City government, council, and mayoral action — budgets, zoning, transportation, and municipal policy.
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors authorized June 15 that recommended revisions to next fiscal year’s draft budget totaling $16.9 million be made before the final vote. Nearly $950 million of the approximately $6.9 billion recommended budget is made up of general fund expenses, which the boa
In a presentation to Riverside City Council next Tuesday, the city manager’s office will provide an update on how Priority Based Budgeting (PBB) is working for the city’s line items. The tool was approved earlier in 2020 as the preferred method of organizing the city’s budgeted items each fiscal yea
Here are today’s Riverside City Council agenda items of note. 1 p.m. Discussion Session In today’s city council meeting, the city manager’s office is asking the council to approve an extension for the Outdoor Flex Space and Entertainment Permit programs, should Governor Gavin Newsom terminate the lo
City Council During their 1 p.m. discussion session today, the Riverside City Council is being asked to make public the information used by the city Finance Department to develop the Annual Appropriations Limit of $380 million. This Appropriation Limit is the maximum limit of proceeds from taxes Riv
1 p.m. Session The council is being asked to approve the 2021-2022 Annual Action Plan, a strategy to distribute $8.2 million in federal funding from four housing-focused grants. Prepared by the Community and Economic Development Department (CEDD), the plan determines how the city will distribute the
Riversiders will soon be able to take responsibility for the beautification of roadway medians in their neighborhoods, the city council unanimously decided on Tuesday. The Riverside Public Works Department (Public Works) is going to build an Adopt-a-Median program that would connect Riverside reside
Here are this week’s notable city meetings and summarized agenda items. City Council Item 9 The Community & Economic Development Department is asking the city council to review city-owned properties to determine any potential economic benefit or liability and whether the city has a need for them. Ci
Newly established traffic roundabouts in Riverside’s Ward 2 mitigate safety issues for pedestrians in the Eastside, but they are only one of several improvements planned for the area that will be funded by millions in state-awarded grant dollars. Councilmember Andy Melendrez (Ward 2) said the neighb
Thanks to pressing deadlines, potential ballot measures that the Riverside City Charter Review Committee was first asked to deliberate years ago may not see a ballot until 2024. The highest priority for November’s election – the General Fund Transfer (GFT). Riverside voters will be asked if they wan
Here are this week’s notable city meetings and some background on their importance. City Council During their 1 p.m. discussion session, the council will hear a presentation on the Finance Department’s preliminary, annual city budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021–2022. The council is being asked to prov
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
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
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