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Did a Fresno policy lead to $30K in taxpayer-funded Facebook ads during an election?

Summary by Fresnoland
This is Part 2 of Under-the-radar contracts. No oversight. Part 1 of Fresnoland’s investigation is available here. Just 11 days after the Fresno City Council doubled the city’s contracts approval threshold to $100,000, former Councilmember Luis Chavez inked a new contract with Alex Tavlian’s consulting company worth that exact amount.  It was July 2024 — just four months away from the November election that year. The race for Fresno County Distr…
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Fresnoland broke the news in on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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