Fresno Mayor Lee Brand took office a little less than 30 days ago, and it’s been an eventful first month. Last week he unveiled his plan to tackle one of the city’s biggest issues – substandard rental housing – conditions that in many cases are unsafe and unhealthy. The plan, …
Read More »Livingston begins work on a resolution to be Merced County’s first sanctuary city
The town appears to be on its way to becoming Merced County’s first sanctuary city, a symbolic self-designation meant to ease the minds of undocumented immigrants worried over ongoing changes … Click to Continue »
Read More »Is Fresno A Sanctuary City? It Depends On Who You Ask
The early days of President Donald Trump’s administration have left all manner of people scrambling to keep up and understand the local impacts of a series of executive orders. One major change is the threat to withhold federal funds from so-called “sanctuary cities”, that is cities that claim to not …
Read More »Advocates hope Merced will become ‘sanctuary’ for undocumented
The Merced Organizing Project and its partners are floating the idea of approaching city and county officials for potential resolutions to become a “regional sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants following the … Click to Continue »
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