{"id":423260,"date":"2026-08-04T03:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423260\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T03:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:34:12","slug":"state-lawmakers-propose-new-bill-to-force-fresno-county-to-place-measure-c-replacement-on-november-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423260\/","title":{"rendered":"State lawmakers propose new bill to force Fresno County to place Measure C replacement on November ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Two Fresno County lawmakers introduced legislation Monday intended to ensure county voters have the opportunity to decide the future of Measure C by voting on the proposed Fresno County Transportation Act in the November 3 general election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria and state Sen. Anna Caballero announced the legislation amid uncertainty over whether the measure could appear on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The proposal could replace Fresno County&#8217;s Measure C, a transportation funding measure. The legislation comes weeks after the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted to pause consideration of the initiative pending the completion of an additional impact review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to the lawmakers, the timeline for that study could extend beyond the deadline required for placement on the November ballot if the measure is ultimately approved by supervisors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Before reaching that stage, the initiative completed the ballot qualification process by gathering approximately 21,000 voter signatures in support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Soria said she and Caballero have heard from mayors across Fresno County and believe residents should decide the future of Measure C.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Two Fresno County lawmakers introduced legislation Monday intended to ensure county voters have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[168891,13181,4480,11997,112,622,14447,168888,114,113,38862,4482,294,168889,168890],"class_list":["post-423260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-168891","tag-anna-caballero","tag-ballot-measure","tag-esmeralda-soria","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-county","tag-fresno-county-board-of-supervisors","tag-fresno-county-transportation-act","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-measure-c","tag-november-election","tag-timely","tag-transportation-funding","tag-voter-signatures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423260","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=423260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}