Dec. 5, 2024
City council to vote on new environmental review for SEDA.
What’s at stake: Building rates in Fresno have declined for four straight years. The city has over-built single-family homes by almost 30,000 units. But the city wants to build potentially tens of thousands more in Southeast Fresno.
In a city struggling to build enough affordable housing while battling climate change, Fresno leaders are preparing to spend more money studying a massive suburban development that critics say would exacerbate both problems.