[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":385},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header":3,"footer":26,"footer-cities":54,"content-\u002Fnews\u002Ffresno-nonprofit-says-voters-blamed-it-for-ai-mailers-from-pac-with-near-twin-name":235},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":10,"extension":13,"links":14,"meta":20,"navigation":21,"path":22,"seo":23,"stem":24,"__hash__":25},"header\u002Fheader.md","Central Valley AI",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":9},"minimark",[],{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":12},"",2,[],"md",[15],{"label":16,"to":17,"icon":19},"News",{"path":18},"\u002Fnews\u002F","mdi-newspaper-variant-outline",{},true,"\u002Fheader",{"title":5,"description":10},"header","ceT4J-WxxOBdbhRC-UD3fo0Npu7vWt2o2B9b_LURPmE",{"id":27,"title":28,"body":29,"copyright":33,"description":10,"developedBy":34,"extension":13,"links":41,"meta":49,"navigation":21,"path":50,"seo":51,"stem":52,"__hash__":53},"footer\u002Ffooter.md","Footer",{"type":7,"value":30,"toc":31},[],{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":32},[],"© {year} All rights reserved.",{"label":35,"link":36},"Developed by",{"label":37,"to":38,"target":39,"logo":40},"Kaweah Tech","https:\u002F\u002Fkaweah.tech","_blank","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.kaweah.tech\u002Flogo-black-on-transparent-tight.svg",[42,43,46],{"label":16,"to":18},{"label":44,"to":45},"About","\u002Fabout\u002F",{"label":47,"to":48},"Privacy Policy","\u002Fprivacy-policy\u002F",{},"\u002Ffooter",{"description":10},"footer","Ras2AGS8Wuda4aBPrbAbOivaxIsAoDbo9SNCA0w554g",[55,85,123,154,181,208],{"id":56,"title":57,"body":58,"county":77,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":78,"meta":79,"navigation":21,"path":80,"seo":81,"stem":82,"tag":83,"__hash__":84},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Fbakersfield.md","Bakersfield",{"type":7,"value":59,"toc":74},[60,65],[61,62,64],"h2",{"id":63},"ai-in-bakersfield","AI in Bakersfield",[66,67,68,69,73],"p",{},"Bakersfield's AI conversation sits at the intersection of municipal government, the ",[70,71,72],"strong",{},"California State University Bakersfield"," community, and the energy and ag operators that drive Kern County's economy. The city was an early mover on AI-assisted permitting and has been a recurring backdrop for parent- and teacher-led debates about classroom AI use. Articles below follow specific Bakersfield initiatives, public-meeting decisions, and Kern County workforce stories — and how they reflect national AI trends from a regional vantage point.",{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":75},[76],{"id":63,"depth":11,"text":64},"Kern County","Bakersfield and the surrounding Kern County are home to some of the most concrete AI-in-government experiments in the Central Valley, from instant municipal permitting to school-district debates about classroom AI. Coverage on this page tracks how AI is reshaping public services, education, and the energy and agriculture economies that dominate the region.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Fbakersfield",{"title":57,"description":10},"cities\u002Fbakersfield","bakersfield","ozFL4HvDA_g7UrRE1mHbKqcS-vDLwbiH9JWVh3rB2Ac",{"id":86,"title":87,"body":88,"county":115,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":116,"meta":117,"navigation":21,"path":118,"seo":119,"stem":120,"tag":121,"__hash__":122},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Ffresno.md","Fresno",{"type":7,"value":89,"toc":112},[90,94,109],[61,91,93],{"id":92},"ai-in-fresno","AI in Fresno",[66,95,96,97,100,101,104,105,108],{},"Fresno's AI story spans several distinct ecosystems. ",[70,98,99],{},"Fresno State"," and the ",[70,102,103],{},"California State University"," system anchor a workforce-readiness push, while local ",[70,106,107],{},"Fresno Unified School District"," debates around responsible use have made the city a recurring reference point in California's K-12 AI conversation. The city's economic base in agriculture, healthcare, and public services means most AI adoption stories here are about applied uses rather than model development — a different posture than coastal tech hubs but arguably more consequential for the people living here.",[66,110,111],{},"Use the articles below to follow how AI is showing up in Fresno-area institutions and businesses.",{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":113},[114],{"id":92,"depth":11,"text":93},"Fresno County","Fresno is the largest city in California's Central Valley and the regional center for AI adoption across agriculture, healthcare, higher education, and small business. Coverage on this page tracks how AI is being applied — and contested — in and around the city of Fresno and Fresno County.