The Central California Criminal Justice Committee (CCCJC) presently is distributing their publication of A Student’s Guide to Police Practices in both Spanish and English. The free booklet is [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – August 2013
Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
Hands Off Social Security Benefits!
By Gene Roza On July 2, activists from the Fresno area were joined by groups from the Modesto and Stockton areas on a bus to the Bay Area to protest cuts to Social Security along with more than 500 [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Deteriorating Core Neighborhoods: A Product of Developer-Planned Suburban Sprawl?
Will Fresno’s 2035 General Plan Update Survive the Usual Developer Rewrites? By Bob Merrill Are Fresno’s mayor and City Council serious about making Fresno’s downtown more viable, or is it merely [...] Continue Reading
The Way to Town
By Cecile Lusby In 1952, we moved to our grandfather’s ranch on South Fruit Avenue outside Fresno. Will Main and his wife had taken the train from Cheyenne, Wyo., where they saw fruit box labels [...] Continue Reading
A Fresno Family Will Get Their Day in Court Against Fresno Police After All
By Daniel Luna Contrary to the apparent wishes of Federal District Court Judge Lawrence J. O’Neil, the circumstances of the murder of Stephen Willis by Fresno police officers Greg Catton and Daniel [...] Continue Reading
Let’s Take Back Calwa Park: A Story of Corruption and Gross Mismanagement
By Sandra Celedon In May, the Trust for Public Land released its annual ParkScore index, which analyzes how well the 50 largest cities across the nation are meeting the need for parks. To no one’s [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – July 2013
Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable Bravo for the riveting Special Edition of the Community Alliance, and hats off to Mark Arax and his students for muckraking work of the highest [...] Continue Reading
Guest Editorial: Unions Fight to Take Democracy Back from Billionaires
By Art Pulaski California’s century-old ballot initiative system is broken. Ballot measures are supposed to be tools of participatory democracy that give everyday citizens a voice in our process. But [...] Continue Reading
2012 City of Fresno Salary Information
According to the Fresno Bee, 80 City of Fresno employees make more than $130,000 a year. Five employees make more than $200,000 a year. Are these government bureaucrats willing to make the same [...] Continue Reading
Fracking California Legislative Update
By Gary Lasky The oil and gas industry in California is essentially without adult supervision. Existing regulations are either drafted by, or approved in advance by, the oil industry. This status quo [...] Continue Reading
Central Library Joins the Fight Against Summer Hunger
Submitted to the Community Alliance The Fresno County Public Library is proud to announce that the Central Library will distribute free meals to youth throughout the summer. Weekdays from June 17 to [...] Continue Reading