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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A caller precedent was acceptable successful the Fresno County Board of Supervisors gathering Tuesday greeting that present requires region agencies to person support earlier spending money.
This precedent came aft District 2 Supervisor Gary Bredefeld spoke retired against the Department of Public Health and Behavioral Services for spending wealth connected resources astatine Fresno's Pride Parade successful aboriginal June.
"The Department of Public Health and the payer doesn't person to money your condoms and your lube—doesn't person to bash it. It's wrong, it's inappropriate, I person nary thought wherefore they deliberation that's good due to the fact that it becomes advocacy arsenic acold arsenic I'm concerned," Bredefeld said Tuesday.
Many took the level during the nationalist remark play to explicit their frustrations with the proposal, contempt Chairman Buddy Mendes' effort to support it short.
"HIV for example, it's precise hard successful Fresno County to get help. If you're not acquainted with the strategy it's precise hard to get assistance and its institutionalized stigma from the apical down, and this is however it starts," 1 nonmigratory expressed.
"You are elected to correspond each of the radical of Fresno County, and you surely were not elected to bash harm oregon to state invaluable oregon little than immoderate conception of the assemblage you represent," different nonmigratory said.
The point that was passed 3 to 2 present requires Fresno County agencies to person support from the committee of supervisors earlier they walk wealth connected oregon sponsor assemblage events.
Fresno residents similar Bee Grealy judge this precedent enables elected officials to enact their governmental beliefs done assemblage outreach and however it is conducted.
"Our wellness enactment has to inquire politicians if they tin spell and bash their occupation erstwhile it comes to assemblage outreach— which is 1 of the astir impactful aspects of a batch of these departments. And present they person to spell done politicians similar Gary Bredefeld and we're expected to spot that they're going to stay unbiased successful making those decisions?" Grealy expressed.
District 3 Supervisor Luis Chavez, who voted nary with District 1 Supervisor Brian Pacheco, expressed enactment for the LGBTQ+ assemblage and reassured that idiosyncratic bias has nary spot successful a governing body.
"I've gone to the supplication breakfast, which we sponsor and support, I've gone to faith-based nutrient drives, organizations, and I don't privation to beryllium successful the abstraction wherever we're singling retired 1 radical of folks and not different one. I deliberation we request to beryllium equitable. To me, astatine least, that's the relation of government," Chavez said.
The designation of Pride Month successful Fresno County volition beryllium up for statement successful the adjacent Board of Supervisors gathering connected Aug. 5.
