Ballot measure “blackmail?” Fresno Co. gives activists one-third of votes to decide future of multi-billion-dollar transportation tax.

Fresno County’s mayors voted to grant social justice activists one-third of the voting seats to determine how Fresno County’s multi-billion-dollar transportation tax renewal will be crafted.

The Fresno Council of Governments, with backing from the Mayors of Fresno and Clovis, approved a plan to give the social justice-led group “Transportation For All” a total of 12 seats – or nearly 33% percent – of the representation at the negotiating table moving forward…

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