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.
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.
December 27, 2017
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…
December 21, 2017
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…
December 18, 2017
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.
December 14, 2017
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.
December 13, 2017
"$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.
December 11, 2017
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.
December 6, 2017
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.
December 4, 2017
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.
December 1, 2017
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.
November 28, 2017
