{"id":416193,"date":"2026-07-29T04:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/416193\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T04:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:56:07","slug":"proposed-fresno-tobacco-licensing-ordinance-heads-to-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/416193\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Fresno tobacco licensing ordinance heads to City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A new ordinance could soon give the city of Fresno more power to crack down on illegal tobacco sales.<\/p>\n<p>City leaders say too many stores are continuing to sell illegally flavored tobacco products and other items that violate state law.<\/p>\n<p>City leaders are pushing for a tobacco retailer licensing program that would allow the city to fine repeat offenders, seize illegal products, and even revoke a store&#8217;s license.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal was introduced on Tuesday by Council President Nelson Esparza alongside councilmembers Tyler Maxwell and Mike Karbassi.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance would also increase penalties for stores caught selling to minors or selling illegal flavored tobacco products.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/waste-watch\/california-reaches-settlement-with-skilled-nursing-facility-chain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">California reaches settlement with skilled nursing facility chain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advocates say illegal tobacco sales have been a growing concern for years, especially when it comes to youth vaping.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed ordinance is scheduled to be formally introduced at Thursday&#8217;s Fresno City Council meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A new ordinance could soon give the city of Fresno more power to crack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-416193","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\/416193","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=416193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}