Monday Gazette: July 28, 2025

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GOVERNMENT

This Week in City Hall: July 28, 2025

City Council meets in closed session for labor disputes. Other boards and committees meet about community safety concerns about a 50-unit affordable housing complex and planning for $110 million in water treatment facilities to remove forever chemicals.

Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worth your attention in the coming week. This guide is part of our mission to provide everyday Riversiders like you with the information to speak up on the issues you care about.

City Council

City Council will meet in closed sessions for a special meeting on Tuesday, July 29, at 1 p.m. (agenda) to review the City's negotiating position on salaries and benefits for eight employee groups, including firefighters, police officers, management, and union workers, to prepare for upcoming labor contract discussions.

Housing and Homelessness Committee

The Housing and Homelessness Committee (Councilmembers Cervantes, Mill, and Robillard) meets on Monday, July 28, at 3:30 p.m. (agenda) to review the Housing Authority's development pipeline of 476 affordable housing units and addressing community safety concerns at the existing St. Michael's Apartments complex that have prompted increased police coordination and plans for resident safety meetings.

Board of Public Utilities

The Board of Public Utilities meets on Monday, July 28, at 6:30 p.m. (agenda) to considering three major utility infrastructure projects including a $2.3 million water pipeline replacement on Dundee Road, a $354,160 five-year contract for power plant maintenance, and planning for $110 million in water treatment facilities to remove harmful PFAS chemicals that will increase water rates by an estimated 4.5% annually starting in 2026.

Planning Commission

The Planning Commission meets on Thursday, July 31, at 9 a.m. (agenda) to review a church expansion permit that allows Tabor Romanian Christian Church (10750 Cochran Ave) to add a 6,000-square-foot multi-purpose building to replace temporary classrooms and provide permanent space for Sunday school and administrative activities.

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MUSEUM MONDAYS

Harada House Rehabilitation to Include New Interpretive Center

Museum of Riverside resumes design work to restore the historic landmark and share the Harada family’s enduring civil rights legacy.

The National Historic Landmark Harada House is a vibrant civil rights icon located in Riverside. This influential and enduring site was the personal family home of the Haradas. Their story, like so many others across the nation during the early and mid-1900s, embodies the topics of immigration, basic rights, assimilation, citizenship, loss, perseverance and legacy.

Jukichi Harada, his wife Ken, and their first son, Masa Atsu, emigrated from Japan and settled in Riverside in the early 1900s, where they began operating a rooming house and the Washington Restaurant. In December 1915, Jukichi purchased the house at 3356 Lemon St. in the names of his three American-born children, Mine, Sumi and Yoshizo, because “aliens ineligible for citizenship,” like himself, could not own property at the time. This led to a court case filed with the Riverside Superior Court. In 1918, the Haradas prevailed in a landmark decision to retain the home. The judge upheld that American-born children of aliens were citizens and therefore entitled to all constitutional rights of citizens.

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What's Happening in Riverside

Today

• Volunteer Interest Hour at Riverside Meals on Wheels, Inc
• Assistance League Thrift Shop Accepting Donations at Assistance League Riverside Thrift Shop
• Camp Highlander 2025 at University of California, Riverside ($76)
• Adult Ballet Classes all levels at Riverside Ballet Arts ($25- $144)
• Bingo at the Janet Goeske Center at Janet Goeske Center ($20- $100)
• Bridge Card Game at Calvary Presbyterian Church ($8- $9)
• RCTC Programs and Projects at County Admin Center 4080 Lemon St. 1st
• Housing and Homelessness Committee at Riverside City Hall
• Board of Public Utilities at Riverside City Hall

Tomorrow

• Find Your Voice in Picture Books at Inlandia Institute ($150- $350)
• Inland Empire Chorus Rehearsal at Temple Beth El Synagogue
• Riverside County Board of Supervisors Meeting at County Administrative Center
• Seeking Justice: A Pathway to Passing the Barat Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern
• Tuesday Karaoke at The Hideaway

Save The Date

• August 1: Nights with the Museum - "The Pianos of the Period Piano Collection." at Riverside Main Library
• August 2: Bingo at the Janet Goeske Center at Janet Goeske Center ($20- $100)
• August 9: Inland Empire Dance Festival at The Box Riverside (Free- $25)
• August 22: Goeske Talent Show at Janet Goeske Foundation ($10)
• October 18: The Riverside Citrus Classic Bike Ride at Riverside Plaza ($15- $80)

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