Fresno's Solution to the End of Measure C Is a $65M General Fund Aimed at City Services

Fresno’s Solution to the End of Measure C is a $65M General Fund Aimed at City Services

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Days after the Fresno Board of Supervisors determined Measure C transportation tax would be delayed from this year’s November ballot, the City of Fresno introduced a new measure Thursday morning. “This measure does not increase sales tax at all in the City of Fresno. It keeps it exactly as it is,” said Fresno City Council President Nelson Esparza. City leaders said its residents will not see any kind of increase. “It’s no…

Fresno's solution to the end of Measure C is a $65M general fund aimed at city services

Days after the Fresno Board of Supervisors determined Measure C transportation tax would be delayed from this year's November ballot, the City of Fresno introduced a new measure Thursday morning.

City of Fresno introduces tax plan to cover expected Measure C funding losses

The Fresno City Council will be asked at their next meeting to place a general sales tax proposal before voters on the November 2026 general election ballot to help cover a projected shortfall of tens of millions of dollars that will likely come after Measure C expires next summer, with no other replacement legislation in sight.   Thursday’s news conference comes after the Fresno County Board of Supervisors ordered a study of Measure C’s presump…

Fresno Leaders Put City Half-Cent Sales Tax Measure on November ...

Fresno to consider general tax to replace Measure C

Fresno city officials will try their hand at a transportation tax of their own with Measure C set to expire next year.  Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, City Council President Nelson Esparza and Councilmember Mike Karbassi announced on Thursday that the council will vote on July 30 whether to place a half-cent transportation sales tax on the November ballot.  Driving the news: Last week, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors ordered a study on the Bett…

$65M a year, no tax increase: Fresno's pitch to voters as Measure C heads into the sunset

Frustrated with failed efforts to get a successor to Measure C on the November ballot, Fresno city leaders on Thursday announced they will go it alone with a citywide tax. Mayor Jerry Dyer hoofed it from a lunch meeting with business leaders in northeast Fresno to make the announcement at a 2 p.m. news conference at City Hall. The proposal — the Fresno Public Safety, Infrastructure Restoration and Essential Services Act — would ask city voters i…