The city of Fresno is facing a $23.3 million budget deficit that has city departments preparing for cuts.
“It’s going to be another tight year — there’s no question,” Mayor Jerry Dyer said in a Feb. 9 interview. “We’re going to see sales tax is ticking up, property tax continually growing, but what we’re going to see is that our expenditures are again exceeding our revenues.”
During a Thursday mid-year budget presentation to the Fresno City Council, city budget officials said they estimate a deficit of $23.3 million, a number they expect to grow before the start of fiscal year 2027 on July 1…