2017- 2018 State Budgetary Highlights
- $70M to help renew three disadvantaged neighborhoods; southwest Fresno, Chinatown and downtown Fresno, with a focus on economic/environmental projects, affordable housing, green space and energy-efficient programs.
- $18M for a new bridge on Highway 269 near Huron. Each year, flooding occurs along the current bridge, forcing Huron residents – who depend on Highway 269 as a major connector to other areas – to take lengthy and time-consuming detours.
- $10.5M to help fund the police departments in Selma, Huron, Firebaugh and Mendota.
- $10M in state funds for Fresno County child care programs.
- $2.5M to help with the costs of diapers for low-income single mothers and parents.
- $1M for the Poverello House to build a new 19,000-sq.ft food storage warehouse and operations center, improvements to community housing.
- $1M for Fresno City College’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) program to purchase more robots, welding simulators, software and other equipment.
- $831,000 for a new two-story building for the West Hills Community College District. Students had been taking classes in a former bowling alley.
- Improved Central Valley water storage from the Temperance Flat Dam and Reservoir project.
- $100M in dental and vision services for Medi-Cal recipients.
- Helped maintain the three-year, $100M investment in the Song-Brown Primary Care Physician Training Program.
- $40M to the University of California system to boost the number of students training to be primary care physicians.
- $31M to assist new parents with child care needs during the placement of foster kids.
- $27M for children’s mental health crisis services, and another $17M in state grants to support these services.
- $20M to create the Community Clinic Lifeline Grant Program for small and rural health clinics.
- $2M to bolster services for individuals affected by their DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) status.
- $11.5M for the CalFood Program that helps local food banks – including the Central California Food Bank based in Fresno – with purchasing, storing and transporting food grown and produced in California.
- $10M to increase mandated nurse-patient staffing ratios at skilled nursing facilities.
- $8M to help replace domestic wells.
- $5M for the Diabetes Prevention Program to help prevent and delay type-2 diabetes. Medi-Cal recipients will be covered by this program.
- $4.3M from the Mental Health Services Act State Administration Fund to increase quality and access to suicide hotlines.
- $3.2M for the Dental Disease Prevention Program to serve children from low-income families.