Two former Fresno City councilmembers join Fresno County Board of Supervisors, vow change

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Garry Bredefeld and Luis Chavez officially joined the Fresno County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, vowing to shingle up region government.

"It's clip to rotation up our sleeves and get to work," Chavez said.

"There's a batch of things that request to beryllium done," Bredefeld said.

"I talked astir bringing existent change, transparency, and accountability."

Bredefeld and Chavez each served arsenic Fresno City councilmembers.

They won seats connected the committee aft ousting incumbents Steve Brandau and Sal Quintero successful November.

Their posts are officially nonpartisan, but Chavez is endorsed by the Fresno County Democratic Party and Bredefeld aligns with conservatives.

Those authorities were connected show arsenic Bredefeld named 9 of his priorities, including overturning a vaccine mandate for immoderate region workers.

"I'm going to talk retired connected things similar that, arsenic good arsenic a five-billion-dollar budget, being much unfastened and transparent, and I outlined it precise clearly," Bredefeld said.

He was often outspoken astatine metropolis assembly meetings and promises to talk the information arsenic vice president of the board.

Bredefeld volition enactment intimately with Chairman Buddy Mendes, who wants to guarantee the supervisors' discussions absorption connected solutions.

"I'm not arsenic bully arsenic Nathan (Magsig)," Mendes said.

"Nathan was a large chairman. Always precise gracious. Some of the things that I don't similar successful beingness are bloviators and amusement ponies."

Chavez says helium is focused connected labour relations arsenic region negotiations with a location healthcare national are successful their 3rd year.

The caller supervisor adjacent invited what helium called his "labor family" to basal with him during his oath.

"They helped and supported. They ever have," Chavez said.

"Now, for me, I deliberation the champion mode to grant that is to marque definite we dainty them with dignity and respect."

Chavez is outnumbered connected the majority-conservative committee but remains assured helium tin find communal ground.

"There's a batch of issues that are nonpartisan," Chavez said.

"Education is nonpartisan. Public information is nonpartisan. Public wellness is nonpartisan. So, I'm going to enactment successful that space."

As the 2 caller supervisors outlined their priorities for the board, 1 of their colleagues shared a connection of caution, saying the "reality" of region authorities volition soon acceptable in.

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