Fresno County Moves Into Red Tier The California Department of Public Health announced that Fresno County has moved to the less restrictive red or “substantial” tier as of Tuesday, March 30, 2021. What does this mean for the City of Fresno?
Businesses allowed to operate indoors at a max 25% capacity: Restaurants, movie theaters, museums, zoos, and places of worship.
Businesses allowed to operate indoors at a max 10% capacity: Gyms and fitness centers.
Businesses allowed to operate indoors at a max 50% capacity: Clothing and shoe stores.
Still Closed: Concert venues Convention centers Bars (if it does not serve food) Nightclubs
FREE FACE MASKS AND HAND SANITIZERS FOR DISTRICT 3 BUSINESSES & NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
ALL individuals 16+ years and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine. You can call MyTurn at 1-833-422-4255 or visitMyTurn.CA.GOVto schedule an appointment near you.
While you wait for your vaccination date, please continue to stay safe and get tested for COVID-19 when necessary. Tuesdays – Fresno EOC Plaza 3PM-5PM Wednesdays – The Valley Inn 2PM-4PM (every 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month) Thursdays – Mary Ella Brown Community Center 12PM-3PM
District 3 Community Budget Meetings
We are gearing up for the next fiscal year, and I’d love to hear from District 3 Constituents! Join me at our community budget meetings for a brief update on previous fiscal year investments in our District, and an engaging dialogue as you highlight your priorities for our neighborhoods. Monday, April 12 – Central Fresno Tuesday, April 13 – Southwest Fresno Wednesday, April 14 – Tower District Thursday, April 15 – Downtown
Photo recaps of the Beautify Fresno and Food Distribution events from this past Saturday, March 27, 2021. Special thanks to Refinery Church and Westside Church of God for serving hundreds of families through food distribution and COVID testing, and Mary Ella Brown Center and community members for participating in Beautify Fresno’s Mary Ella Brown neighborhood cleanup project! If you would like to participate, there will be 12 individual cleanup and beautification events on Saturday, April 24 from 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Once the events are over, volunteers are invited to attend a rally in the H Street parking lot across the street from Chukchansi Park for free food, music, and fun. See you there! www.beautifyfresno.org/great-american-cleanup
REMINDERS
Our next City Council Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 9:00 A.M. As always, you can watch the Council Meeting live on ourFacebook page, the City of Fresno’sFacebook page, TV Comcast Channel 96, TV AT&T channel 99, or onCMAC.TV/GOV/.Comments foragenda itemscan be emailed to clerk@fresno.gov.
Emergency Rental Assistance – City of Fresno residents are encouraged to apply if they are unable to pay their full amount of rent and utilities from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. The City along with six community-benefit organizations (CBOs) will process applications.
Contact one of the partner organizations to apply or apply directly at ERA.FRESNO.GOV
Reading and Beyond: 559-214-0317
The Fresno Center: 559-898-2565
Centro La Familia: 559-237-2961
Jakara Movement: 559-549-4088
West Fresno Family Resource Center: 559-621-2967
Education and Leadership Foundation: 559-291-5428
Eviction Moratorium – On January 29, 2021 Governor Newsom signed SB 91 extending the statewide eviction moratorium through June 30, 2021.
Food Distributions – As COVID-19 continues to strain families across our city, the Fresno City Council has approved CARES Act funding to trusted community organizations to provide food relief resources. Councilmember Arias, District 3 has created a comprehensive list of drive thru food distribution events. To see the full food distribution list click here.
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Our staff remains readily available through COVID-19.
We’re in Washington this week working on important legislation to reform our immigration system, ensure access to healthcare, and advance women’s rights. Here are some highlights:
New Tax Deadline
The 2020 tax filing and payment deadline was extended to May 17th as a result of the pandemic. Individual taxpayers will avoid interest and penalties on taxes paid by the new deadline. Find out more information.
Helping rural health clinics
Healthcare clinics throughout our Valley provide important access to achieve access to quality healthcare every day. Working with my Congressional colleagues, we were able to pass legislation to prevent cuts to Medicare by correcting an error in a previous coronavirus relief package. Restoring these Medicare payments helps to ensure rural health clinics in the Valley and across the country can serve underserved communities during this critical health crisis.
Extended healthcare enrollment
President Biden recently announced a new special enrollment period to increase access to affordable health insurance while we continue to fight the pandemic. You can explore options and sign up here until May 15th, 2021. This is one of the ways we’re improving the Affordable Care Act.
Providing COVID-19 relief
The benefits of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) are already hitting our communities with $1,400 stimulus checks starting to hit bank accounts, 15% increase in federal food assistance for those struggling to feed their families, new agriculture programs to assist farmers, and significant dollars heading to our local governments.
