Effort in Sacramento to Stop Fresno SB 634, introduced by State Senator Sasha Pérez (D–Alhambra), was recently signed into law. As introduced in the Senate, SB 634 would have prohibited the [...] Continue Reading
Homeless
The Failures of Mayor Dyer and the Fresno City Council
Two homeless shelters, the Journey Home and the Golden State Triage Center, are closing in Fresno by the end of 2025 due to a lack of ongoing state and federal funding, which had previously supported [...] Continue Reading
The Failures of Mayor Dyer and the Fresno City Council
Two homeless shelters, the Journey Home and the Golden State Triage Center, are closing in Fresno by the end of 2025 due to a lack of ongoing state and federal funding, which had previously supported [...] Continue Reading
Authoritarian Policing in Fresno and D.C.
A 2025 report titled “Driven by Bias: An Analysis of Police Stops in Fresno” by Catalyst California in partnership with Fresno Building Healthy Communities finds that “the Fresno Police Department [...] Continue Reading
Inconvenient Truths About Homelessness
In There Is No Place For Us: Working and Homeless in America, Brian Goldstone follows the struggles of five Atlanta families who are trying to keep a roof over their heads. Their stories are gripping [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Homeless Ordinance Conflicts with State Model
On May 12, Governor Gavin Newsom released a state model ordinance for “cities and counties to immediately address [homeless] encampments with urgency and dignity.” The Governor’s Office said that the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fails to Follow Through on No Camping Arrest
On April 10, Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez ruled that the Fresno City Attorney’s Office failed to meet the 45-day deadline to bring an unhoused individual to trial; 77-year-old Wickey Two [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fails to Follow Through on No Camping Arrest
On April 10, Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez ruled that the Fresno City Attorney’s Office failed to meet the 45-day deadline to bring an unhoused individual to trial; 77-year-old Wickey Two [...] Continue Reading
What’s Wrong with Fresno’s Leaders?
Is there any humanity left in Fresno’s leaders? It’s a fair question when the mayor and the City Council refuse to open warming centers even when temperatures drop to 35 degrees. Although the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s New War on Drugs and Unhoused People
It has been a long year And I am still here. I am cold, So very cold. I sit on a dirty blanket Next to a building made of polished granite. I watch people laugh and kiss, and feel [...] Continue Reading
Kill the Poor 2.0
“The sun beams down on a brand new day, no more welfare tax to pay, jobless millions whisked away, convinced the liberals it’s okay, so let’s get dressed and dance away while they kill, kill, kill the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno: A Cruel and Unusual City
Since the implementation of the City of Fresno’s harsh and cruel anti-camping ordinance on Sept. 23, there have been 150 arrests of unhoused individuals in Fresno. Most arrests occurred in early to [...] Continue Reading