Remarks by Brandon Vang
28 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Testing. Testing. Hello, hello. Okay, there we go. I was on recess. Good morning, everybody. Can I have the 2026 AAU 15U VVA National Champions come up here along with the players and coaches. Please come up, guys, and give them a round of applause. Over here. Again, these boys are the 2026 AAU 15U National Champions. This past June and July, they went to Orlando to compete in what I term the Super Bowl of club volleyball. There were over 6,000 teams in a period of four weeks. Over 100,000 players, coaches, and parents attended this event. And this is an annual event. And so these boys…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I'm Cameron Vang, and I play outside hitter. And of course, these boys were able to achieve this championship not by themselves, but because of the coaches. Coach Taylor and Coach Tyler, the mic is yours.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“To paraphrase soccer mom, we do have a volleyball mom on this team, and I'm going to hand the mic over to her.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“And most of these players will return as 16 under. And their defense of their national champion starts this weekend. And so good luck, boys. I just wanted to read two paragraphs from this proclamation, whereas the Valley Volleyball Academy boys team stands as an inspiration to young athletes across Fresno and the Central Valley. Now therefore, be it proclaimed that we, Mayor Jerry P. Dyer and the Fresno City Council do hereby proclaim September 17th, 2026 as Valley Volleyball Academy Day in the city of Fresno. Congratulations, guys. Thank you. Clark, could you please read the proclamation…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Council President. It is my honor to recognize the Hmong Nurses Association Fresno chapter with this proclamation. Can I have President Julie Tao and members of the HNA come up here, please? Now this is the Hmong Nurses Association Fresno chapter. They started this organization eight years ago. So in terms of nonprofits, this is at the infant stage. And two years later, as you will recall, we had COVID. And so it was at the right place at the right time that we have the Nurses Association Fresno Chapter going out there, educating the community about the dangers of COVID.…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“To put the number into perspective, there are over 35,000 Hmong who call Fresno home. And here in the county, I believe there are over 55,000 Hmong. And so that is a population that is greatly in need of your service. And I appreciate your dedication. Also, they have provided 78 scholarships to nursing students. And some of those have completed their nursing programs. and are coming back to the community and contributing to the community here in the city of Fresno. So thank you very much for what you've done the last eight years, and I wish you the very best for the next eight years. Thank…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Hello. I didn't want to bring that up, but we had two who made the all-tournament team. That's Evan Yang and Dominic Browning. And the MVP for the 15-under at the AAU Orlando National, his name is Marshall Vang. And, yes, he is my youngest boy.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you very much for that. I'm very proud of him.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Council Member Iris. By seated procedure, in the absence of Council President and Vice President, I assume the President will, in this case, Council Member Richardson. Do you have any comments?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Council Richardson. 988, Council Member Karbassi.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Council President and Mayor. Thank you very much for your acknowledgement and your comments on the Hmong Nurses Association. It is due. Just a few comments from me. This coming Saturday morning, my office will once again be working with Beautify Fresno at Sanger West High School located on Jensen and Fowler Avenue. So if you are free this coming Saturday morning, come and join my team and the community and perhaps some of the Sanger West students to help clean the surrounding neighborhood at Jensen and Fowler Avenue. The big Fresno Fair is coming up and will start October…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you for joining us today. Council is adjourning from closed session at 325 p.m.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you. Council Member Vang? Thank you very much, Council Vice President. Just a few comments to make. It is 9.45, early in the morning, and if you are on the eastern side of District 5, the Dutch Brothers, located at South Phillips and Kings Canyon, that's just east of Close Avenue, today is their opening day, and so Dutch Brother is opening today, and if you are near, on the eastern side of District 5, please swing by and grab a cup of coffee. And also, this year's District 5 Blitz will be happening on September the 12th at Winchell Elementary in partnership with Beautify Fresno. So if…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much, Council President. First, I want to thank the director for this presentation. Again, it's very thorough. And also, members of the public for your comments. Those who are here, thank you very much for taking your time to be here. Some of you have been here since 9 o'clock. I appreciate that. And some of you will continue to be here until this topic is over. And also to those who provided comments online, I listen intensely as much as I can. And for those who provided comments via emails, to let you know that I review those as well. And so I appreciate everyone…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes. Hold on, please. Yes. General fund dollars are likely to subsidize South Seda in the early years.