The ARP also provides significant funding for a national vaccination plan, which we are witnessing here at home. I visited clinics in Livingston, Merced, Dos Palos and Fresno. This legislation is already helping.
The American Rescue Plan Act also provides $120 billion for our schools to open up safely and ensure they stay open. These funds can be used to prepare for physical reopening and make up for lost learning time due to interrupted instruction.
Protecting our borders and fixing our broken immigration system
The Biden Administration, like previous Administrations, is faced with the challenge of fixing our broken immigration system and protecting our borders. I’m committed to doing both. We are faced with multiple issues in protecting our border and I believe they need bipartisan support. Issues of needed asylum must be addressed. At the same time, protecting our border from criminal activities continues to be a critical issue. I believe we can do both. Clearly, humanely treating children and those fleeing for fear of their lives is something for which we and our neighboring nations to the south share responsibility. It’s my hope that the Administration will develop a plan soon to do just that.
In the meantime, I voted to pass the Dream and Promise Act, which will protect Dreamers, Temporary Protest Status (TPS) recipients, and Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED) holders by providing them a pathway to citizenship.
In addition, I also cosponsored and worked very hard on a bipartisan effort to pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. This creates a path to legal residency for nearly 250,000 California farmworkers, who are essential workers that help put food on America’s dinner table every night. They and their families risk their health and safety during this pandemic and every day to feed Americans and this is the right thing to do.
Both bills are important steps toward comprehensive immigration reform and restore certainty to the lives of millions of hardworking immigrants in the Valley and around the country, but we still need to better secure our borders and work on comprehensive immigration reform.
Fighting for women’s rights
As co-chair and co-founder of the Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus, I’m proud to support the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021. The transformative legislation calls for the protection of all Americans, particularly women and young girls, from violence and abuse and works to ensure survivors have access to essential services and justice.
I’m proud to have also supported a resolution to remove the deadline on ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, laying the groundwork for women to live under equal protection of the law. We must always work to ensure every citizen of this country is treated as equal and valued members of society.
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I know many of you are not able to attend our Council Meetings because of work or other obligations, so I wanted to provide an update on what was voted on related to our district. As a reminder, the next City Council Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 9:00 A.M.
As always, you can watch the Council Meeting live on our Facebook page , the City of Fresno’s Facebook page, TV Comcast Channel 96, TV AT&T channel 99, or on CMAC.TV/GOV/. Comments for agenda items can be emailed to clerk@fresno.gov.
Thursday, March 18, 2021 Council Meeting
1H – Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) – Approving ations pertainig to HEAP agreements with Fresno County EOC, Turning Point of Central California, and Focus Strategies for an increase of shelter beds and for program management services. A motion was made for Council to come back on April 8th with a short-term plan to assist a safe camp collaborate with an existing organization.(APROVED). 6-0 vote. 1K – Fulton Street Reconstruction Project – The contract change order provides for repairs to concrete flatwork and aggregate bands that have cracked. (APROVED). 7-0 vote.
Upcoming Events
Come out to the Mural District Cleanup Event tomorrow, 3/20/2021 to help improve and beautify our community.
WHO: Beautify Fresno, Clean Fresno, & Councilman Miguel Arias WHAT: Mural District Cleanup Event WHEN: Saturday, March 20, 2021
9:45 am – 12:00 pm WHERE: 1615 Fulton Street, Fresno, CA
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Join our District 3 office on Saturday, March 27th for a neighborhood clean up event around West Fresno Middle/Elementary Schools and the Mary Ella Brown Community Center.
WHO: Beautify Fresno, Clean Fresno, & Councilman Miguel Arias WHAT:North Avenue Neighborhood Blitz WHEN: Saturday, March 27, 2021
9:30 am – 12:00 pm WHERE: Mary Ella Brown Center
1350 East Annadale Avenue, Fresno, CA
COVID-19 Testing Sites in D3
If your turn has not arrived for a vaccine, please continue to stay safe and get tested if necessary. Our FREE downtown COVID-19 testing site at Chukchansi Park will remain active until March 30, 2021.
Tuesdays – Fresno EOC Plaza 3PM-5PM, Chukchansi Ballpark at 12PM (food distribution on 3/24/21)
Wednesdays – The Valley Inn 2PM-4PM (every 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month)
Thursdays – Mary Ella Brown Community Center 12PM-3PM
COVID-19 Vaccine Information
Currently, there are 5 sites offering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible County of Fresno residents.
