The Fresno County Board of Supervisors was expected to review a report on library privatization from County Administrative Officer Paul Nerland on October 20. Supervisor Garry Bredefeld asked for the [...] Continue Reading
Local Politics
Housing and Homelessness: Q&A with Council Candidate Dr. Joaquín Arambula
The Alliance recently sent out a questionnaire on housing and homelessness to all 2026 Fresno City Council candidates; Robert Fuentes and Naindeep Singh in District 1, Joaquín Arambula and Keshia [...] Continue Reading
Who Loves Guns and Hates Libraries? Fresno’s Board of Supervisors
Board Advances Arming of Even More County Employees At its September 8 meeting, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the first reading of an amendment to the county ordinance [...] Continue Reading
How the Community Changed Measure C
Wesley Lowery’s 2016 book They Can’t Kill Us All makes the point that power is never given; it is taken. That is how Measure S reached the November 2026 ballot. Over the toxic opposition of [...] Continue Reading
¿Quién ama las armas y odia las bibliotecas? Su Junta de Supervisores
La Junta avanza en armar a todavía más empleados del condado En su reunión del 8 de septiembre, la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Fresno aprobó por unanimidad la primera lectura de una [...] Continue Reading
The Villegas Campaign is On a Roll
Randy Villegas is better educated than the average congressional candidate. He has a PhD in Politics with an emphasis on Latin American and Latino Studies from the University of California Santa [...] Continue Reading
Research Before Voting for Fresno Democratic Party Endorsed Candidates
On September 2, the Fresno County Democratic Central Committee (FCDCC) held its endorsement vote for 15 local races including city councils and school boards throughout the county. Nine [...] Continue Reading
Garry “Road Rage” Bredefeld’s Measure C Game of Chicken: A Demolition Derby on Course for a Pileup
Fresno County Board of Supervisors Chair Garry Bredefeld was furious. On August 5, Governor Newsom had signed emergency legislation, AB1923, which will require “Better Roads, Safe Streets,” the [...] Continue Reading
La prensa revolucionaria de Fresno
Todo empezó a finales de los años sesenta, cuando el movimiento contra la guerra de Vietnam iba creciendo. El núcleo del movimiento antiguerra de Fresno se concentraba en un conjunto de casas en [...] Continue Reading
Supervisors, City Council Sideswipe Tax Renewal
As of press time and pending a judicial ruling, the rebirth and rebranding of a 40-year-old countywide transportation sales tax is headed for the November ballot despite opposition from the Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Revolutionary Press
It all started in the late 1960's when the anti-Vietnam war movement was growing. The core of Fresno's antiwar movement was centered at a cluster of houses in a fig orchard a little South of Herndon [...] Continue Reading
A Concerned Voter’s Analysis of Fresno’s City Council Race
“Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, Speaker California Assembly 1961–1968 Influence Of Money On Local Races On June 2 Fresno held its primary elections for [...] Continue Reading