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Fresno's jobs drought starts at the dinner table with food stamps
As Lee Brand preps to take up the mantle job creation, the House Ag Committee pointed to a lead balloon: food stamps.
March 14, 2019
Brand, Swearengin tour Sacramento for top-level introductions
Mayor-Elect Lee Brand and Mayor Ashley Swearengin travelled to Sacramento with a message: Fresno’s progress won’t skip a beat, so let's continue to partner.
March 14, 2019
Swearengin-Rudd housing plan accelerates complex turf war on code enforcement
The state of buildings has been a hot-button issue for several years. The state of the city’s rental housing stock is Ground Zero for this debate.
March 14, 2019
Barfield hops on to help run FAX, but could have a ticket back to City Hall
“I wanted a new challenge,” Barfield, the former Chief of Staff to Councilman Oliver Baines, said on Sunday.
March 14, 2019
Need a guide to the 11th hour slumlord turf war? Look to Lee Brand
More is going on than what Steve Brandau and Clint Olivier's slumlord legislation suggests. No one is saying what. So we have to guess.
March 14, 2019
Brandau, Olivier prepare push to simplify code enforcement
Steve Brandau and Clint Olivier have an idea to simplify code enforcement. Then again, they may further complicate something that’s already a mess.
March 14, 2019
8 years later, a focus on Fulton Street's paradox: changing everything and nothing
City Hall is forced to reconcile dynamic change with maintaining the status quo by mitigating gentrification.
March 14, 2019
Here's what you missed with the big Summerset Village fines
There are some important numbers in the Summerset decision, but George Hostetter contends both the City and Chris Henry played it smart.
March 14, 2019
Fresno's Police Auditor positions for post-Swearengin era
In what could be his last quarterly report as Fresno's police auditor, Rick Rasmussen addressed fundamental police politics.
March 14, 2019
The dirty little secret about a Fresno State football magic bullet
I bumped into a well-known developer at Fresno City Hall today. Our first topic of conversation: Sunday’s firing…
March 14, 2019