George Hostetter
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George Hostetter is The Sun’s Fresno Civic contributor – covering the City of Fresno, County of Fresno, and Fresno Council of Governments.
YEAR ONE: How Brand went from City Councilman to manager-in-chief
After Lee Brand's first year, let's hope fate doesn’t get jealous of the city’s success.
March 14, 2019
Failings of block grants? Look no further than Fresno State's failed bike trail
Donald Trump is asking Americans to consider whether the Community Development Block Grant program has ceased to have…
March 14, 2019
Behind Fresno’s under-the-radar approach to water
I had a chat last week with Tommy Esqueda, director of Fresno’s Department of Public Utilities. We talked…
March 14, 2019
Councilwatch: Council pay raises, inking a new Fresno Unified parks deal
Oliver Baines wants council members to make $80,000 a year; the president would get a raise to $85,000. The mayor’s six-figure salary wouldn’t change.
March 14, 2019
Inside the crisis enveloping Fresno's workforce development agencies
Trying to train skilled workers for high-speed rail has provoked an all-out political war between Oliver Baines and Miguel Arias.
March 14, 2019
"$1 lot no one wanted" goes for $50,000
And the City of Fresno's $5,000 offer for property near Fresno-Yosemite International sells for more than $100,000, RDA board member Doug Vagim reports.
March 14, 2019
New cash pits Brand vs. Brandau for west of 99 development
Steve Brandau is pushing to put newly-available money toward the writing of a specific plan for the area west of Highway 99 and north of Roeding Park.
March 14, 2019
Why did Fresno State's Bartko suddenly depart? Follow the money.
Trends have been years in the making, yet only now is Fresno State inching toward starting a strategic plan to address the survival of Bulldog athletics.
March 14, 2019
Introducing Fresno's cheapest real estate: the $1 lot no one wants
Attention, all you would-be land barons. The Successor Agency to Fresno’s Redevelopment Agency has got just the deal for you.
March 14, 2019
Fresno's Amazon pitch sounds so great, Bezos becomes new taxman
Fresno's pitch to Amazon for HQ2 is simple on the surface, but is a lot more complicated than the billions in subsidies offered by competing cities.
March 14, 2019