CITY OF FRESNO
____________________________________________ __________________________________________ JERRY P. DYER, Honorable Mayor TYLER MAXWELL, Council President
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ ANNALISA PEREA, Council Vice President MIKE KARBASSI, Councilmember, District 2
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ MIGUEL ARIAS, Councilmember, District 3 LUIS CHAVEZ, Councilmember, District 5
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ GARRY BREDEFELD, Councilmember, District 6 NELSON ESPARZA, Councilmember, District 7
Offices of Council President Tyler Maxwell & Councilmember Nelson Esparza
Hereby Recognizes:
Fresno Association of Realtors
WHEREAS, The Fair Housing Act, enacted on April 11, 1968, set forth into federal law the goal of eliminating racial segregation and ending housing discrimination in the United States; and
WHEREAS, The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, and disability and commits recipients of federal funding to affirmatively further fair housing in their communities; and
WHEREAS, The City of Fresno is committed to the mission and intent of Congress to provide fair and equal housing opportunities for all that will help further the success and well- being of the City; and
WHEREAS, Our social fabric, economy, health, and environment, are strengthened in diverse and inclusive communities; and
WHEREAS, More than fifty years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, discrimination persists, and many communities continue to have barriers to equal housing opportunities; and
WHEREAS, The Fresno Association of Realtors recognizes the importance of inclusive communities and is dedicated to promoting efforts to provide and advocate for housing opportunities free of discrimination.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, Mayor Jerry P. Dyer, and the Fresno City Council, do hereby proclaim April 2023, in the City of Fresno as:
“Fair Housing Month”
in the City of Fresno
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed the Great Seal of the City of Fresno, California, this 27 th
day of April of the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Three.