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Subject: Fresno City Council Meeting Dec 4 Comment-Objection to SEDA Plan Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 6:10:37 PM
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December 2, 2025
Amy K. Aller
Interim City Clerk
Dear Ms Aller,
Attached is my written objection to the SEDA plan for consideration at the Fresno City Council Meeting on December 4.
Thank you for your assistance, Victoria Yokoyama
Fresno, CA 93737
December 2, 2025
Honorable Fresno City Council Members
c/o Amy K. Aller, Interim City Clerk, via email [email protected]
RE: OBJECTION TO SEDA, Agenda Item ID 25-1247, City Council Meeting Dec 4, 2025
SEDA WILL RESULT IN THE GENTRIFICATION OF SOUTHEAST FRESNO.
The Fresno City Planning Commission (FCPC) is functioning as a redevelopment agency for developers, speculators, and the Clovis Unified School District. The FCPC has disregarded the community needs of the culturally diverse, social economic groups that have historically lived in Southeast Fresno. Established Black, Hispanic, and Asian communities will be displaced and erased under the SEDA plan, and those especially impacted will be tenant farmers who have not been included in the FCPC contacts of impacted people.
SEDA EIR IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE AND FAILS TO ADDRESS PUBLIC COMENTS.
The SEDA EIR failed to study the impact on the adjacent Kings River ecology and environment and the effect on the riverine wildlife associated with the tributaries, reservoirs, and irrigation canals within the SEDA borders.
The FCPC has not provided any explanations or rebuttals to those who made public comments on the SEDA EIR.
SEDA IS URBAN SPRAWL THAT FAILS TO SUPPORT A BETTER IMAGE OF THE CITY.
Fresno is an object of ridicule. The SEDA does not create a better city for all and fails to promote a national image of Fresno as a good place to live.
SEDA DESTROYS TRADITIONAL FARMLANDS AND RURAL LIFE STYLES.
Farmers and rural residents including myself are stewards of the land in Fresno County. Our objections to the SEDA urban sprawl are the only resource protecting farmland and rural areas for future generations and preserving Fresno’s farming roots and agricultural industry.
PLEASE VOTE NO TO THE SEDA PLAN AND EIR.
Sincerely,
Victoria Yokoyama