- A judge found the city of Fresno’s budget process to have violated state transparency laws from 2018 to 2023.
- The First Amendment Coalition said the lawsuit could have been avoided if the city had committed to abandoning its secretive committee.
- Court did not award penalties, but city may be liable for attorneys’ fees.
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A ruling Monday from a Fresno County Superior Court judge found the city of Fresno’s budget process for five years violated state law by hiding the city’s financial decisions behind closed doors.
From 2018 to 2023, Fresno City Council relied on a closed-door subcommittee to hash out some of the city’s most important fiscal decisions…