SACRAMENTO, CA – Gov. Newsom has the future of Fresno roads on his desk after the state legislature on Thursday passed a controversial bill.
The urgency legislation, AB1923, by Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria (D-Fresno), and State Senator Anna Caballero (D-Merced) would give Fresno County residents the opportunity to vote this November on the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act, a successor to Measure C.
But not everyone is on board. Supervisors Bredfeld and Mendes were joined by Clovis Mayor Pro Tem Diane Pearce and Reedley Mayor Matthew Tuttle at a press conference just hours before the vote in Sacramento.
Bredefeld called the-gut-and-amend maneuver a “disgraceful scheme”. He went on to describe Soria and Cabellero “feckless”.
Pearce called it “a dangerous new era of government overreach”.
Soria went on to say: “This is the right thing to do, contrary to what the Fresno County Board of Supervisors chose to do.”
Earlier in the day, Assemblyman David Tangipa (R-Clovis) told KMJ the measure was “unprecedented and discriminatory.”
Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern.
