Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power (the rate at which work is done). There are many different standards and types of horsepower. Two common definitions being used today are the mechanical horsepower (or imperial horsepower), which is 745.7 watts, and the metric horsepower, which is approximately 735.5 watts.
Mayor Lee Brand. Lee Brand is the 25th Mayor of the City of Fresno, sworn into office on January 3, 2017. He is the former President and co-founder of Westco Equities, Inc., a property management/construction firm which he has owned and operated for the past 29 years.
At its April 4 meeting, the Paramount City Council elected Peggy Lemons as Mayor and Diane J. Martinez as Vice Mayor. For Lemons, who has served on the Council since 1997, this will be her fifth term as mayor. This will be the sixth time that Martinez, who was first elected to the Council in 1994, has been vice mayor.