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Upcoming Recruitment
The City of Fresno is pleased to announce that we will be accepting applications for Emergency Services Dispatcher I starting September 17, 2018, through October 1, 2018. If you or someone you know are interested in this outstanding opportunity and would like to know more about this position, th…
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Labor Day Holiday Schedule for City of Fresno Offices
City of Fresno offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 3. The delivery of some City services may be affected by the holiday as well. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, September 4. Here is the schedule for City of Fresno operations for the h…
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City of Fresno Announces New Assistant City Manager, Interim Director of Transportation
Mayor Lee Brand and Fresno City Manager Wilma Quan-Schecter today announced that Jim Schaad has been named the City of Fresno’s new Assistant City Manager, effective Monday, August 27, 2018. Mr. Schaad has served as the City’s Director of Transportation since September 2017, where he manage…
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City of Fresno Announces New Director of Public Utilities
Mayor Lee Brand and City Manager Wilma Quan-Schecter today announced that Michael Carbajal has been named the City of Fresno’s new Director of Public Utilities, effective August 6, 2018. He replaces Thomas Esqueda, who left the City earlier this year to join California State University, Fre…
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Independence Day Holiday Schedule for City of Fresno Offices
City of Fresno offices will be closed in observance of Independence Day on Wednesday, July 4. The delivery of some City services may be affected. Normal operations will resume on Thursday, July 5. Here is the schedule for City of Fresno operations for the holiday: Airports: &nb…
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Funding for Major Blackstone Project Approved by California Strategic Growth Council
The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) has awarded $16 million from the State of California Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program to the Blackstone & McKinley Transit Oriented Development project (BMTOD) located at 1501 N. Blackstone Avenue, a mixed-use affordable hous…
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Mayor Brand Issues Statement on Adoption of Fiscal Year 2019 Budget
Mayor Lee Brand today issued the following statement after City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2019 budget by a 5-2 vote: “I want to thank our Councilmembers for their support in passing our second budget together. We had a considerable debate over the fairest and most sensible way to ach…
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Mayor Brand’s Statement on Status of Parks and Public Safety Sales Tax Initiative
Mayor Lee Brand today released the following statement on the status of the proposed sales tax initiative to support Fresno’s parks and public safety expenditures: “It is with a mixture of both regret and hope that I am announcing the withdrawal of the parks and public safety ballot measure I in…
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City of Fresno’s Rental Housing Registry Begins Inspections Today
The City of Fresno’s Rental Housing Registry begins its pro-active random inspection program today, the next step of the Rental Housing Improvement Act, an effort to improve the quality of rental housing in the city of Fresno. While the City has conducted several volunteer inspections over the l…
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Cooling Centers to Open This Weekend
The National Weather Service in Hanford expects temperatures to be at, or above, 105°F in Fresno for Saturday, June 23, 2018, and Sunday, June 24, 2018. As a result, the City of Fresno Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services (PARCS) Department will open its cooling centers fo…