- Fresno City Councilmembers decided to move the Central Southeast Specific Plan to March after a lawyer threatened litigation.
- The city accepted payment to include a rezone application in the southeast plan from property owners who want to reinstate industrial zoning on southwest Fresno land.
- Councilmembers Brandon Vang and Miguel Arias accused council president Mike Karbassi of playing politics when he requested a delay.
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It should have been a land use plan most Fresno councilmembers could get behind. Instead, the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan was put on hold amid accusations of corruption and threatened litigation after a group of landowners in southwest Fresno said the city did not uphold an agreement to increase housing in another part of town.
On Thursday, Fresno City Councilmembers voted 5-2 to move a hearing on the Central Southeast plan to March. This came after an email from attorney John Kinsey threatened legal action because the plan does not include a rezoning for housing in southeast Fresno that his clients paid for in 2024…