I respectfully urge you to support Councilmember Annalisa Perea's motion to allocate $1 million for spay-and-neuter services in the FY 2026-2027 budget.
Animal overpopulation remains one of the most significant challenges facing Fresno. The most effective and cost-efficient solution is prevention. Spay and neuter programs reduce shelter intake, decrease the number of unwanted litters, improve public health, and lower the long-term costs associated with animal services.
A $1 million investment would provide meaningful access to much-needed spay-and-neuter services throughout our community and help address the root cause of animal overpopulation. This funding would create lasting results by reducing shelter intake, easing overcrowding, and improving outcomes for animals and residents alike.
Councilmember Perea's proposal represents a proactive, humane, and fiscally responsible approach. I respectfully ask each Council member to support this motion and make prevention a priority in this year's budget.
Thank you for your consideration and your commitment to the residents and animals of Fresno.
I support the proposal to allocate a significant amount of funds to spay nueter thee area's animals. I have personally found and fostered 3 dogs in the past year and 1 dog that was reunited with owner. Non were fixed prior. I have also found and fostered too many cats/kittens to keep track of. The area is overwhelmed with strays having babies. The animals seen and posted are dying of starvation, cars, and wild animals as well as other strays. The moms give their whole body to the young and then are impregnated again, and again. Fresno officials need to step up.and do the best thing for these animals starting with fixing them. Fresno residents need options for low cost fixing options. I support Fresno taking responsibility for this situation.
I support the proposal for the funding on spay and neutering. Our petdemic is out of control we are in a crisis the problem is out of control and in order to control the problem we need to start at the root of the problem and that starts with having these animal fixed to prevent unwanted litters roaming the streets fighting for their lives starving to death getting hit by cars etc.I have 6 dogs in my care all of which came from the streets dumped left alone to try and survive we have to do better we have to be their voices
I have been providing food and water for dogs I see on the street for years. As a matter of fact, I keep dog food and water in my car for homeless people and their pets. The summer months are the worst for them. I urge you to consider spending more than 2% of the budget on spay and neuter services. At a time when people are struggling to survive, it is critical that the city provide services such as this for people’s pets. It would certainly prevent the shelter from having to turn away strays and dumped animals. Thank you.
I respectfully urge you to support Councilmember Annalisa Perea's motion to allocate $1 million for spay-and-neuter services in the FY 2026-2027 budget.
Animal overpopulation remains one of the most significant challenges facing Fresno. The most effective and cost-efficient solution is prevention. Spay and neuter programs reduce shelter intake, decrease the number of unwanted litters, improve public health, and lower the long-term costs associated with animal services.
A $1 million investment would provide meaningful access to much-needed spay-and-neuter services throughout our community and help address the root cause of animal overpopulation. This funding would create lasting results by reducing shelter intake, easing overcrowding, and improving outcomes for animals and residents alike.
Councilmember Perea's proposal represents a proactive, humane, and fiscally responsible approach. I respectfully ask each Council member to support this motion and make prevention a priority in this year's budget.
Thank you for your consideration and your commitment to the residents and animals of Fresno.
I rather there be more funding to this organization than the help combat homeless as all you do is give them more drugs and house them to be high. Also to mention the recent racketeering that mayor Jerry dyer has been doing to have this bill proceed. The land that was set to burn off the corner of blackstone and E McKinley Ave. the old Carl’s Jr location. Which is the same area that Jerry’s plan to rebuild part of the trains station and ad to it there. I have video evidence and through cell phone texts and payments for it being done. I advise this bill be pushed and a full investigation be done. I mean you do have the flock cameras there as well.
I’m a delivery driver in Fresno County, if had to report every single animal I see in the street I will be in the phone all day long instead of working, I believe the city of Fresno need to increase the founding for spaying and neutering, low cost spraying and neutering but also enforce the laws, make it mandatory, every household and all the people that keep letting their pets reproduce and dumping and giving away and selling unaltered pets all this people need to pay fines or get citations, this situation really needs to be in control. Not mentioning all the negligence that people also need to pay for their actions.
