Fresno EOC Commissioners Sharpen Focus on Agency’s Troubled Finances

Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission board members made it clear at Monday’s board meeting that they are tightening their focus on the agency’s finances, which are still struggling to recover after years of unchecked deficit spending.

“So I’m wanting to make sure, as our board chair has talked about a need for a culture change, that we’re evaluating the expenses to make sure that they’re more in line with our revenues.” — Joaquin Arambula, Assemblymember and EOC board member

Board members made a point of asking why their agenda packet did not include the written report presented by the principal of the agency’s charter school, SOUL (School of Unlimited Learning), including the school’s first-ever proposed teacher salary range, and why the annual audit report was relegated to the cons