Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and Community Investments

Requested neighborhood improvements including a park for children in District 3, sidewalks, lighting, and water infrastructure.

Spoke in favor of the $50,000 allocation for the Tower District library project, highlighting its value as a catalytic investment.

Thanked council members for funding community-identified priorities like the Jane Adams park and street lighting, and urged support for eviction protection.

Thanked Councilmember Arias for the motion to build a park in their community to benefit children and improve air quality.

Requested support for a new park in District 3 to give children safe places to play during the summer.

Supported funding for the Tower District library and the South Tower Community Land Trust office.

Advocated for a local library in the Tower District, noting how transformative neighborhood parks have been.

Advocated for seed funding for a Tower District library branch in partnership with the county.

Supported the Tower District library and criticized the humane treatment of unhoused people by the HART team.

Expressed support for Casita Feliz, the Tower District library, and the South Tower Community Land Trust office.

Requested city investment in Shine Together to support young parents and teen mothers.

Shared personal experience as a former teen parent and asked for $120,000 to sustain Shine Together services.

Thanked council members for street repair funding in District 5 and requested future parks.

Highlighted community cleaning efforts in southeast Fresno and requested green spaces, animal care, and homelessness support.

Thanked Councilmember Vang for street work in southwest Fresno and urged support for Familias en Accion budget requests.

Supported bringing a library to the Tower District and funding for the South Tower Community Land Trust.

Proposed reallocating funds from police militarization and retail theft units toward community programs, parks, and utilities.

Requested full one-year funding for Advanced Peace to maintain gun violence reduction programming.

Expressed support for the South Tower Land Trust and the Tower District library.

Expressed appreciation for spay and neuter partnerships and urged increased funding for animal services.

Advocated for reallocating police funding toward parks, libraries, and transitional housing.

Supported funding for the South Tower Community Land Trust office, Tower District library, and Ted C. Wills park.

Proposed specific neighborhood infrastructure improvements in northwest Fresno and criticized HART and youth curfews.

Opposed HART funding and supported the Tower District library and park safety improvements in District 2.

Thanked council for the Tower District library and urged reallocation of funds away from surveillance toward public housing.

Requested a bus bench and shade structure in front of the Sikh Institute on Parkway Drive.

Thanked council for funding Advanced Peace and expressed emotional distress regarding the treatment of unhoused people.

Reminded council about upcoming SB 707 regulations.

Expressed general support for public projects helping Fresno communities.