I fully support increasing funding for spay and neuter programs in Fresno. These programs are essential for reducing pet overpopulation, preventing suffering, and helping local shelters and rescues manage limited resources. Investing in prevention benefits both animals and our community
We need more funding to support low cost spay neuter and vaccines! Fresno has so many people willing volunteer their time to trapping and transporting but we need more low cost options to be able to do our part!
I want to express my strong support for Councilmember Annalisa Perea’s motion to allocate $1 million for spay‑and‑neuter services in the FY 2026–2027 budget.
The challenges created by animal overpopulation do not stop at jurisdictional boundaries. Fresno’s shelter capacity, intake numbers, and public‑health impacts directly affect the entire region. The most effective and fiscally responsible way to address these issues is through prevention. Spay‑and‑neuter programs reduce unwanted litters, lower shelter intake, improve community safety, and decrease long‑term costs associated with animal services.
A $1 million investment would significantly expand access to essential spay‑and‑neuter services and help address the root causes of overpopulation rather than its consequences. This funding would lead to measurable, lasting improvements for animals, residents, and the broader Central Valley community.
Councilmember Perea’s proposal is a proactive, humane, and financially sound approach to a persistent regional problem. I respectfully urge each Councilmember to support this motion and make prevention a priority in this year’s budget.
Thank you for your consideration and for your commitment to the well‑being of Fresno’s residents and animals.
There is currently an unprecedented number of homeless animals on our streets. The majority of them have been abandoned or dumped. Many, if not most, of these animals have not been spayed or neutered, meaning more animals being born on the streets and left to fend for themselves. These animals are starving to death, being attacked by other animals, used as bait, being hit by cars and other terrible things.
Our shelters are full and turning away animals that desperately need their help. And people in the community who try to help by fostering these helpless creatures, are being threatened and fined for having “too many animals”. The city needs to step up and take responsibility in order to make progress on solving this crisis.
Shelters need more funding in order to expand, more shelters need to be built, and more free and low cost spay and neuter services need to be made available.
There need to be strict laws made and enforced that fine and jail people found abandoning, dumping or abusing animals. Until this issue is taken seriously and until our elected officials make the choice to make this problem a priority, it will only continue to get worse.
These animals cannot speak for themselves to ask for help. We, the citizens of the city of Fresno and the members of the rescue community, are their voices. And We, are desperately asking our city officials to please step up and help them.
I urge the Council and Administration to support budget motions 35 and 54, by Council Member Arias, which together would add $500,000 in City funding for City-sponsored special events.
As we know well in Downtown, the cost of executing street events is substantial. Insurance, public safety, traffic control, sanitation, and proper payment for performing artists all create real expenses, even before accounting for the significant time and effort organizers invest in planning and preparation.
Typically, these costs cannot be covered entirely through admission tickets, vendor fees, or corporate sponsorships. Nor should they be. Keeping price barriers low for community events helps ensure Fresno residents can participate broadly and small businesses can benefit from the resulting foot traffic.
Following the PBID management plan, the Downtown Fresno Partnership invests limited assessment resources in public events that support Downtown small businesses. However, an operating deficit of several thousand dollars per event day typically still remains, which is unsustainable.
But these events also serve a broader culture-making role for the entire community, beyond the scope of the PBID management plan. That broader public benefit requires public investment to cover the funding shortfall. Motions 35 and 54 would address this challenge, and I respectfully urge Council support.
The budget in my opinion is not generous enough with a program for spaying and neutering the pets in the City of Fresno. The allocated funds for salaries for Director of Fresno Animal Center and other salaried positions, far outweigh the monies delegated for the spay and neuter program. The crisis as it is in Fresno City and surrounding areas is horrendous. I believe the city should be offering FREE spay and neuter services to anyone who wants it for their pets. I believe the city has created a crisis by NOT offering more funding and inexpensive services for this purpose. I know that the time it takes to neuter a male dog takes only minutes. Maybe 5 or 10 tops. Spaying takes longer. But not by much. These services that people are paying for is a rip off. This money goes back into the city coffers and who knows what it’s used for.
