On Friday, District 2 Supervisor Garry Bredefeld announced that Fresno County Human Resources is conducting an “audit” to remove what he called politically-driven language for Fresno County government job posts. “DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion should be replaced with equality, merit and color blindness,” he said.

Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez tells Action News while these changes align with federal law, they could pose complications with state laws, possibly jeopardizing hundreds of millions of dollars in funding coming to the county.

Fresno County Supervisor discusses DEI language removal from job postings, emphasizing legal and fair hiring practices.

Fresno County District 2 Supervisor Garry Bredefeld, using a job description as an example, announced his proposal to eliminate DEI language from Fresno County paperwork in a press conference Friday,

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