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First Quarter 2021 Newsletter: Rural farmworker access to vaccines + End to agricultural burning + Environmental injustice in South Fresno

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Rent Stabilization has occurred in 19 cities in CA. Will the City of Fresno be next?

August 26, 2021
Lesly Figueroa
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City of Fresno tenants have endured among the steepest rental increases in the state, uninhabitable living conditions, and unlawful evictions. Amid a global pandemic and the growing housing crisis, these conditions have only gotten worse. Over the past couple of…

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City response needed after South Fresno neighborhood smothered by recycling center fire

Residents are directly feeling the effects of climate change locally, and a lack of policies or emergency planning to mitigate these effects will continue to hurt communities.

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Fresno Budget Priorities and Guiding Principles for a Just and Equitable Economic Recovery

May 20, 2021
Lesly Figueroa
2021-22 Budget Recommendations, Blog, Blog
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Fresno Budget Priorities and Guiding Principles for a Just and Equitable Economic Recovery

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Coalition statement on Fresno City Council President’s flawed response to housing crisis

People directly impacted by the housing crisis and a legacy of housing injustice are the experts who can lead us toward a model of housing where everyone has a safe, accessible and permanently affordable place to call home.

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City of Fresno: Remove light industrial zoning in the proposed Plan Amendment

February 19, 2021
Lesly Figueroa
Blog, Blog
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This proposed project has failed to engage with residents consistently and in good faith.

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By giving tenants a legal right to counsel, Fresno can lower the number of people experiencing homelessness

January 7, 2021
Lesly Figueroa
Blog, Blog
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As families barely scrape by, landlords can afford to hire legal representation in what is an unfair process in a courtroom which only exacerbates a tenant’s financial liability when the attorney collects additional fees and surcharges from tenants.

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