The SOLUTION is FREE SPAY AND NEUTERING SERVICES to all citizens of the City of Fresno. This would be easily accomplished by showing proof of residency with a utility bill and driver’s license. The fact that the city has created this crisis by not offering more accessible and affordable services as these, and then are euthanizing perfectly healthy animals in the Fresno City Center is appalling. It is like a third world county in some parts of Fresno where dogs are roaming aimlessly. The City of Fresno needs to do better and BE better. We are known all over the country for this crisis.
Yes, I would like to support this issue due to the fact that the additional financial support can increase spays and neuters and decrease additional dogs from further congesting the shelters and rescues.
I support the proposal to allocate funds in our upcoming budget for animal spaying and neutering. Fresno City and its residents need to act responsibly on behalf of animals in our area. Our city has an overpopulation of unhoused animals. We must be their voice and act with care. Spaying and neutering them is the minimal care we can provide. This helps them have healthier lives and prevents needless sickness and death of unwanted feral cats and abandoned dogs. I say yes to allocating funds towards animal spaying and neutering!
To the members of the Fresno City Council and the Mayor of the City of Fresno:
I am writing as a Clovis resident and neighbor to Fresno to express my strong support for Councilmember Annalisa Perea’s motion to allocate $1 million for spay‑and‑neuter services in the FY 2026–2027 budget.
Although I live just outside Fresno city limits, the challenges created by animal overpopulation do not stop at jurisdictional boundaries. Fresno’s shelter capacity, intake numbers, and public‑health impacts directly affect the entire region. The most effective and fiscally responsible way to address these issues is through prevention. Spay‑and‑neuter programs reduce unwanted litters, lower shelter intake, improve community safety, and decrease long‑term costs associated with animal services.
A $1 million investment would significantly expand access to essential spay‑and‑neuter services and help address the root causes of overpopulation rather than its consequences. This funding would lead to measurable, lasting improvements for animals, residents, and the broader Central Valley community.
Councilmember Perea’s proposal is a proactive, humane, and financially sound approach to a persistent regional problem. I respectfully urge each Councilmember to support this motion and make prevention a priority in this year’s budget.
Thank you for your consideration and for your commitment to the well‑being of Fresno’s residents and animals.
We need to have more funding for spay and neuter services. An article was recently published citing that almost 2,500 animals were euthanized in 2025. This is absolutely horrific and unacceptable. I do not blame the shelter in the least! This falls on humans. Every day, animals are dumped, left to fend for themselves against the elements, coyotes, other loose dogs, etc. Backyard breeders further contribute to this mess. A mess that is left for others such as myself to clean up. I currently have eight dogs in my home, all of whom came from the streets or were abandoned. There are not enough fosters or adopters for all the dogs and cats. I urge you to recognize and acknowledge the current animal crisis we are in. Our valley needs all the financial support possible so that people can get their pets spayed and neutered. It will not completely solve the problem, but it will go a long way in making a difference. Puppies as young as one week old have been euthanized. This could be prevented if dogs were fixed. With summer upon us, it pains me to think of pregnant dogs and cats bringing puppies and kittens into the world with just the hope that they’ll survive. Central Valley animals deserve better. Please consider putting as much funding as possible towards spay and neuter initiatives. Thank you.
How is our tax money going to all these city employees at the city shelter, yet they are able to refuse animals? We have animals running our streets with 90+ employees doing what? Why is our city not working to solve the problem? Why is more money not going into spay and neuter programs. It is not safe for your cities people to have so many animals running wild. You need to do better. Use the money to solve the issues. We need to do better to care about the animals and safety of our community.
I reside in the Tower District. There are so many stray dogs and feral cats ( all unaltered ) in this area it is ridiculous. People need to be educated on the importance of spaying and neutering their pets instead of letting them run lose to get knocked up. More money for funding could potentially help. Fresno TNR has fixed over 23,000 cats in the last 3 years and it is hardly a dent in the what this city needs. Something has to give here other than euthanized innocent animals.
