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The Fresno City Council announced Thursday it’s creating a police reform commission. Council President Miguel Arias said the commission will be headed by former council member and police officer Oliver Baines. The news came after the council sat through a workshop about social and economic justice led by the Fresno State NAACP. Chapter president D’Aungillique Jackson and other members of the group read a list of demands for city leaders. Among them are reopening the 2017 case against the Fresno police officer who killed 16-year-old Isiah Murrietta Golding , and increasing transparency between police and the public. “We demand Mayor Lee Brand, Mayor-Elect Jerry Dyer, and Police Chief Andy Hall acknowledge the research backed disparities for what they are and cease explanations based on personal opinion or perspective of said issues,” said Jackson. Another demand is the creation of an African-American Affairs Committee to advise the council. The committee would be made up of students
Mayor Lee Brand reflects on the two-month-long SIP he first initiated on March 17th. Brand says he has no regrets on the handling the pandemic. Also offers no timeline on when the requirement of face masks will be lifted. Pastor Jim Franklin compares the governor's places of worship guidelines to what Rosa Parks went through during the civil rights movement. Fresno County's administrative officer Jean Rousseau admits the county has not flattened the curve.
Mayor Lee Brand extends Fresno's shelter in place order until the end of May. Is his new order unconstitutional? In a heated conversation, Garry Bredefeld and Andrew Janz join the panel to weigh in. Former U.S. district judge Oliver Wanger lays out Bredefeld's threat of a lawsuit and if he has a case? Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson responds to the governor's comment of potentially heading back to school in July.
Coronavirus shelter is now in place in the Bay Area, impacting 6.7 million in 6 counties ordered to stay home. Listeners respond. Mayor Lee Brand declares a state of emergency for the City of Fresno. Mon 3/16: Hour 2
Exclusive with Jerry Dyer on signing off as top cop and taking aim at Fresno’s top job as mayor. Why he believes he will win the mayoral race in March and the plan is to hire the next police chief after Andy Hall retires. Guests also include Mayor Lee Brand, and one of the youngest candidates to run for office in 2020 in the entire country, 25-year-old Drew Phelps.
In today's jam-packed episode, Mayor Lee Brand talks about his decision to not seek re-election in 2020, his friendship with Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer, and his 2020 budget. In an exclusive interview, we talk to Dyer about his expected mayoral campaign. Fresno City Councilman Luis Chavez shares why he's the best choice for mayor in 2020. Our panel of Larry Powell, Veva Islas and Diane Pearce talk about Brand's surprising decision, and Dyer's expected run for mayor, Brand's budget, legacy and if dirty politics will enter the mayoral race. Guests: Fresno Mayor Lee Brand, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer, Fresno City Councilman Luis Chavez, Analyst Larry Powell, Fresno Unified Trustee Veva Islas, and Fresno State professor Diane Pearce.
Former Fresno County Supervisor and mayoral candidate in 2016, Henry Perea, joins Trevor Carey in-studio for reaction on Mayor Lee Brand not seeking re-election, Andrew Janz in the race, and whether or not Chief Dyer would run for mayor.
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand announces he will NOT seek another term in the upcoming 2020 election. Trevor Carey speculates on the potential mayoral candidates from Andrew Janz to Chief Jerry Dyer.
Parlier Mayor Alma Beltran and Fresno Council of Governments Deputy Director Robert Phipps talk about their trip to Washington DC as part of a large delegation to hand over their priorities for transportation, workforce and economic development to our national representatives. Criminal defense attorney David Mugridge breaks down the dramatic testimony in the Joaquin Arambula case. Our panel of Bill McEwen, Elizabeth Heng and Humberto Gomez weigh in on the Arambula case, Mayor Lee Brand utilizing his first veto, and Governor Newsom's new tax cuts and the rise in his 213-billion-dollar spending bill. The first presidential hopeful to visit Fresno, Julian Castro, talks about his campaign and why President Trump should be impeached.
Listen as we speak with Fresno Mayor Lee Brand about the upcoming State of the City address, some of his accomplishments, and some of the exciting things we can look forward to for Fresno's future.
On this week's edition of Sunday Morning Matters: Fresno City Council members feud over Mayor Lee Brand's gas tax plan. The panel weighs in on the gas tax battle and Sex-Ed controversy in our schools. Two council members joins us in a round table to talk about what the heck is going on. Guests: Fresno Mayor Lee Brand, Fresno City Councilman Garry Bredefeld, Fresno City Councilwoman Esmeralda Soria, KMJ Host Philip Teresi, KSEE24 Political Analyst Larry Powell, and Former Councilman Oliver Baines. Sunday Morning Matters airs every week after Meet the Press.
Trevor Carey interviews Breaking the Chains CEO Debra Rush about Mayor Lee Brand's new initiative that combats human trafficking in Fresno. Debra explains her story as a former victim of human trafficking and why the issue is prevalent in the Valley.
A proposal that would let students in Delaware as young as 5 choose their own race and gender-identity without approval from their parents. Mayor Lee Brand joins Ray via phone to discuss a pledge to seek $20 million in state funding to combat homelessness in Fresno. A Texas school district says it will suspend any student who takes part in a walkout or protest in the wake of a Florida school shooting. CNN's town halls are 100% scripted and rigged to promote their left-wing agenda according to an insider.
Mayor Lee Brand joined KMJ's Broeske and Musson to explain the newly passed 'Rental Housing Improvement Act'.