Following the midterm elections, the Fresno City Council met Thursday at 4 p.m. to discuss the future of the Southeast Development Area plan. The plan aims for urban expansion proposed by Mayor Jerry Dyer to add more housing and jobs. Critics point…
In a staggering supermajority vote, the City Council has indefinitely tabled Fresno’s controversial plan to expand the city’s southeast side, likely killing it. The council chambers were packed Thursday evening with hundreds of residents prepared to tough out an hours-long…
By Business Journal staff | November 5, 2026 - 5:45 PM Fresno’s controversial Southeast Development Area (SEDA) Specific Plan has been tabled indefinitely by the Fresno City Council, effectively bringing the massive development proposal to an end after years of planning and debate. Councilmember Annalisa…
City Council District 1 candidate Naindeep Singh widened his lead Thursday over challenger Rob Fuentes as the latest vote count put Singh 199 votes ahead. In the tightest race for a city council seat, Singh has 5,299 votes, or 50.96% of the expected vote…
In a stunning vote, a strong majority of the Fresno City Council voted to indefinitely table what was to be the final hearing for the Southeast Development Area specific plan, or SEDA, early Thursday evening. Councilmember Mike Karbassi made the…
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The race for Fresno City Council District 1 remains close as final election results continue to be counted, with voters and candidates reflecting on a tightly contested campaign. District 1, which covers portions of northwest and west-central Fresno, saw…
Fresno’s widely controversial plan to expand the city’s southeast side is up for final approval this week. The Fresno City Council will hold a public hearing to consider the revised Southeast Development Area Specific Plan and its environmental impact report…
Three seats are at stake in Cloverdale’s nine-candidate City Council race, and the first count put Will Carter in the lead. The small business owner and IT technician had 20.98% of the vote in initial returns covering 1,606 ballots, posted after polls…
Ariana Martinez Lott has won the race for the Fresno City Council District 7 seat. Ariana Martinez Lott, a community organizer with a long history of working in central Fresno neighborhoods, has declared victory for the District 7 Fresno City Council seat.
Thursday's vote on $4 billion project will have impacts for generations of Fresno's schools, parks, and finances. There’s an old tactic in Fresno politics that city mayors have long enjoyed: Save your most unpopular votes until after the election. With the…
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