Greetings Mayor and Council Members,
I respectfully urge you to support Councilmember Annalisa Perea's motion to allocate $1 million for spay-and-neuter services in the FY 2026-2027 budget.
Animal overpopulation remains one of the most significant challenges facing Fresno. The most effective and cost-efficient solution is prevention. Spay and neuter programs reduce shelter intake, decrease the number of unwanted litters, improve public health, and lower the long-term costs associated with animal services.
A $1 million investment would provide meaningful access to much-needed spay-and-neuter services throughout our community and help address the root cause of animal overpopulation. This funding would create lasting results by reducing shelter intake, easing overcrowding, and improving outcomes for animals and residents alike.
Councilmember Perea's proposal represents a proactive, humane, and fiscally responsible approach. I respectfully ask each Council member to support this motion and make prevention a priority in this year's budget.
Thank you for your consideration and your commitment to the residents and animals of Fresno.
I support the proposal to allocate a significant amount of funds to spay nueter thee area's animals. I have personally found and fostered 3 dogs in the past year and 1 dog that was reunited with owner. Non were fixed prior. I have also found and fostered too many cats/kittens to keep track of. The area is overwhelmed with strays having babies. The animals seen and posted are dying of starvation, cars, and wild animals as well as other strays. The moms give their whole body to the young and then are impregnated again, and again. Fresno officials need to step up.and do the best thing for these animals starting with fixing them. Fresno residents need options for low cost fixing options. I support Fresno taking responsibility for this situation.
I support the proposal for the funding on spay and neutering. Our petdemic is out of control we are in a crisis the problem is out of control and in order to control the problem we need to start at the root of the problem and that starts with having these animal fixed to prevent unwanted litters roaming the streets fighting for their lives starving to death getting hit by cars etc.I have 6 dogs in my care all of which came from the streets dumped left alone to try and survive we have to do better we have to be their voices
I have been providing food and water for dogs I see on the street for years. As a matter of fact, I keep dog food and water in my car for homeless people and their pets. The summer months are the worst for them. I urge you to consider spending more than 2% of the budget on spay and neuter services. At a time when people are struggling to survive, it is critical that the city provide services such as this for people’s pets. It would certainly prevent the shelter from having to turn away strays and dumped animals. Thank you.
I respectfully urge you to support Councilmember Annalisa Perea's motion to allocate $1 million for spay-and-neuter services in the FY 2026-2027 budget.
Animal overpopulation remains one of the most significant challenges facing Fresno. The most effective and cost-efficient solution is prevention. Spay and neuter programs reduce shelter intake, decrease the number of unwanted litters, improve public health, and lower the long-term costs associated with animal services.
A $1 million investment would provide meaningful access to much-needed spay-and-neuter services throughout our community and help address the root cause of animal overpopulation. This funding would create lasting results by reducing shelter intake, easing overcrowding, and improving outcomes for animals and residents alike.
Councilmember Perea's proposal represents a proactive, humane, and fiscally responsible approach. I respectfully ask each Council member to support this motion and make prevention a priority in this year's budget.
Thank you for your consideration and your commitment to the residents and animals of Fresno.
I rather there be more funding to this organization than the help combat homeless as all you do is give them more drugs and house them to be high. Also to mention the recent racketeering that mayor Jerry dyer has been doing to have this bill proceed. The land that was set to burn off the corner of blackstone and E McKinley Ave. the old Carl’s Jr location. Which is the same area that Jerry’s plan to rebuild part of the trains station and ad to it there. I have video evidence and through cell phone texts and payments for it being done. I advise this bill be pushed and a full investigation be done. I mean you do have the flock cameras there as well.
I’m a delivery driver in Fresno County, if had to report every single animal I see in the street I will be in the phone all day long instead of working, I believe the city of Fresno need to increase the founding for spaying and neutering, low cost spraying and neutering but also enforce the laws, make it mandatory, every household and all the people that keep letting their pets reproduce and dumping and giving away and selling unaltered pets all this people need to pay fines or get citations, this situation really needs to be in control. Not mentioning all the negligence that people also need to pay for their actions.
