Riversiders will soon face the decision to keep the city’s General Fund Transfer (GFT) intact or stop it altogether. The GFT has existed in Riverside for nearly 100 years and was created so taxes from electricity and water bills would be shifted into the city’s general fund. The money called into qu
For 17 years, the Riverside Youth Council (RYC) has awarded 25 of the city’s teenagers, “Most Remarkable Teen.” On Tuesday, in a ceremony hosted in the Riverside City Council Chambers, RYC recognized this year’s honorees. RYC was founded in 2004 and is coordinated in partnership between the mayor’s
Riverside’s June 8 election is around the corner and vote-by-mail (VBM) ballots were sent to nearly 70,000 voters in Wards 2, 4 and 6 on Monday. Voters can drop off ballots at 10 verified drop-off locations throughout the city on Monday, June 7 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, June 8 from 7 a.m. t
Notable city meeting agenda items are listed for you below. City Council Item 35 The Riverside Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department is asking the council to approve a Professional Consultant Services Agreement for the River-side Gateway Project Suite. The proposed Park Master Plan and
Meet Molly, the Riverside native. This ambitious 17-year-old has deep roots in Riverside. She attended Emanuel Lutheran for elementary, Encore High School from seventh to 11th grade and now Poly High School for her senior year. She was not only born and raised here but has been actively involved in
Nationwide, Riverside was named number one on a list for highest rent increase over the last year. According to a report published in April, Riverside landed on two separate lists for highest rent increases for both one and two-bedroom apartments. A list of 10 cities’ rent increases for two-bedroom
The issue of housing is becoming more inclusive, as Riverside’s Community and Economic Development Department (CEDD) is closing in on the policy wording for the Housing Element update of the city’s General Plan. After the CEDD presented the first draft of the Housing Element to the Housing and Homle
A constituent-led effort to remove Ward 5 Councilmember Gaby Plascencia from her seat failed on Tuesday. Organizers for the Recall Gaby Plascencia Campaign were unable to submit the amount of petition signatures necessary by Tuesday’s deadline, disqualifying them from adding their proposed measure t
Today at 10:30 a.m., Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson and fellow Big City Mayors (BCM) will virtually ask the governor and legislative leadership to include a historic $16 billion over four years in the state budget to house nearly every Californian who entered a homeless shelter in 2020. (Office of the M
What was intended to be a linear meeting to approve or deny a Certificate of Appropriateness turned into board members voting against a dwindling hourglass. Last Wednesday’s Cultural Heritage Board (CHB) meeting resulted in a 4-4 vote, with one abstaining vote, on the approval of the Certificate of
City Council On the Consent Calendar In today’s council meeting beginning at 1 p.m., the council members will vote to approve or deny issues on their consent calendar, including an agreement initiating the transfer of funds raised for building the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture (the
While the most noticeable effects of the worldwide pandemic were projected on screens throughout the year, the growing homeless population was a casualty behind the scenes. There was a 20 percent increase in Riversiders experiencing homelessness during the pandemic, according to Path of Life Ministr
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