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Ffresno",{"title":87,"description":10},"cities\u002Ffresno","fresno","gOL2xk8y9t9OV6PPxP02OjYhZFHC_Cg-VGijh_V93dI",{"id":124,"title":125,"body":126,"county":146,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":147,"meta":148,"navigation":21,"path":149,"seo":150,"stem":151,"tag":152,"__hash__":153},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Fmerced.md","Merced",{"type":7,"value":127,"toc":143},[128,132],[61,129,131],{"id":130},"ai-in-merced","AI in Merced",[66,133,134,135,138,139,142],{},"Merced is a research-heavy node in the Central Valley AI ecosystem. ",[70,136,137],{},"UC Merced"," faculty appear in national conversations about AI safety, autonomous vehicles, climate modeling, and pediatric health applications, while the ",[70,140,141],{},"Merced Unified School District"," and surrounding county institutions navigate the same K-12 and workforce questions the rest of the Valley faces. The articles below cover both the campus research story and the broader applied uses around the city and county.",{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":144},[145],{"id":130,"depth":11,"text":131},"Merced County","Merced punches above its weight in AI research, anchored by UC Merced — a leading West Coast hub for AI in agriculture, climate, autonomous systems, and health. Coverage on this page tracks both academic research coming out of the campus and how AI is showing up across Merced's schools, businesses, and county institutions.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Fmerced",{"title":125,"description":10},"cities\u002Fmerced","merced","pSWWlEzMdcv2_RZrUKdkEHU3bixNboePGdHbSdd1m34",{"id":155,"title":156,"body":157,"county":173,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":174,"meta":175,"navigation":21,"path":176,"seo":177,"stem":178,"tag":179,"__hash__":180},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Fmodesto.md","Modesto",{"type":7,"value":158,"toc":170},[159,163],[61,160,162],{"id":161},"ai-in-modesto","AI in Modesto",[66,164,165,166,169],{},"Modesto's AI conversation tends to combine ag-tech adoption stories with workforce-readiness questions for the city's small and mid-sized employers. ",[70,167,168],{},"CSU Stanislaus"," and the regional community college network shape the higher-ed angle. Coverage below follows Modesto-area AI announcements and the wider Stanislaus County context.",{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":171},[172],{"id":161,"depth":11,"text":162},"Stanislaus County","Modesto and Stanislaus County sit between the Bay Area and the southern Valley, and their AI story reflects that bridging role — from agriculture and food processing to the **California State University Stanislaus** community to small businesses adapting to AI-driven changes in marketing, hiring, and operations.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Fmodesto",{"title":156,"description":10},"cities\u002Fmodesto","modesto","l75Dc40MX8wTb4lD088Yx9we4ypuDwmcvE-uEdqqREc",{"id":182,"title":183,"body":184,"county":200,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":201,"meta":202,"navigation":21,"path":203,"seo":204,"stem":205,"tag":206,"__hash__":207},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Fstockton.md","Stockton",{"type":7,"value":185,"toc":197},[186,190],[61,187,189],{"id":188},"ai-in-stockton","AI in Stockton",[66,191,192,193,196],{},"Stockton's economic base in logistics, healthcare, and higher education gives the city a different AI profile than the southern Valley. ",[70,194,195],{},"University of the Pacific"," anchors the academic conversation, while San Joaquin County government, hospitals, and warehouse operators are navigating practical adoption questions: cost, training, security, workforce impact. The articles below track Stockton-area AI announcements and the broader San Joaquin County context.",{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":198},[199],{"id":188,"depth":11,"text":189},"San Joaquin County","Stockton and San Joaquin County sit at the northern edge of the Central Valley, where logistics, healthcare, and the University of the Pacific shape the local AI adoption story. Coverage on this page follows how AI is being put to work — and questioned — across San Joaquin County's institutions, employers, and public services.