I fully support increasing funding for spay and neuter programs in Fresno. These programs are essential for reducing pet overpopulation, preventing suffering, and helping local shelters and rescues manage limited resources. Investing in prevention benefits both animals and our community
We need more spay and neutering for animals to reduce the animal population and control shelters and euthanasia
We need more funding to support low cost spay neuter and vaccines! Fresno has so many people willing volunteer their time to trapping and transporting but we need more low cost options to be able to do our part!
I want to express my strong support for Councilmember Annalisa Perea’s motion to allocate $1 million for spay‑and‑neuter services in the FY 2026–2027 budget.
The challenges created by animal overpopulation do not stop at jurisdictional boundaries. Fresno’s shelter capacity, intake numbers, and public‑health impacts directly affect the entire region. The most effective and fiscally responsible way to address these issues is through prevention. Spay‑and‑neuter programs reduce unwanted litters, lower shelter intake, improve community safety, and decrease long‑term costs associated with animal services.
A $1 million investment would significantly expand access to essential spay‑and‑neuter services and help address the root causes of overpopulation rather than its consequences. This funding would lead to measurable, lasting improvements for animals, residents, and the broader Central Valley community.
Councilmember Perea’s proposal is a proactive, humane, and financially sound approach to a persistent regional problem. I respectfully urge each Councilmember to support this motion and make prevention a priority in this year’s budget.
Thank you for your consideration and for your commitment to the well‑being of Fresno’s residents and animals.
There is currently an unprecedented number of homeless animals on our streets. The majority of them have been abandoned or dumped. Many, if not most, of these animals have not been spayed or neutered, meaning more animals being born on the streets and left to fend for themselves. These animals are starving to death, being attacked by other animals, used as bait, being hit by cars and other terrible things.
Our shelters are full and turning away animals that desperately need their help. And people in the community who try to help by fostering these helpless creatures, are being threatened and fined for having “too many animals”. The city needs to step up and take responsibility in order to make progress on solving this crisis.
Shelters need more funding in order to expand, more shelters need to be built, and more free and low cost spay and neuter services need to be made available.
There need to be strict laws made and enforced that fine and jail people found abandoning, dumping or abusing animals. Until this issue is taken seriously and until our elected officials make the choice to make this problem a priority, it will only continue to get worse.
These animals cannot speak for themselves to ask for help. We, the citizens of the city of Fresno and the members of the rescue community, are their voices. And We, are desperately asking our city officials to please step up and help them.
I urge the Council and Administration to support budget motions 35 and 54, by Council Member Arias, which together would add $500,000 in City funding for City-sponsored special events.
As we know well in Downtown, the cost of executing street events is substantial. Insurance, public safety, traffic control, sanitation, and proper payment for performing artists all create real expenses, even before accounting for the significant time and effort organizers invest in planning and preparation.
Typically, these costs cannot be covered entirely through admission tickets, vendor fees, or corporate sponsorships. Nor should they be. Keeping price barriers low for community events helps ensure Fresno residents can participate broadly and small businesses can benefit from the resulting foot traffic.
Following the PBID management plan, the Downtown Fresno Partnership invests limited assessment resources in public events that support Downtown small businesses. However, an operating deficit of several thousand dollars per event day typically still remains, which is unsustainable.
But these events also serve a broader culture-making role for the entire community, beyond the scope of the PBID management plan. That broader public benefit requires public investment to cover the funding shortfall. Motions 35 and 54 would address this challenge, and I respectfully urge Council support.
The budget in my opinion is not generous enough with a program for spaying and neutering the pets in the City of Fresno. The allocated funds for salaries for Director of Fresno Animal Center and other salaried positions, far outweigh the monies delegated for the spay and neuter program. The crisis as it is in Fresno City and surrounding areas is horrendous. I believe the city should be offering FREE spay and neuter services to anyone who wants it for their pets. I believe the city has created a crisis by NOT offering more funding and inexpensive services for this purpose. I know that the time it takes to neuter a male dog takes only minutes. Maybe 5 or 10 tops. Spaying takes longer. But not by much. These services that people are paying for is a rip off. This money goes back into the city coffers and who knows what it’s used for.
