ISSUE | SEDA, Southeast Development Area: A southeastern growth plan that has been repeatedly met by opposition in Fresno leaked into a Fresno County debate on Monday despite the candidates not being able to formally vote on it.
The Southeast Development Area, commonly called SEDA, is Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer’s plan to expand the city by annexing about 9,000 acres in the direction the city has the least geographical resistance. It could bring 45,000 new homes to the city, according to numbers from the city.
The Fresno City Council and Planning Commission have discussed it publicly at meetings that typically draw a full chamber of attendees, many of whom are critics…