Measure C 'Blackmailed' As Fresno Enviro Coalition Gets Huge Say on Transportation Tax

Measure C 'Blackmailed' As Fresno Enviro Coalition Gets Huge Say on Transportation Tax

After saying “numbers don’t matter,” Fresno County’s mayors gave a nonprofit coalition previously opposed to Measure C one-third of the votes on how future transportation tax funds would be spent. On Thursday night, the Fresno Council of Governments awarded Transportation 4 All, led by advocacy groups Building Healthy Communities and Leadership Council for Justice and Accountability, 12 votes of the 38 total on the Measure C steering committee. …

'Historic' compromise reached on Fresno County's Measure C

Fresno County’s regional transportation board approved a new plan late Thursday for its last-ditch efforts to save the county’s vital transportation sales tax, agreeing to give a coalition of community-based organizations more of a seat at the table in a “historic” compromise, officials said. 12 seats at the table, to be exact.  That’s the number of appointees the Transportation for All coalition will now have on the advisory committee in charge…