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Fstockton",{"title":183,"description":10},"cities\u002Fstockton","stockton","TYEBK9akp2HbpAFmYY67FeKt7Rs7L8tvtYeQBtgJAHw",{"id":209,"title":210,"body":211,"county":227,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":228,"meta":229,"navigation":21,"path":230,"seo":231,"stem":232,"tag":233,"__hash__":234},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Fvisalia.md","Visalia",{"type":7,"value":212,"toc":224},[213,217],[61,214,216],{"id":215},"ai-in-visalia","AI in Visalia",[66,218,219,220,223],{},"Visalia's AI footprint is grounded in the practical adoption stories that come with a Tulare County economy built around agriculture, food processing, and rural healthcare. ",[70,221,222],{},"College of the Sequoias"," and the surrounding K-12 districts anchor the education conversation. The articles below cover Visalia-area AI developments and the Tulare County context, with a focus on applied uses rather than research or model development.",{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":225},[226],{"id":215,"depth":11,"text":216},"Tulare County","Visalia is the largest city in Tulare County and a center for agriculture, healthcare, and county-government services in the southern Central Valley. Coverage on this page tracks how AI is being adopted across Tulare County's schools, hospitals, ag operations, and small business community.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Fvisalia",{"title":210,"description":10},"cities\u002Fvisalia","visalia","gN4g7aAl-cqD4FfSTgtTAarltUoKLh8NFlPzCbZngqU",{"id":236,"title":237,"archived":238,"author":239,"body":240,"date":373,"dateModified":373,"description":374,"extension":13,"meta":375,"navigation":21,"path":376,"rawbody":377,"seo":378,"sitemap":379,"stem":380,"tags":381,"__hash__":384},"news\u002Fnews\u002Ffresno-nonprofit-says-voters-blamed-it-for-ai-mailers-from-pac-with-near-twin-name.md","Fresno nonprofit says voters blamed it for AI mailers from PAC with near-twin name",false,"CVAI Newsdesk",{"type":7,"value":241,"toc":366},[242,246,250,269,272,275,278,281,285,288,291,294,297,300,304,307,310,313,316,319,322,326,329,332,335,338,353,356,360],[243,244,237],"h1",{"id":245},"fresno-nonprofit-says-voters-blamed-it-for-ai-mailers-from-pac-with-near-twin-name",[61,247,249],{"id":248},"key-takeaways","Key Takeaways",[251,252,253,257,260,263,266],"ol",{},[254,255,256],"li",{},"A PAC called Fresno Healthy Communities paid for AI-generated mailers attacking Fresno City Council District 1 candidate Naindeep Singh.",[254,258,259],{},"Fresno Building Healthy Communities, an unrelated nonprofit, says residents contacted it in anger believing it sent the mailers.",[254,261,262],{},"Campaign spending records list Alena Pacheco, wife of Fresno County Supervisor Brian Pacheco, as the PAC's treasurer.",[254,264,265],{},"The PAC retracted a mailer accusing Singh of DUI after police said his drug test came back negative.",[254,267,268],{},"A 2024 California law requires political committees to label ads that use AI-generated or substantially altered content.",[66,270,271],{},"The angry calls went to the wrong office.",[66,273,274],{},"Fresno Building Healthy Communities, a longstanding nonprofit in the city, says residents flooded it with messages after AI-generated mailers attacking City Council District 1 candidate Naindeep Singh showed up in their mailboxes. The mailers were paid for by a political action committee with almost the same name, Fresno Healthy Communities, and the nonprofit's CEO says that's no accident.",[66,276,277],{},"\"We pride ourselves in government accountability and transparency. And when folks called and thought that we were behind some of these mailers, it really does hurt our reputation in our community,\" CEO Sandra Celedon told KFSN-TV, which first reported the complaint.",[66,279,280],{},"Election Day is Tuesday.",[61,282,284],{"id":283},"who-paid-for-the-mailers","Who paid for the mailers",[66,286,287],{},"Campaign spending records name Solomon Verduzco as the PAC's controlling officeholder and Alena Pacheco as its treasurer. She's married to Fresno County Supervisor Brian Pacheco. The PAC is sponsored by a second committee, Central Valley Council, and Pacheco confirmed that one was founded by political consultant Alex Tavlian.",[66,289,290],{},"Tavlian told KFSN \"no comment.