Fresno County Board of Supervisors Sues State over Effort to Force Vote on Measure C Renewal

Fresno County Board of Supervisors sues state over effort to force vote on Measure C renewal

Fallout over the future of Fresno County's transportation tax measure continued Tuesday as Fresno County supervisors voted to pursue legal action against the state and approved their own ballot measure timeline following debate over Assembly Bill 1923.

Dyer defends decision to place Fresno general tax on the ballot

What’s Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer’s recommendation if Fresno County voters have to decide on two separate, transportation-related tax measures this November? Vote “yes” on both. The mayor outlined his position on the general tax his staff submitted to the county clerk at the eleventh-hour last Friday — as well as the countywide transportation measure he’s championed for months that may also end up on the November ballot, thanks to last-minute inter…

Fresno Mayor Dyer Justifies Two Transportation Tax Measures on Ballot

Complicated legal scenarios, catastrophic consequences led Dyer to eschew “inaction” and submit 2026 tax measure

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer explained his decision to submit the city’s proposed general tax to the Fresno County elections office last Friday, concerned that the Better Roads, Safe Streets Measure C successor would not appear on the November ballot after all.  The mayor’s comments come one day before the Fresno County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to potentially place the Better Roads, Safe Streets initiative on the ballot, in the wake of Assem…

Dyer explains Fresno sales tax measure decision

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said Monday that the threat of a legal challenge to a new state law helped drive the city’s last-minute decision to file a backup transportation tax measure — a possibility Fresno County supervisors are set to discuss Tuesday. Dyer said City Attorney Andrew Janz provided him a written legal opinion Friday outlining potential challenges to AB 1923 — urgency legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom a day earlier to ensure th…

Fresno County Fights Newsom's Roads Tax Mandate, Threatens to Sue Sacramento

Fresno County officials are threatening to take Sacramento to court after Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law this past week ordering the county to place a half-cent sales tax measure on the November ballot, whether local supervisors wanted it there or not. The law, Assembly Bill 1923, cleared the state legislature and landed on Newsom's desk within days, and county leaders say it strips them of authority over their own election process. AB 1923 …