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.
I thought Trump 2016 would play out like Running Horse. I was wrong.
Trump didn't buy Fresno's Running Horse Golf Course in 2007. Voters are buying his playbook today.
May 26, 2016
Swearengin presents final budget with nod to "treacherous" early days
Mayor Ashley Swearengin unveiled her proposed Fiscal Year 2016-17 budget Tuesday at Fresno City Hall.
May 25, 2016
City Hall waiting on Granville's Cultural Arts park application
Granville Homes promised to adopt a park in the Cultural Arts District. City Hall is waiting on the paperwork.
May 25, 2016
Rehabbed gems the fuel for "Great Downtown"
George Hostetter inspects the cornerstone projects of Ashley Swearengin's "Great Downtown."
May 22, 2016
Are City Hall's perspectives on gangs, transgender "ready for primetime?"
Policy at Fresno City Hall deals a lot with the mysteries of personal identity. Take the events of…
May 20, 2016
Planning Commission taking aim at liquor licenses, Baines at "packaged sin"
A rehash of a battle over liquor stores near schools coincides with a push to remove store signage pushing "packaged sin."
May 19, 2016
Full focus on Code Enforcement: Summerset showdown delayed to June
The main event – City of Fresno vs. Chris Henry – is still on. But it turns out one side wants more training time.
May 17, 2016
City, Chris Henry prepare for appeal showdown in Council chamber
You’ve got to have a prelim before any big fight. Fresno’s code-enforcement appeal court is no different. Administrative…
May 16, 2016
Nuisance law fix or not, rebuilding good neighborhoods is more fundamental
The real question Fresno's substandard housing problems: Is it the house that makes the person or the person that makes the house?
May 13, 2016
Laying bare what ails Fresno is a tall task
When a French journalist inspecting Fresno, a new sister city, wonders why Fulton Mall is a ghost town, the answer is complex.
May 12, 2016