\"",[66,292,293],{},"The same records show Tavlian's groups paid for ads opposing both Singh and Joaquin Arambula as council candidates. Arambula beat Verduzco in a 2024 race for the Assembly. Neither PAC has a website, so a voter holding one of the mailers has the committee name in the fine print to go on. Not much else.",[66,295,296],{},"Celedon said the naming is a pattern. In 2025, Tavlian introduced \"One Fresno Coalition,\" close to a match for Mayor Jerry Dyer's One Fresno Foundation.",[66,298,299],{},"\"They use names that have positive connotations, or that will help convey right messages, so that people don't actually look any further into it,\" she said.",[61,301,303],{"id":302},"what-the-mailers-showed","What the mailers showed",[66,305,306],{},"Police stopped Singh in the Tower District on a Saturday night for expired registration tags and arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. Police Chief Mindy Casto later announced his toxicology test was negative and apologized to him. The first mailer, which accused Singh of \"swerving through the Tower District,\" reached voters the day after that announcement, according to KFSN.",[66,308,309],{},"Its fine print called the image an illustration. Singh called it a deepfake.",[66,311,312],{},"In a statement, the PAC said the piece went to the Postal Service on Oct. 27, before the test result came back, and that it retracts the allegations. Thomas Holyoke, a Fresno State political science professor, told the station a retraction may not undo much in a close race.",[66,314,315],{},"On Friday, Singh showed KFSN two more AI-generated mailers from the same PAC. One put his picture beside President Donald Trump. The other suggested he'd want smoke shops and liquor stores across from elementary schools.",[66,317,318],{},"\"That one was more just racist dog whistles,\" Singh said. \"I've never met President Trump.\"",[66,320,321],{},"Rob Fuentes, Singh's opponent in District 1, said on social media the DUI mailer didn't come from his campaign and that he condemns it.",[61,323,325],{"id":324},"what-the-law-requires","What the law requires",[66,327,328],{},"Under AB 2355, a state law passed in 2024, ads from political committees must carry a disclaimer if any content was \"generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence.\" The Fair Political Practices Commission can go after committees that don't comply. Reporting so far hasn't shown whether the Fresno mailers carried that exact language, or whether anyone has filed a complaint with the commission.",[66,330,331],{},"Halloween rain kept falling on the Tower District Saturday night, and trick-or-treaters went out anyway.",[66,333,334],{},"Celedon put it to voters another way.",[66,336,337],{},"\"That's the other piece that I think people really need to ask themselves: What are they hiding from?\" she said.",[66,339,340],{},[341,342,343,344,346,347,352],"em",{},"Central Valley AI is produced by the ",[70,345,239],{}," team and developed by ",[348,349,37],"a",{"href":38,"rel":350},[351],"nofollow",", a regional firm that builds, deploys, and integrates AI solutions for businesses across California's Central Valley.",[354,355],"hr",{},[61,357,359],{"id":358},"source","Source",[66,361,362],{},[348,363,364],{"href":364,"rel":365},"https:\u002F\u002Fabc30.com\u002Fpost\u002Ffresno-nonprofit-criticizes-ai-generated-political-mailers-tied-pac-similar-name\u002F20001788\u002F",[351],{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":367},[368,369,370,371,372],{"id":248,"depth":11,"text":249},{"id":283,"depth":11,"text":284},{"id":302,"depth":11,"text":303},{"id":324,"depth":11,"text":325},{"id":358,"depth":11,"text":359},"2026-11-01","Fresno Building Healthy Communities says angry residents mistook it for Fresno Healthy Communities, the PAC behind AI-generated mailers attacking council candidate Naindeep Singh.",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Ffresno-nonprofit-says-voters-blamed-it-for-ai-mailers-from-pac-with-near-twin-name","---\nauthor: CVAI Newsdesk\ndate: '2026-11-01'\ndateModified: '2026-11-01'\ndescription: Fresno Building Healthy Communities says angry residents mistook it for\n  Fresno Healthy Communities, the PAC behind AI-generated mailers attacking council\n  candidate Naindeep Singh.\ntags:\n- fresno\n- elections\n- politics\ntitle: Fresno nonprofit says voters blamed it for AI mailers from PAC with near-twin\n  name\n---\n\n# Fresno nonprofit says voters blamed it for AI mailers from PAC with near-twin name\n\n## Key Takeaways\n\n1. A PAC called Fresno Healthy Communities paid for AI-generated mailers attacking Fresno City Council District 1 candidate Naindeep Singh.\n2. Fresno Building Healthy Communities, an unrelated nonprofit, says residents contacted it in anger believing it sent the mailers.\n3. Campaign spending records list Alena Pacheco, wife of Fresno County Supervisor Brian Pacheco, as the PAC's treasurer.