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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m super blessed for the opportunity to live in this city, own a home in this city, and now hopefully be able to serve the constituents of District 1,\u201d Magsig said.<\/p>\n
After a threat of a lawsuit over the legality of at-large elections, the city council voted to divide the city into five districts. District 1 is the only district not represented by a current incumbent.<\/p>\n
Revitalizing older neighborhoods is at the top of Magsig\u2019s goals. He would rather develop new businesses to increase tax revenue than raise sales or property taxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people of Clovis don\u2019t need to necessarily pay any more taxes than they already do. But we have to be able to pay for the things that this city needs and deserves,\u201d Magsig said.<\/p>\n
Magsig works in commercial lending at FFB. He is close to completing his studies at Western Governors University.<\/p>\n
The elder Magsig also served on the Clovis City Council from 2001 to 2017 and is currently running for the state Senate.<\/p>\n
Mason Magsig called his run \u201ca full-circle moment.\u201d His interest in politics developed in middle school. He graduated from Clovis High School in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith my father being in politics, I\u2019ve gotten to know a lot of these people personally, and I plan on continuing to do that because at the end of the day, this job is based on relationships,\u201d Magsig said.<\/p>\n
Incumbent Diane Pearce has a campaign account for a run in District 4, covering northeast Clovis. Drew Bessinger says he plans to run again and would be in District 5 in northwest Clovis.<\/p>\n
Fresno City Council President Mike Karbassi has settled his defamation lawsuit against state Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria, a Nov. 10 court record shows.<\/p>\n Details of the settlement are vague. A trial was set to begin Dec. 1.<\/p>\n \u201cThe matter has been resolved, and we have no further comment,\u201d Karbassi and his attorney Brian Whelan told Politics 101.<\/p>\n The parties will return to court Feb. 25, 2026, for a formal motion to dismiss.<\/p>\n \u201cThe settlement agreement conditions dismissal of this matter on the satisfactory completion of specified terms \u2026 ,\u201d a Karbassi motion said.<\/p>\n Both Karbassi and Soria ran for the state Assembly seat in 2022. Both are Fresno Democrats and were colleagues at the time on the Fresno City Council.<\/p>\n A Soria campaign mailer implied Karbassi committed assault. In reality, it was a campaign consultant hired by Karbassi who was guilty.<\/p>\n Karbassi sued in 2022, with Soria countersuing. After Soria won a dismissal, an appeal court sided with Karbassi, reinstating the lawsuit.<\/p>\n Soria won the 2022 election \u2014 Karbassi failed to advance beyond the primary \u2014 and won reelection in 2024. She is now running for the state Senate.<\/p>\n Representatives of Soria did not return messages.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Media Naughty List<\/p>\n Not all politicians like talking to Politics 101. Elected officials have media they just aren\u2019t friendly with and have been known to talk smack behind their backs.<\/p>\n Soria, in a deposition in the Karbassi case, said I\u2019m \u201cnot a real reporter.\u201d Soria said real reporters, like TV reporters, go to journalism school.<\/p>\n (For the record, I didn\u2019t go to journalism school per se, but studied from the best, like Anthony Collings<\/a>, Melba Tolliver,<\/a> and Bill McEwen<\/a>.)<\/p>\n At least President Donald Trump is public<\/a> with his \u201cnaughty\u201d list. The \u201cMedia Offender of the Week\u201d goes after stories the White House deems wrong<\/a>. It even has an \u201cOffender Hall of Shame,\u201d populated by The Washington Post, CBS News, CNN, and MSNBC (now MS Now).<\/p>\n Slow Down, Fresno<\/p>\n The Fresno City Council is scheduled to implement several speed limit changes at its meeting Thursday.<\/p>\n Several locations will either have speed limits established or lowered. The city occasionally adjusts speed limits based on engineering and traffic data, a city staff report said.<\/p>\n<\/a>502 is the coding system Clovis used for all the maps it considered. (City of Clovis)
\nKarbassi, Soria Settle Defamation Suit<\/p>\n