{"id":293942,"date":"2026-04-30T23:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293942\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:02:11","slug":"fresno-county-district-1-candidates-debate-measure-c-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293942\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County District 1 Candidates Debate Measure C, Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six candidates for Fresno County Supervisor District 1 met at a GV Wire forum Monday night at the <a href=\"https:\/\/cmac.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Community Media Access Collaborative<\/a> headquarters in downtown Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates included Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi, nonprofit executive Eric Payne, Firebaugh City Councilmember Felipe Perez, Mendota Unified trustee Lupe Flores, Kerman Mayor Maria Pacheco, and West Hills Community College District Trustee Omar Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p>They are seeking to replace Supervisor Brian Pacheco, who is running for state Assembly.<\/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>Forum moderator Blake Zante of The Maddy Institute asked the candidates questions on topics such as Measure C \u2014 the county\u2019s transportation tax \u2014 support for agriculture, the future of development, and whether data centers should be located in the county.<\/p>\n<p>Ballots will be sent out the week of May 4, with the first voting center opening that day at the Fresno County Elections Office in downtown Fresno. The election concludes June 2.<\/p>\n<p>(Disclosure: Granville Homes contributed $4,700 to Karbassi\u2019s city council campaign account in 2019. That contribution was later transferred to his supervisor campaign account. Darius Assemi, CEO and president of Granville Homes, is the publisher of GV Wire.)<\/p>\n<p>Forum Video Timestamps<\/p>\n<p>Here are the timestamps for the forum video:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 \u2014 Introduction<\/p>\n<p>01:36 \u2014 Candidate Introductions<\/p>\n<p>12:42 \u2014 Measure C transportation tax replacement<\/p>\n<p>19:03 \u2014 Support for agriculture<\/p>\n<p>25:54\u00a0 \u2014 Auditing Fresno County Department of Social Services<\/p>\n<p>31:47 \u2014 Budget shortfall and county services<\/p>\n<p>38:11 \u2014 Healthcare for residents and rural communities<\/p>\n<p>44:18 \u2014 Industrial development along Highway 99<\/p>\n<p>50:13 \u2014 SEDA (Southeast Development Area)<\/p>\n<p>56:36 \u2014 Datacenters in Fresno County<\/p>\n<p>01:01:51 \u2014 Balancing community needs<\/p>\n<p>01:08:39 \u2014 Closing statements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six candidates for Fresno County Supervisor District 1 met at a GV Wire forum Monday night at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-293942","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\/293942","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=293942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}