Opponents Pronounce SEDA Dead as Residents Pack City Council Meeting

Opponents Pronounce SEDA Dead as Residents Pack City Council Meeting

A roomful of community groups, property owners, labor organizers, and educators showed up to protest what many thought would be the approval of Fresno’s plan to expand the southeast part of the city. “They’re going to go the long route to the ultimate death of SEDA rather than doing it all in one fell swoop.” — Patience Milrod, lawyer/community activist/Greenfield Coalition The Fresno City Council at Thursday’s meeting even ordered chairs be br…

Fresno City Council wants to see a smaller SEDA study after outcry

A southeast Fresno mega-development known as SEDA is now on shaky political ground Thursday after residents packed City Hall to the rafters to tell the Fresno City Council that the project’s $3 billion shortfall and its potential to hollow out Fresno Unified with school closures was unacceptable. In a 5-2 vote, the City Council asked the Dyer administration to conduct more studies on SEDA’s financial viability and future impacts to schools and o…