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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…
March 14, 2019
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."
March 14, 2019
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.
March 14, 2019
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…
March 14, 2019
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?
March 14, 2019
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.
March 14, 2019
Fresno Unified preps to expand Fresno P.D. reach to middle schools
The Fresno City Council if it wanted on Thursday could very easily conduct a dress rehearsal for the…
March 14, 2019
City Hall scores first victory in War on Slumlords
Fresno is finally ripping into irresponsible landlords – or “slumlords” as City Hall prefers to call them.
March 14, 2019
Downtown water project ties together to parts of Swearengin's legacy
Fresno City Hall is putting the finishing touches on the best thing to happen to the South Stadium…
March 14, 2019
Mayoral campaigns could learn from Measure G defeat, Arambula victory
Lately there’s been a lot of talk about public-policy issues in the Fresno mayoral race. I think it’s…
March 14, 2019