Stories By George Hostetter
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Fresno City Hall
YEAR ONE: The Big Four moves that charted a new direction at City Hall
December 28, 2017Inside Lee Brand's four tentpole proposals designed to advance his grand strategy of putting Fresno to...
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Fresno City Hall
YEAR ONE: How Brand went from City Councilman to manager-in-chief
December 27, 2017After Lee Brand's first year, let's hope fate doesn’t get jealous of the city’s success.
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Fresno State
Failings of block grants? Look no further than Fresno State’s failed bike trail
December 21, 2017Donald Trump is asking Americans to consider whether the Community Development Block Grant program has ceased...
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No Agua
Behind Fresno’s under-the-radar approach to water
December 18, 2017I had a chat last week with Tommy Esqueda, director of Fresno’s Department of Public Utilities....
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Fresno City Hall
Councilwatch: Council pay raises, inking a new Fresno Unified parks deal
December 14, 2017Oliver Baines wants council members to make $80,000 a year; the president would get a raise...
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Fresno City Hall
Inside the crisis enveloping Fresno’s workforce development agencies
December 13, 2017Trying to train skilled workers for high-speed rail has provoked an all-out political war between Oliver...
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Land Use
“$1 lot no one wanted” goes for $50,000
December 11, 2017And the City of Fresno's $5,000 offer for property near Fresno-Yosemite International sells for more than...
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Land Use
New cash pits Brand vs. Brandau for west of 99 development
December 6, 2017Steve Brandau is pushing to put newly-available money toward the writing of a specific plan for...
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Fresno State
Why did Fresno State’s Bartko suddenly depart? Follow the money.
December 4, 2017Trends have been years in the making, yet only now is Fresno State inching toward starting...
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Land Use
Introducing Fresno’s cheapest real estate: the $1 lot no one wants
December 1, 2017Attention, all you would-be land barons. The Successor Agency to Fresno’s Redevelopment Agency has got just...