{"id":293647,"date":"2026-04-30T19:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:46:28","slug":"fresno-city-council-district-1-candidates-forum-set-for-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293647\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno City Council District 1 Candidates Forum Set for Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Voters in Fresno City Council District 1 will have a last chance to evaluate the candidates as voting gets underway in the primary election.<\/p>\n<p>GV Wire, in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cmac.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Community Media Access Collaborative<\/a>, is hosting a District 1 candidates forum at 4 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p>GV Wire News Director Bill McEwen will moderate and pose questions to the four candidates vying to succeed Analisa Perea in the west-central Fresno district.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participating in the forum are small business owner Monte Forkas, State Center Community College District Trustee and federal prosecutor Rob Fuentes, city of Fresno ADA Coordinator Joe Hinojosa, and Central Unified Trustee Naindeep Singh.<\/p>\n<p>If any of the candidates receives 50% plus one of the June 2 primary vote total, he will win the election outright. In the more likely scenario, the top-two vote-getters will advance to the general election in November.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-211813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Fresno-District-1-Map-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno District 1 Map\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\"  \/>Fresno District 1 Map (fresno.gov)<br \/>\nDebate Livestreamed on Facebook<\/p>\n<p>The debate will be live-streamed on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GVWire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GVWire\" aria-label=\"GV Wire\u2019s Facebook page - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->GV Wire\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>, allowing the public to tune in and hear directly from the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>About District 1<\/p>\n<p>Perea, who has served one term, chose to run for the state Assembly instead of standing for re-election.<\/p>\n<p>District 1 is a diverse, heavily Democratic leaning area with about 40,000 registered voters. Its neighborhoods include parts of the Tower District, the Fresno High area, parts of Fig Garden, and areas west of Highway 99.<\/p>\n<p>While it was once known as the \u201cFresno High\u201d district, the redrawing of city council maps and growth west of Highway 99 have changed its demographics and political leanings over the past two decades. The district spans Fresno Unified and Central Unified school districts.<\/p>\n<p>Key Voting Dates<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 May 4, 2026: May 26, 2026: Mail ballots sent out<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 May 4, 2026: First day of early voting at County Clerk\u2019s Office, 2221 Kern St., downtown Fresno<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 May 18, 2026: Close of registration for this election<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 May 19, 2026 \u2013 June 2, 2026: Conditional voter registration period<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 May 23, 2026 \u2013 June 2, 2026: Eleven-Day Vote Centers open through Election Day; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 May 30, 2026 \u2013 June 2, 2026: All Voter Centers open through Election Day; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 June 2, 2026: Election Day, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 June 9, 2026: Last day to receive vote-by-mail ballot postmarked no later than June 2, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voters in Fresno City Council District 1 will have a last chance to evaluate the candidates as voting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-293647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}