Remarks by Annalisa Perea
39 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Council or President? Yeah. I'm sorry, I did have one disclosure.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“For item 2H, per recommendation from the CAO, my property is within 1,000 feet of this intersection. At that distance, pursuant to the Political Reform Act, so long as this does not impact, this project does not impact the income-producing potential of this property, then I do not need to recuse myself. So I do not have a conflict. I just wanted to disclose that I do own a property within 1,000 feet of the Clinton-Van Ness intersection.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay, where's Roman? There you are. Roman, go ahead and invite up whoever you would like to join us today, please. We'll make room. Where'd you get that shirt from?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“All right. Good morning, everyone. Council Member Perea, and it's an honor to welcome you all here to City Hall to recognize California Native American Day. For me, today starts with something very simple, and that's respect. Respect for Native people who were here long before Fresno even had a name, long before we even had a city charter. Respect for the elders who spent their lives teaching our younger generations about the history so that it wouldn't be forgotten. And respect for tribal communities and families who are here today and who continue to make their voices heard throughout…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I want the audience to take a moment to understand how important today is. I know certainly I've never been in the presence of so many tribal leaders, but a few of them spoke about how rare this is. So this is a big deal that you all took the time to come here today, so thank you. Now, therefore, be it resolved that we, Mayor Jerry P. Dyer, Councilmember Annalisa Perea, and the entire Fresno City Council proudly recognize and celebrate California Native American Day and honor the Native peoples whose ancestral homelands encompass Fresno, Fresno County, the Central Valley, and lands throughout…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“That's wonderful. So wonderful. Excuse me. A mountain lion.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“The chihuahua will scare off the mountain lion next time. Okay, I'm gonna stand over here, that way I can just, you guys can all stay where you are. I don't see Council President, but the next proclamation is gonna be Orange Shirt Day. Today's recognition carries a responsibility with it, and for far too long, The experiences of Native children and families were left out of stories we told about our history. And that message has been repeated over and over again already this morning. But history does not disappear simply because it's difficult to talk about. History does not disappear simply…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I want to thank you all again for sharing your time and your stories with us and I want to thank everyone for taking the time to listen and hopefully learn a little bit more. All right, so now, therefore, be it resolved that we, Mayor Jerry P. Dyer, Councilmember Annalisa Perea, and the Fresno City Councilmembers encourage residents to honor survivors, remember the children who never returned home, and recognize the enduring strength and resilience of Native American and Indigenous peoples, and do hereby proclaim Thursday, September 17th, 2026, to be Orange Shirt Day in the City of Fresno.…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. These comments will be brief. Just want to let residents know that we have movies in the park coming up. It's going to be every Friday at Trolley Park over in the historical Fresno High neighborhood. I want to thank everyone who's taken the time to attend one of our movies in the park. It's brought out hundreds of people to our little neighborhood pocket park, and so I want to thank also Lee's Plumbing Ice Cream Truck for their partnership and handing out the free ice cream. Beginning Friday, October 9th, Movies in the Park will be at Inspiration Park. So we're…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Council President, I asked my staff to come out and get a contact number, but I would like to see what we can do to add some more bicycles to your giveaway. That way we can spread the love even more. So my chief is gonna come get a contact information from one of you. Thank you. Congratulations.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. I was promised by our parks director that we're gonna be doing a groundbreaking by the end of this year for Dolores Huerta Park. Aaron, right? It's okay, you don't have to answer that. I know they're working very diligently to make sure we can do our best to hit that goal. But this is one of the last pieces that we need in order to help us get to that point. So with that, Council President, I'd like to make a motion to approve.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yes, thank you, Council President. I do have a family emergency, and so I'm going to be taking off, but I do plan on hopping back on over Zoom so I can continue to participate. I'll just be from another location.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I do, City Clerk. I have my spouse, Gabriela Gonzalez Perea, and I have Angela Gonzalez with me in the room.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. I wanna start by just thanking my council colleague from District 6, Council Member Richardson, thank you for bringing this forward. And I wanna thank the Mayor's Office for adding in the definition. I think my initial concern with how the original resolution was written is that we were being asked to ban something without actually clearly define what it is that we were trying to ban. So I think just giving staff clear direction as to what a potential ban would look like is going to save us a lot of work on the back end. With that being said, I do have some…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay, because that was the other instance was we called out exceeding 20,000 square feet. So the other question was, if it's 19,000 square feet, is that allowable? And so I just wanted to be sure we were crystal clear if there is a ban that's going to take place. To me, how this definition is currently written is that there are potential thresholds. So if your data center meets these thresholds, then you qualify for a ban. And then on the other flip of the coin, if you don't meet these thresholds, then to me, how this is written currently there's a possibility that it will be allowed. And so…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Understood. Yeah. It's you know, we learned during the tobacco retail license item, how difficult it can be to move words around and to, to write policy in real time after the fact. And so I just wanna make sure that because this is only an initiation that we're all on the same page with what exactly it is we are defining and what exactly it is that we were asking city staff to go and write a text amendment to ban. And so with that being said, during the budget process, I set aside 100,000 to do a text amendment to make it easier to construct neighborhood serving retail uses. So pharmacies,…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Understood. Thank you. And then what is the cost to complete this tax amendment with a level of CEQA, assuming categorical exemption? And where is that money going to come from?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Understood. Okay. Council President, I think those are all my questions for now. I don't know if this is going to come back while I'm still here. And so I just want to be sure that those council members that are going to outlive some of us are comfortable with this definition. And if not, then now would be the time to make any definitive changes so that we can lock it in. And yeah, just go from there. Thank you, Council President.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right, Oliver, you want to join us? Come on up. You want to introduce yourself?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Fresno, that's right. So I have the honor of standing next to the third place finisher of the 2026 National Yo-Yo Contest. Let's give him a round of applause. Now, Oliver, when I was younger, I had one of those yo-yos where you just throw it down and it does all the tricks by itself, and all I had to do was stand there, and it just did the tricks by itself, but You don't use those yo-yos, right? You use kind of the old-school yo-yos where you actually have to practice over and over and over again. You have to perfect your skills. You love it. I think it's probably even a little therapeutic,…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, before we have the city clerk read the proclamation, we are going to declare it Oliver Day in the city of Fresno. So not only do you get your entire day... But we're also going to sing happy birthday to Oliver. So you get two cool things that happen this week, which is you get to celebrate your birthday, and you're going to get sung to by all of these incredible people. We have a cake for you, and you get your own proclamation in the city. Oh, you get two cakes? Oh, my God.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Great council minds think alike. All right. Ready? One, two, three. Happy birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YO-YO GOD. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES. AND CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE PROCLAMATION.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“YOU GOT TO SHOW US YOUR YO-YO SKILLS. All right. That's my thought. Okay. Thank you, city clerk.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, so last year, last year, last week, we kicked off the Family Affordability and Child Care Access Commission. And today is day one of our Fresno Young Leaders Academy. And so I want to start by thanking my colleagues. This is the first class that I'm going to have come up here and join me. Actually, let's get you guys up here. It'll take a minute or two and I'll keep talking. But for those of you who are familiar with the Leadership Fresno Program that is hosted by the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, you'll know that the Leadership Fresno Program is the premier program to participate…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026