Brooke Ashjian, one of the representatives for the City of Fresno on the Measure C steering committee, says he is leaving the effort.

The former Fresno Unified trustee and local road paver told KMJ this week that he has left the steering committee.

The backstory: The effort to renew Fresno County’s half-cent transportation tax has been fracturing, with the latest issues surrounding the four-hour length of the steering committee meetings. • Ashjian told steering committee facilitator Mark Keppler over email that he has lost confidence in the process, saying he will take a different path. • Yet cracks appeared earlier on in the process when the Fresno Council of Governments gave social justice group Transportation for All 12 seats on the steering committee.

The big picture: Ashjian ap

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