1- Fresno Fairgrounds – 1121 S Chance Ave., Fresno, CA
2- Sierra Pacific Orthopedics Center – 1270 E Spruce Ave., Fresno, CA
3- Reedley College – 995 N Reed Ave., Reedley, CA
4- COVID-19 Equity Project – 550 E Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA
5- Gaston Middle School – 1100 E Church Ave., Fresno, CA
The City of Fresno has received nearly $35 million from the federal and state governments to provide emergency rental assistance grants to City residents that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. The City along with six community-benefit organizations (CBOs) will process the applications beginning March 15, 2021 until funds are no longer available.
City of Fresno residents are encouraged to apply if they are unable to pay their full amount of rent and utilities from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. “City of Fresno will pay 80% of an eligible tenant’s past due rent owed if the landlord accepts that as full payment of the debt and agrees to forgive the remaining 20% balance from that same time period. For landlords who do not participate in this program, the City will pay the eligible tenant 25% of the rent owed between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021 to provide the eligible tenant the protections afforded to them by SB 91.” For more details about the program, visit: https://www.fresno.gov/mayor/erap/
Contact one of the partner organizations to apply or apply directly at ERA.FRESNO.GOV
Reading and Beyond: 559-214-0317
The Fresno Center: 559-898-2565
Centro La Familia: 559-237-2961
Jakara Movement: 559-549-4088
West Fresno Family Resource Center: 559-621-2967
Education and Leadership Foundation: 559-291-5428
Eviction Moratorium
On January 29, 2021 Governor Newsom signed SB 91 extending the statewide eviction moratorium through June 30, 2021. The signed legislation will not only protect renters facing economic hardships due to the pandemic, but it will also bring relief to small property owners needing mortgage payment assistance.
Food Distributions
As the COVID-19 continues to strain families across our city, the Fresno City Council has approved more CARES Act funding to trusted community organizations to provide food relief resources. Councilmember Arias, District 3 has created a comprehensive list of drive thru food distribution events. To see the full food distribution list click here.
WHO: Centro La Familia Advocacy Services WHAT: Drive-Thru Food Distribution WHEN: Saturday, March 20th at 10:00AM WHERE: 302 Fresno Street, Ste 102 Fresno, CA
———————————————————————— WHO: Ebenezer Church WHAT: Food Distribution WHEN: Every Saturday at 10:00AM WHERE: 2940 S. Martin Luther King Blvd., Fresno, CA
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WHO: Westside Church of God & Refinery West McKinley Church WHAT: Drive-Thru Food Distribution WHEN: Saturday, March 27th from 8:30AM-11:30AM WHERE: 1422 W. California Ave., Fresno, CA
Querido residente,
Sé que muchos de ustedes no pueden asistir a nuestras reuniones del consejo debido al trabajo u otras obligaciones, así que quería brindarles una actualización sobre lo que se votó en relación con nuestro distrito. Como recordatorio, la próxima Reunión del Concejo Municipal se llevará a cabo el jueves 8 de abril del 2021 a las 9:00 a.m.
Como siempre, puede ver la reunión del consejo en vivo en nuestra página de Facebook, la página de Facebook de la ciudad de Fresno, el canal 96 de TV Comcast, el canal 99 de TV AT&T o en CMAC.TV/GOV/. Los comentarios sobre los puntos de la agenda se pueden enviar por correo electrónico a clerk@fresno.gov.
Jueves, Marzo 18, 2021 Reunión del Consejo
1H – Programa de ayuda de emergencia para personas sin hogar (HEAP): aprobación de las acciones relativas a los acuerdos de HEAP con la EOC del condado de Fresno, Turning Point of Central California y Focus Strategies para aumentar las camas en los refugios y para los servicios de administración de programas. Una moción fue hecha para que el Concejo regresara el 8 de abril con un plan a corto plazo para ayudar a un campamento seguro a colaborar con una organización existente (APROBADO). Voto 6-0.
1K – Proyecto de reconstrucción de la calle Fulton – La orden de cambio de contrato prevé reparaciones en las planchas de concreto que se hayan agrietado. (APROBADO). Voto 7-0.
Próximos Eventos
Venga mañana 20 de marzo para ayudar a mejorar y embellecer el Distrito Mural.
QUIÉN: Beautify Fresno, Clean Fresno, y
Concejal Miguel Arias. QUÉ: Evento de limpieza de Distrito Mural CUÁNDO: Sabado 20 de Marzo del 2021
9:45 am. – 12:00 pm. DÓNDE: 1615 Fulton Street, Fresno, CA
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Unase a nuestra oficina del Distrito 3 el sabado 27 de marzo para un evento de limpieza del vecindario alrededor de las escuelas primaria y intermedia de West Fresno y el centro comunitario Mary Ella Brown.
