Everyone deserves safe, clean and affordable energy. But right now Fresno residents have the highest utility bills in the United States. And they’re about to get a whole lot higher. On Nov. 7, the [...] Continue Reading
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Latino Voters Speak UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, released its “Bipartisan Poll of Hispanic Voters: The Road to 2026” in early November. Here are [...] Continue Reading
Costa Fighting to Save Medicaid
On April 8, Rep. Jim Costa (D‒Fresno) held a “Medicaid Matters” telephone town hall for a discussion with his constituents about Donald Trump and House Republicans’ budget proposal to cut Medicaid by [...] Continue Reading
BOS Acknowledges Reliance on Federal Funds
The March 11 meeting of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS), though largely procedural, carried an undercurrent of urgency as discussions about the County’s budget and code enforcement [...] Continue Reading
Endorsements “Sweep” Fails Jonasson Rosas
Fresno Unified School District Trustee Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas had it all heading into the District 5 Fresno City Council special election: political connections, name recognition, strong financial [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Gender-Affirming Surgery Support Trans-e-Motion has reopened its Community Care Grants, which fund gender-affirming surgeries for Central Valley residents, thanks to a $5,000 grant from Equality [...] Continue Reading
Bitwise Leadership Sentenced
Courtroom 5 in Fresno’s Robert E. Coyle Federal Courthouse was standing room only on Dec. 17 when former Bitwise CEOs Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin Jr. were sentenced for wire fraud and conspiracy to [...] Continue Reading
Visalia Confronts Homelessness
On Oct. 4, Community Services Employment Training (CSET) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new Visalia Navigation Center (VNC). The facility is part of an enormous project that aims to [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Clean Energy Development In September, AB 2661 was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. AB 2661, introduced by Assembly Member Esmeralda Soria (D–Fresno), advances clean energy development [...] Continue Reading
Lights Out!
Heat is dwindling, but the cold is coming soon. With PG&E prices, the Central Valley better bundle up. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), an investor-owned utility company that powers [...] Continue Reading
Mexico: Court Reform
Mexico has approved and initiated a process of court reform intended to fight corruption through participatory democracy. In Mexico, all judges will be democratically elected. It is the first country [...] Continue Reading
Progressive, Local/Independent News
The September 2024 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the September 2024 Community Alliance newspaper. [...] Continue Reading