Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer has his game plan to pass an ambitious proposal that could significantly increase the city’s size. He wants to get it done this summer.
The Southeast Development Area, known as SEDA, has been decades in the making, with planning and preliminary reports. The plan could expand the city’s borders by rezoning 9,000 acres of mostly farmland to the east and south. Dyer said it would add 45,000 homes if fully developed.
The plan has met with skepticism and outright opposition from residents in the area, current councilmembers and those running for office…