QUIÉN: Beautify Fresno, Clean Fresno, y
Concejal Miguel Arias. QUÉ: North Avenue Neighborhood Blitz CUÁNDO: Sabado 27 de Marzo del 2021
9:30 am. – 12:00 pm. DÓNDE: Mary Ella Brown Center
1350 E Annadale Ave., Fresno, CA
Sitios de prueba de COVID-19 en D3
Si no ha llegado su turno para una vacuna, continúe a salvo y hágase la prueba si es necesario. Nuestro sitio de prueba GRATUITO COVID-19 en el centro de Chukchansi Park permanecerá activo hasta el 30 de marzo de 2021.
Martes – Fresno EOC Plaza 3 PM-5PM, Chukchansi Ballpark a las 12PM (distribución de alimentos el 24/3/21)
Miércoles: The Valley Inn de 2 p.m. a 4 p.m. (cada segundo y cuarto miércoles del mes)
Jueves – Centro Comunitario Mary Ella Brown 12 PM-3PM
Información sobre la vacuna COVID-19
Actualmente, hay 5 sitios que ofrecen vacunas COVID-19 a los residentes elegibles del Condado de Fresno.
1- Fresno Fairgrounds – 1121 S Chance Ave., Fresno, CA
2- Centro de Ortopedia Sierra Pacific – 1270 E Spruce Ave., Fresno, CA
3- Reedley College – 995 N Reed Ave., Reedley, CA
4- Proyecto de equidad COVID-19 – 550 E Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA
5- Gaston Middle School – 1100 E Church Ave., Fresno, CA
Para saber si es elegible para una vacuna, visite el sitio web del Condado de Fresno.
Asistencia de emergencia para el alquiler de la ciudad de Fresno
La ciudad de Fresno ha recibido casi $35 millones de los gobiernos federal y estatal para proporcionar subvenciones de asistencia de alquiler de emergencia a los residentes de la ciudad que se han visto afectados negativamente por COVID-19. La Ciudad junto con seis organizaciones de beneficio comunitario (CBO) procesarán las solicitudes a partir del 15 de marzo de 2021 hasta que los fondos ya no estén disponibles.
Se sugiere a los residentes de la ciudad de Fresno a que presenten una solicitud si no pueden pagar el monto total del alquiler y los servicios públicos desde el 1 de abril de 2020 hasta el 31 de marzo de 2021. La ciudad de Fresno pagará el 80% del alquiler adeudado de un inquilino elegible si el El arrendador acepta eso como pago total de la deuda y acuerda condonar el saldo restante del 20% de ese mismo período de tiempo. Para los propietarios que no participen en este programa, la Ciudad pagará al inquilino elegible el 25% del alquiler adeudado entre el 1 de abril de 2020 y el 31 de marzo de 2021 para brindarle al inquilino elegible las protecciones que les otorga la SB 91.
Comuníquese con una de las organizaciones asociadas para presentar una solicitud o presentar una solicitud directamente en ERA.FRESNO.GOV
Reading and Beyond: 559-214-0317
The Fresno Center: 559-898-2565
Centro La Familia: 559-237-2961
Jakara Movement: 559-549-4088
West Fresno Family Resource Center: 559-621-2967
Education and Leadership Foundation: 559-291-5428
Moratoria de Desalojo
El 29 de enero de 2021, el gobernador Newsom firmó la SB 91 extendiendo la moratoria de desalojo en todo el estado a través de 30 de junio de 2021. La legislación firmada no solo protegerá a los inquilinos que enfrentan dificultades económicas debido a la pandemia, sino que también brindará alivio a los pequeños propietarios que necesiten asistencia para el pago de la hipoteca.
Distribuciones de alimentos
A medida que el COVID-19 continúa presionando a las familias en toda nuestra ciudad, el Ayuntamiento de Fresno ha aprobado más fondos de la Ley CARES para organizaciones comunitarias confiables para proporcionar recursos de ayuda alimentaria. El concejal Arias, Distrito 3 ha creado una lista completa de eventos de distribución de alimentos.Para ver la lista completa de distribución de alimentos, haga clic aquí.
—————————————————————– QUIÉN: Centro La Familia Advocacy Services QUÉ: Distribución de alimentos en el automóvil CUÁNDO: Sábado, 20 de marzo a las 10:00 a.m. DÓNDE: 302 Fresno Street, Ste 102 Fresno, CA —————————————————————– QUIÉN: Iglesia Ebenezer QUÉ: Distribución de alimentos CUÁNDO: Cada sábado a las 10:00 a.m. DÓNDE: 2940 S. Martin Luther King Blvd., Fresno, CA —————————————————————– QUIÉN: Westside Church of God y Refinery West McKinley Church QUÉ: Distribución de alimentos CUÁNDO: Sábado, 27 de marzo a las 8:00 a.m. hasta las 11:30 a.m. DÓNDE: 1422 W California Ave., Fresno, CA
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