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Council President. I am in support of this resolution and I want to thank my colleague, Councilmember Richardson, and the Mayor for bringing this legislation to council discussion today. Society is usually behind technology and the law, again, is usually behind technology and this is a discussion that reflects that approach as well. And as the mayor mentioned earlier, a lot of cities are looking into data center, and many of them are looking into banning data center from their cities, being that, again, it does not create jobs. In fact, it takes away jobs and uses a lot…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes, that is correct. It says here, a clear prohibition on data centers throughout the city of Fresno. I mean, that's clearly stated in there. What my amendment is, just to strengthen that, that if a territory has been annexed to the city of Fresno after the effective date, and that applies to that, and also it applies to any territory for which an application right now, if there is any, for annexation is already pending, And so it just strengthens the language you have in here that, yes, it prohibits any data center throughout the state of Fresno, but it's just been very specific in terms of…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“And I think that's the intent of adding this language to that. Yes, it is redundant in terms of the idea of that, but in terms of the language itself, it's different. It's very specific. And so, again, the reason being that I want to be specific is if there is a data center being planned, it's logical that Southeast Fresno is a candidate for that amenity. Got it.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Council President. Good morning, everybody. Just a few updates on the infrastructure projects going on in District 5. The Cedar Avenue repaving project is almost complete. I want to thank Public Works Department, the community there, the residents there. for their patience and again, thank you everybody for their patience, in particular the schools and students who utilized that stretch of the road on Cedar Avenue south of Kings Canyon. Another concrete project repair is underway on the eastern side of District 5. This time is near Belmont and Fowler Avenues. And I wanna…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Just a quick clarification during the exchange between my colleague and the directors. Refer to the Willow and Bulge Park site as in D5. I believe that is in D7. It's in D7, correct. It's very close to D5. There it is.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah, I believe so. So Mosqueda is in D5, but the Willow and Bulge site is in D7 then? That is correct, yes. I just wanted to clarify that on the record. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Council President. The enforcement... Logistic and financial part of this legislation has been discussed by my colleagues. I'll make my statement brief. But first a question for staff. There are 550 tobacco retailer sites in the city of Fresno. Do you have a breakdown of how many sites are in each district? One, two, three, four, five, six, and seven. If not, that's fine. I just wanted to see if there is a concentration of tobacco retailer in certain parts of the city or certain district comparable to liquor stores.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, appreciate that. Thank you very much. It's not often that this body have legislation that focuses on the most vulnerable members of our community who are our kids. And as a father of four adult kids, I know what it's like as a parent to talk to your child about the dangers of again, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, et cetera, out there. And so I want to thank my three colleagues for bringing this legislation here today. This is the third time that this body has extensively discussed this, and I'm ready to move forward in support of this legislation. But at the same time, I am glad that today we…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“YES, THAT WAS IN YOUR COMMENT EARLIER. SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR TO IMPROVE UPON THIS LEGISLATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT MOVING FORWARD IS THE BEST PRACTICE that I'm looking at and most legislations when in its inception, there may be opportunities that we fail to see or the discussion is not robust enough where we will miss certain aspects of that. And so having that opportunity to review this on an annual basis will give us an opportunity whether this body, these people here or different bodies here in a year from now to add or to change to better have a legislation. Again, at the…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you very much, council president. D5 just completed our second annual backpack giveaways at Jackson Elementary and Sequoia Middle School this last week. We were able to provide free school supplies, haircuts, and health screenings for our students. I want to thank our sponsors who make these events possible. PG&E, Producers Dairy, Anthem Blue Cross Community Health System, Mid Valley Disposal, Legacy Construction, Vista Consulting, Central Valley Community Foundation, United Health Centers, Ironworkers, Local 155, and Target. And thank you to our community partners, Big Brothers, Big…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026