- The Fresno City Council on Thursday approved a new tax on new homes and businesses away from the urban core.
- Business owners say they did not know about the proposal until very recently.
- Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz said the city’s rules on how the tax affects new and expanding businesses aren’t clearly written.
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The Fresno City Council on Thursday approved a hotly disputed tax on new homes and apartments even as city staff worked out the complex rules on the dais.
“If this passes as written, the math stops working. I will leave my land as is and halt the planned projects and move my investment to the neighboring cities where I can build with reasonable rules, not roadblocks.” — Kanwal Singh, developer and investor…