On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Dani and Jordan are joined by Andrew Janz, Fresno's City Attorney, to discuss the expansion of the powers of the office during his tenure, his vision for the role, ethics and campaign finance, code enforcement, and more. They conclude the episode discussing what they are loving this week. 

On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Dani and Jordan are joined by Eric Payne, Lynisha Senegal, and Keshia Thomas to discuss the state of DEI programs in Fresno. 

Dani and Jordan also discuss some headlines including Porchfest, the High Speed Rail Conference, CEMEX, and rezoning in Southwest Fresno. 

They conclude the podcast by sharing what they are eaching loving this week. 

In this episode of Fresnolandia, Dani and Jordan welcome Nick Richardson to the show, the new city council member representing district six to discuss his win, pressing issues in his district, and more. 

Dani and Jordan also discuss some headlines including the conclusion of the D5 city council race, traffic issues with a Muslim school expansion in Clovis, a demolition in Chinatown, and a rumored change to Christmas Tree Lane walking nights. 

Finally, Dani, Jordan, and Nick share what they are loving this week. 

Fresnolandia will be taking a brief break in programming for the next few weeks and will return on April 29th. 

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On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Dani and Jordan are joined by Veva Islas, Founder & Executive Director of Cultiva La Salud and Fresno Unified Board Member, to discuss the massive cuts of health programs as a part of broad cuts to federal programs initiated by the Trump Administration. Dani and Jordan also discuss the latest on the D5 city council race and opposition by elected officials to the CEMEX blast mine proposal. 

On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Rob Parsons, Senior Editor at Fresnoland, to discuss some of the headlines, including the upcoming audit of the EOC, and the latest results in the D5 race for city council, including a mailer funded by dark money. 

On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Dani and Jordan are joined by Gregory Weaver, Fresnoland's environmental reporter, to discuss the blast mine proposed by multinational corporation CEMEX, which could have long-term, serious environmental impacts on the region. 

On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Danielle and Jordan discuss the potential federal funding cuts of Medi-Cal with Omar Rashad, the government accountability reporter for Fresnoland. They discuss the ramifications for not only patients, but the entire medical system in the San Joaquin Valley. 

On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Jordan and Dani are joined by Egon Terplan, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley's Institute for Transportation Studies, former senior advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom on the High-Speed Rail Project and economic development initiatives for the state and was a former regional planning director for SPUR, a Bay Area think tank. They discuss many facets of the High-Speed Rail project, where it's come from, its many challenges, and where it is headed. 

On today’s Fresnolandia, Dani and Jordan discuss a few headlines. Then, we have reporters Omar Rashad and Julianna Morano on to talk about some emerging developments in city politics and a special election coming up for southeast Fresno residents. After that, they discuss the city’s public safety budget crisis and $20 million deficit and the potential public safety tax on the horizon. The episode concludes with they are loving this week. 

Dani and Jordan are joined by Greg Weaver, Fresnoland reporter, to discuss the Williamson Act, a conservation act from the 1960's to preserve, and the strange and interesting ways it's being used in Fresno County today. They conclude the episode by sharing what they are loving this week.