Editing Fresno, California (section)

==Government==
[[File:Fresno City Hall Nima1.JPG|thumb|right|[[Fresno City Hall]], designed by architect [[Arthur Erickson]] and completed in 1991]]
{{see also|Government of Fresno County, California}}
Fresno has a [[strong-mayor]] form of government. The mayor (executive branch) is directly elected and the seven city council members (legislative branch) are elected by district with no "at-large" seats. The mayor and council members are elected for no more than two 4-year terms. The mayor's office and council positions are officially nonpartisan and not affiliated with any political party. The current mayor is [[Jerry Dyer]], who is a [[Republican Party (U.S.)|Republican]].

===City Council===
{{div col}}
*District 1 - Annalisa Perea (Council President)
*District 2 - Mike Karbassi (Council Vice President)
*District 3 - Miguel Arias
*District 4 - Tyler Maxwell
*District 5 - Luis Chavez
*District 6 - Garry Bredefeld
*District 7 - Nelson Esparza
{{div col end}}
Prior to 1901, Fresno's government was under a [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]] system which allowed for a board of trustees. From the trustees elected by the city wards, a president of the board of trustees would act as [[ex officio member|ex-officio]] mayor however did not hold the title of mayor. Because of this, the president of the board of trustees is not recognized as mayors of the City of Fresno.

===Courts===
[[File:RobertCoyleCourthouse.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse|Robert E. Coyle Courthouse]] is one of the two seats of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of California|Eastern District of California]].]]
[[File:Fifth District Court of Appeal Courthouse.jpg|thumb|right|The courthouse of the [[California Courts of Appeal|California Court of Appeal]] for the Fifth Appellate District]]
Fresno is the county seat of Fresno County. It maintains the main county courthouse on Van Ness in the Fresno County Plaza for criminal and some civil court cases.

The [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of California|United States District Court, Eastern District of California]], has one of its six divisions based in the [[Robert E. Coyle]] Courthouse. The new courthouse replaced the [[B.F. Sisk]] Federal Building in 2006 because it did not have enough space for the growing Fresno Division. After extensive renovation, the building reopened in November 2010 as the B.F. Sisk Courthouse serving the [[California superior courts|Fresno County Superior Court]].

Fresno is also the seat of the [[California Courts of Appeal|Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District]], for which a new courthouse was built in 2007 in the old Armenian Town section of downtown Fresno across from the Fresno Convention Center. The Fifth District Court of Appeal's courthouse was formally dedicated as the George N. Zenovich Building, after former [[state senator]] and [[associate justice]] of the Fifth District, [[George N. Zenovich]].

===Politics===
[[File:Fresno county courthouse.jpg|thumb|right|[[Fresno County Courthouse]]]]
{{As of|2016}}, according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20160207102134/http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/DepartmentPage.aspx?id=33241 Fresno County Registrar of Voters], the majority of registered voters in both the city and [[Fresno County, California|county of Fresno]] are registered to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. According to the county registrar's [https://web.archive.org/web/20111020001018/http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/DepartmentPage.aspx?id=31479 official final report][https://web.archive.org/web/20120616055919/http://www.barackobama.com/obama-for-america-2012-campaign?source=OM2012_LB_G_Obama2012-search_barack-obama-exact_d1e&gclid=CK6J4YGtra0CFQ5T7AodQUtwpA U.S. President Barack Obama] carried the county 49.99% in the [[2008 United States presidential election]].

===State and federal representation===
The citizens of Fresno are represented in the [[California State Senate]] by {{Representative|casd|14|fmt=spfl}} in [[California's 14th State Senate district|District 14]] and {{Representative|casd|12|fmt=spfl}} in [[California's 12th State Senate district|District 12]].<ref>{{cite web
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|title        = Communities of Interest – City
|publisher    = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
|access-date  = November 30, 2014
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|archive-date = October 23, 2015
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}}</ref> They are represented in the [[California State Assembly]] by {{Representative|caad|8|fmt=spfl}} in [[California's 8th State Assembly district|District 8]], {{Representative|caad|27|fmt=spfl}} in [[California's 27th State Assembly district|District 27]] and {{Representative|caad|31|fmt=spfl}} in [[California's 31st State Assembly district|District 31]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
|title=Members Assembly
|access-date=April 6, 2013
|publisher=State of California
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The citizens of Fresno are represented in the [[United States House of Representatives]] by Representative [[Jim Costa]], Democrat, in [[California's 21st congressional district|District 21]], and [[Vince Fong]], Republican, in [[California's 20th Congressional District|District 20]].