{"id":419490,"date":"2026-07-31T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419490\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:00:10","slug":"fresno-city-council-passes-only-one-key-ballot-measure-during-marathon-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419490\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno City Council Passes Only One Key Ballot Measure During Marathon Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) \u2014 Fresno City Council members spent more than 12 hours in session Thursday as they considered several proposed ballot measures.<\/p>\n

The meeting, which lasted well into the night, focused on a series of measures that are part of the city\u2019s Good Governance campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re shaking things up a little bit by considering this reform,\u201d Fresno City Councilmember Nelson Esparza said.<\/p>\n

Among the items on the agenda were financing for the city\u2019s Southeast Development Area, or SEDA, plan; the future of a proposed transportation tax to replace Measure C funding; proposed changes to an elected city official\u2019s term limit; and a proposed Redistricting Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n

Councilmember Tyler Maxwell said the proposed redistricting committee was intended to create a process that would be more difficult for future councils to alter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something that we want to get codified in the city charter so that it can\u2019t be changed easily by future city councils,\u201d Maxwell said.<\/p>\n

When it came to the proposed Measure C replacement tax, council members voted 6-1 in favor of the measure. Measure C is scheduled to expire in June of next year.<\/p>\n

RELATED: City of Fresno\u2019s Measure C replacement tax heads to November ballot after vote<\/a><\/p>\n

Mayor Jerry Dyer warned that without the funding source, dozens of city workers could lose their jobs and public transit services could be affected.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s urgent for us to have it, to have Measure C,\u201d said Yonas Paulos, a veterans advocate.<\/p>\n

According to officials, the city\u2019s general fund solution to a $54 million gap would direct funding to city transportation services, with some money remaining. The measure will now move on to the ballot.<\/p>\n

The proposed Redistricting Advisory Committee did not receive enough support from councilmembers. The item failed on a 4-3 vote, with Councilmembers Miguel Arias, Annalisa Perea, Brandon Vang and Nick Richardson voting against it, while Maxwell, Mike Karbassi and Esparza voted in favor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea is to take a lot of the politics out of it. I\u2019m not saying or guaranteeing it\u2019s going to be a perfect process, but I do think what we\u2019re proposing gets us closer to a more perfect process,\u201d Maxwell said.<\/p>\n

Currently, Fresno\u2019s city council members draw the city\u2019s district map. Under the proposal, residents would have taken a larger role in that process.<\/p>\n

The council also removed the \u201cNo Debt on Development Act,\u201d which would have placed limits on funding for the SEDA plan, from Thursday\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for video story from ABC 30<\/p>\n

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