Progressives put together a City Council Forum in conservative Fresno, CA

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please share, especially those who live in Fresno

The Fresno Partnership held a candidate forum for Fresno City Council district 1 and 7. This event, held on Saturday, January 25, was filmed by the Community Media Access Collaborative. Video of the entire forum is now available at:


The next Fresno Partnership candidate forum will be held on Saturday February 22 and focus on the Fresno County Board of Supervisors race. When the time and location are confirmed, we will post that information here.


The Fresno Partnership is a coalition of individuals and more than 100 community groups that have come together to forge positive change in our city and county. The Partnership is dedicated to restoring local governments to operate in the public interest.

The Partnership’s mission is to raise the level of civic engagement in Fresno County.

With campaign cash at an all-time high, but voter turnout consistently falling, many community groups are demanding real democracy for local residents and real accountability from elected leaders. After 2013, Valley voters are either furious or increasingly apathetic.

The first step is educating voters.

To that end, the Partnership will host a series of candidate forums concerning the Fresno City Council and Fresno County Board of Supervisors elections in 2014.

These professionally moderated forums will be open to the public and to the media. They are expected to draw hundreds of voters and all the candidates in the selected Fresno races.

The Partnership will hold a candidate forum for Fresno City Council Districts 1 and 7 on Jan. 25.

In February, a candidate forum will be held for Fresno County Board of Supervisors Districts 1 and 4. Additional forums are also likely.

The Partnership’s goal is to represent every aspect of Fresno’s diverse community, from the questions asked to the audience itself, while making these the largest candidate forums available to the public in 2014.

If you have questions you would like to ask the candidates, please use the contact information below and send them. The Partnership will choose questions from the community to ask the candidates.

For more information, visit the Partnership’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/groups/686972654670520/