to reveal how the nonprofit ran-up a multimillion dollar deficit. Milwaukee-based accounting firm Wipfli agreed to examine the commission’s finances during 2023 and 2024 to “identify, quantify, and address any irregularities” in revenue and spending […]
