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<\/a><\/p>\nHowever, Perea adds that he is backing the same four candidates in the One Fresno Coalition brochure: Rob Fuentes (District 1), Fernando Alvarez (District 3), Danielle Parra (District 5), and Nav Gurm (District 7).<\/p>\n
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Bill McEwen
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Meanwhile, political consultant Alex Tavlian says, \u201cSince its formation, the One Fresno Coalition has properly filed its paperwork ensuring complete disclosure of the committee\u2019s expenditures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tavlian also told me that the PAC will fulfill all of its reporting requirements.<\/p>\n
You might remember that the City Attorney\u2019s Office fined him $1,000 for failing to file disclosure statements for the Fresno Future Forward PAC in the 2025 city council special election. In that race, Brandon Vang overcame a Fresno Future Forward hit piece to win the District 5 seat.<\/p>\n
Dyer: Name Create Confusion<\/p>\n
Now, about that name.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe One Fresno Coalition has definitely created some confusion in the minds of people who have questioned whether the coalition is the same as my One Fresno Foundation, and, or if, I am part of this particular political action committee.\u201d \u2014 Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer<\/p>\n
\u201cThe One Fresno Coalition has definitely created some confusion in the minds of people who have questioned whether the coalition is the same as my One Fresno Foundation<\/a>, and, or if, I am part of this particular political action committee,\u201d Dyer told GV Wire.\u00a0\u201cMost people in Fresno continue to associate the words \u2018One Fresno\u2019 with my administration.\u201d<\/p>\n Although he didn\u2019t come out and say it, my guess is that Dyer is none too pleased with the group\u2019s name choice. The second-term mayor has spent years promoting \u201cOne Fresno\u201d as he tries to convince the city\u2019s divergent neighborhoods and political forces to row in the same direction.<\/p>\n Now someone has carjacked his brand, as well as that of the One Fresno Foundation<\/a>, a Dyer-led nonprofit promoting prosperity \u201cin every neighborhood and community.\u201d<\/p>\n Insiders know the difference between the political group and the real \u201cOne Fresno,\u201d but they comprise just a handful of votes in an election. How many voters will see the flyer and think that it represents Dyer\u2019s recommendations?<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re trying to dovetail with the mayor\u2019s group and attempt to create a little confusion,\u201d says Fresno political consultant Mark Scozzari, who is involved in three judicial races, as well as former sheriff Margaret Mims\u2019 bid to join the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n \u201cCertainly, there is a lack of creativity and it\u2019s going to piss off the mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n Tavlian: We Are Embracing the Mayor\u2019s Vision<\/p>\n \u201cNearly seven years ago, our mayor brought the vision of One Fresno to our city. 2026 is proving consequential for our city\u2019s future, and we want to embrace candidates who will carry that vision forward.\u201d \u2014 Alex Tavlian, political consultant <\/p>\n The still-unidentified revealed money behind the One Fresno Coalition is betting enough voters are swayed to provide an edge for its candidates in what figures to be a low-turnout election.<\/p>\n For the record: Tavlian says there\u2019s nothing nefarious about the name choice.<\/p>\n \u201cNearly seven years ago, our mayor brought the vision of One Fresno to our city,\u201d Tavlian said. \u201c2026 is proving consequential for our city\u2019s future, and we want to embrace candidates who will carry that vision forward.\u201d<\/p>\n Gurm, who is pitted against three others in the race for the open District 7 seat, said he, too, is curious about One Fresno Coalition\u2019s funders.<\/p>\n \u201cI have no information on who is behind it, but I am a supporter of transparency,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are multiple groups engaging independently, and I hope they\u2019re transparent in who is funding them because that\u2019s what our residents deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n California Working Families Party<\/p>\n One of those groups is the progressive California Working Families Party, which is endorsing one of Gurm\u2019s opponents, Ariana Martinez Lott. The PAC also has endorsed Sandra Celedon, who faces Annalisa Perea in the District 31 state Assembly race, and Jane Kim for state Insurance Commissioner.<\/p>\n Until recently, Kim was state director of California Working Families Party, so it would have been real news if she hadn\u2019t earned the group\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n You can view California Working Families Party donors through April 18 at this link<\/a>. The group is the California arm of the New York-based Working Families Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n Do Your Homework<\/p>\n Cracks in California\u2019s campaign finance laws allow unscrupulous independent expenditure groups to cloud disclosure or delay it until late in the election cycle.<\/p>\n There also are ways for political operatives to set up payments for printing and mailing so that disclosure is avoided until after the election. Those who do risk the wrath of the state Fair Political Practices Commission.<\/p>\n Bottom line: Don\u2019t vote based on campaign brochures, in which all of the candidates are bright, beautiful, and fighting for you. Or, on opposition campaign brochures in which the candidates are dumb, ugly, and in the pocket of special interests.<\/p>\n Do your own research, remember that the past is predictive of the future, and follow the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fog is beginning to lift on the One Fresno Coalition independent expenditure group sowing confusion by piggybacking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-312373","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\/312373","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=312373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Portrait](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Alex-Tavlian-headshot-300X300-150x150.jpg\")
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