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The Council adopted Fresno’s 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan on a 4-1 vote, with two members absent. It also advanced housing streamlining rules, approved a 36-month automated red-light camera pilot, and adopted a list of SB1-funded road projects.
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The water plans establish how Fresno will manage long-term water supplies and respond to shortages, including authority for the City Manager to declare shortage stages. The housing amendment would allow qualifying developments with at least 20 percent affordable units to proceed without discretionary approval in specified locations; the bill was introduced and laid over for a later vote. The Council also approved $2.5 billion-plus in city budget spending during the prior June 23 budget hearing, which was noted during this meeting.
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