\n4. The PAC retracted a mailer accusing Singh of DUI after police said his drug test came back negative.\n5. A 2024 California law requires political committees to label ads that use AI-generated or substantially altered content.\n\nThe angry calls went to the wrong office.\n\nFresno Building Healthy Communities, a longstanding nonprofit in the city, says residents flooded it with messages after AI-generated mailers attacking City Council District 1 candidate Naindeep Singh showed up in their mailboxes. The mailers were paid for by a political action committee with almost the same name, Fresno Healthy Communities, and the nonprofit's CEO says that's no accident.\n\n\"We pride ourselves in government accountability and transparency. And when folks called and thought that we were behind some of these mailers, it really does hurt our reputation in our community,\" CEO Sandra Celedon told KFSN-TV, which first reported the complaint.\n\nElection Day is Tuesday.\n\n## Who paid for the mailers\n\nCampaign spending records name Solomon Verduzco as the PAC's controlling officeholder and Alena Pacheco as its treasurer. She's married to Fresno County Supervisor Brian Pacheco. The PAC is sponsored by a second committee, Central Valley Council, and Pacheco confirmed that one was founded by political consultant Alex Tavlian.\n\nTavlian told KFSN \"no comment.\"\n\nThe same records show Tavlian's groups paid for ads opposing both Singh and Joaquin Arambula as council candidates. Arambula beat Verduzco in a 2024 race for the Assembly. Neither PAC has a website, so a voter holding one of the mailers has the committee name in the fine print to go on. Not much else.\n\nCeledon said the naming is a pattern. In 2025, Tavlian introduced \"One Fresno Coalition,\" close to a match for Mayor Jerry Dyer's One Fresno Foundation.\n\n\"They use names that have positive connotations, or that will help convey right messages, so that people don't actually look any further into it,\" she said.\n\n## What the mailers showed\n\nPolice stopped Singh in the Tower District on a Saturday night for expired registration tags and arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. Police Chief Mindy Casto later announced his toxicology test was negative and apologized to him. The first mailer, which accused Singh of \"swerving through the Tower District,\" reached voters the day after that announcement, according to KFSN.\n\nIts fine print called the image an illustration. Singh called it a deepfake.\n\nIn a statement, the PAC said the piece went to the Postal Service on Oct. 27, before the test result came back, and that it retracts the allegations. Thomas Holyoke, a Fresno State political science professor, told the station a retraction may not undo much in a close race.\n\nOn Friday, Singh showed KFSN two more AI-generated mailers from the same PAC. One put his picture beside President Donald Trump. The other suggested he'd want smoke shops and liquor stores across from elementary schools.\n\n\"That one was more just racist dog whistles,\" Singh said. \"I've never met President Trump.\"\n\nRob Fuentes, Singh's opponent in District 1, said on social media the DUI mailer didn't come from his campaign and that he condemns it.\n\n## What the law requires\n\nUnder AB 2355, a state law passed in 2024, ads from political committees must carry a disclaimer if any content was \"generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence.\" The Fair Political Practices Commission can go after committees that don't comply. Reporting so far hasn't shown whether the Fresno mailers carried that exact language, or whether anyone has filed a complaint with the commission.\n\nHalloween rain kept falling on the Tower District Saturday night, and trick-or-treaters went out anyway.\n\nCeledon put it to voters another way.\n\n\"That's the other piece that I think people really need to ask themselves: What are they hiding from?\" she said.\n\n*Central Valley AI is produced by the **CVAI Newsdesk** team and developed by [Kaweah Tech](https:\u002F\u002Fkaweah.tech), a regional firm that builds, deploys, and integrates AI solutions for businesses across California's Central Valley.*\n\n---\n\n## Source\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fabc30.com\u002Fpost\u002Ffresno-nonprofit-criticizes-ai-generated-political-mailers-tied-pac-similar-name\u002F20001788\u002F\n",{"title":237,"description":374},{"loc":376},"news\u002Ffresno-nonprofit-says-voters-blamed-it-for-ai-mailers-from-pac-with-near-twin-name",[121,382,383],"elections","politics","5RUwsVgjHD2bC3dftvgQspaxB91BXTTWqwgEya9X1ss",1793535172880]