George Hostetter
624 posts
George Hostetter is The Sun’s Fresno Civic contributor – covering the City of Fresno, County of Fresno, and Fresno Council of Governments.
Fresno City Council Conservative & Liberal Agree On Limited Consultant Work
Fresno Housing Division will be operating at less than 30% staffing in the coming weeks, so consultants to the tune of $417,510 are needed, but Council Member Soria and Bredefeld send stern warning to limit future use of consultants.
March 14, 2019
Great First Step For Assemi Group On Fig Garden Project
Assemi Group looking to develop Fig Garden investment and heeding to residents concerns in first meeting.
March 14, 2019
More To Measure P Than Meets The Eye, Just Look At The 10-Year-Old Parks Bond
If Measure P passes, many questions arise on park impact fees and the Measure could become the darling of developers because it could mean parks impact fees never need to be raised for the next 30 years.
March 14, 2019
30-Cent Per Month Increase For Residential Solid Waste In The City of Fresno?
Item on Fresno City Council consent calendar would commit the city to the Proposition 218 process and ratepayers would get ample opportunity to opine on a proposed hike to their utility bill.
March 14, 2019
Higher-density Housing In Fig Garden? Assemi Group To Meet With Residents
Heavy vehicular traffic in Fig Garden can currently cause risk to pedestrians, but what will happen to the walkability of Fig with higher-density housing arrives as mandated by the 2035 general plan?
March 14, 2019
FAX Microtransit The Next UBER & Lyft For Fresno?
Fresno’s Department of Transportation is getting into the ride share-game with the FAX Microtransit pilot project program where customers can download an app and request a ride.
March 14, 2019
Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility; On Time & On Budget
Southeast surface water treatment facility is delivering an estimated 54 million gallons per day of treated Kings River water to residential and commercial customers and can deliver an estimated 80 million gallons per day.
March 14, 2019
Future Of Transportation: Bird Scooters In Fresno & Flying Cars?
Fresno City Hall is beginning to deal with one of the "biggest revolution(s) in transportation since the dawn of the Jet Age" with Bird scooters hitting the streets, and this could be the beginning.
March 14, 2019
Fresno Democrats Support Parks Sales Tax, What About City Council Candidates?
Fresno County Democratic Party supports Measure P, but will Fresno City Council candidates speak as openly in favor or opposition to the sales increase?
March 14, 2019
Fire Station 10 Relocation Shows East & Southeast Expansion in Fresno
Southeast Fresno expansion can be seen by reading the 2018-19 city budget noting that $365,000 in Urban Growth Management funds would be set aside "for the acquisition of land for the future relocation of Station 10."
March 14, 2019