The SOLUTION is FREE SPAY AND NEUTERING SERVICES to all citizens of the City of Fresno. This would be easily accomplished by showing proof of residency with a utility bill and driver’s license. The fact that the city has created this crisis by not offering more accessible and affordable services as these, and then are euthanizing perfectly healthy animals in the Fresno City Center is appalling. It is like a third world county in some parts of Fresno where dogs are roaming aimlessly. The City of Fresno needs to do better and BE better. We are known all over the country for this crisis.
Yes, I would like to support this issue due to the fact that the additional financial support can increase spays and neuters and decrease additional dogs from further congesting the shelters and rescues.
I support the proposal to allocate funds in our upcoming budget for animal spaying and neutering. Fresno City and its residents need to act responsibly on behalf of animals in our area. Our city has an overpopulation of unhoused animals. We must be their voice and act with care. Spaying and neutering them is the minimal care we can provide. This helps them have healthier lives and prevents needless sickness and death of unwanted feral cats and abandoned dogs. I say yes to allocating funds towards animal spaying and neutering!
To the members of the Fresno City Council and the Mayor of the City of Fresno:
I am writing as a Clovis resident and neighbor to Fresno to express my strong support for Councilmember Annalisa Perea’s motion to allocate $1 million for spay‑and‑neuter services in the FY 2026–2027 budget.
Although I live just outside Fresno city limits, the challenges created by animal overpopulation do not stop at jurisdictional boundaries. Fresno’s shelter capacity, intake numbers, and public‑health impacts directly affect the entire region. The most effective and fiscally responsible way to address these issues is through prevention. Spay‑and‑neuter programs reduce unwanted litters, lower shelter intake, improve community safety, and decrease long‑term costs associated with animal services.
A $1 million investment would significantly expand access to essential spay‑and‑neuter services and help address the root causes of overpopulation rather than its consequences. This funding would lead to measurable, lasting improvements for animals, residents, and the broader Central Valley community.
Councilmember Perea’s proposal is a proactive, humane, and financially sound approach to a persistent regional problem. I respectfully urge each Councilmember to support this motion and make prevention a priority in this year’s budget.
Thank you for your consideration and for your commitment to the well‑being of Fresno’s residents and animals.
We need to have more funding for spay and neuter services. An article was recently published citing that almost 2,500 animals were euthanized in 2025. This is absolutely horrific and unacceptable. I do not blame the shelter in the least! This falls on humans. Every day, animals are dumped, left to fend for themselves against the elements, coyotes, other loose dogs, etc. Backyard breeders further contribute to this mess. A mess that is left for others such as myself to clean up. I currently have eight dogs in my home, all of whom came from the streets or were abandoned. There are not enough fosters or adopters for all the dogs and cats. I urge you to recognize and acknowledge the current animal crisis we are in. Our valley needs all the financial support possible so that people can get their pets spayed and neutered. It will not completely solve the problem, but it will go a long way in making a difference. Puppies as young as one week old have been euthanized. This could be prevented if dogs were fixed. With summer upon us, it pains me to think of pregnant dogs and cats bringing puppies and kittens into the world with just the hope that they’ll survive. Central Valley animals deserve better. Please consider putting as much funding as possible towards spay and neuter initiatives. Thank you.
How is our tax money going to all these city employees at the city shelter, yet they are able to refuse animals? We have animals running our streets with 90+ employees doing what? Why is our city not working to solve the problem? Why is more money not going into spay and neuter programs. It is not safe for your cities people to have so many animals running wild. You need to do better. Use the money to solve the issues. We need to do better to care about the animals and safety of our community.
I reside in the Tower District. There are so many stray dogs and feral cats ( all unaltered ) in this area it is ridiculous. People need to be educated on the importance of spaying and neutering their pets instead of letting them run lose to get knocked up. More money for funding could potentially help. Fresno TNR has fixed over 23,000 cats in the last 3 years and it is hardly a dent in the what this city needs. Something has to give here other than euthanized innocent animals.