City Council does not meet this week. Other agendas include a pilot program for transferring apartment-building rights to vacant University Avenue lots and updates on the planned 91 Freeway and Adams Street interchange reconfiguration to reduce traffic congestion.
No Council meeting this week, but other agendas take up land-use pilots and freeway fixes, while Riversideâs Diaper Bank kicks off its 25,000-diaper âCram the Vanâ drive.
Local nonprofit seeks 25,000 diapers to help families struggling with basic necessities.
Monday Gazette: October 28, 2024
Hello Riverside, and Happy Monday! We're just over a week away from the election, and today, we are publishing our 2024 Candidate Profiles for candidates running for the Riverside Unified School District board.
For those of you looking for help making up your mind on Riverside-specific ballot issues, I am sorry that I failed to publish more about local Measures CC and L. If you have a specific question about either of those items, feel free to email me (justin@raincrossgazette.com), and I will do my best to answer your questions.
The Raincross Gazette interviewed four of the seven candidates running for the Riverside Unified School District board.
As a part of our mission to publish news helpful to Riversiders, The Raincross Gazette reached out to each candidate running for School Board in the Riverside Unified School District.
We presented each candidate with five questions chosen to allow them to highlight their personal values, decision-making frameworks, and specific vision for the district.
Each candidate had a week to answer the same questions. Their answers are presented for you as submitted and only edited for any spelling or grammar mistakes. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
Karen Coleman is a retired teacher who resides in Riverside. Coleman did not respond to our request to participate in The Raincross Gazette's 2024 Candidate Profile series.
Dale Kinnear is the incumbent RUSD Member for Trustee Area 2 and the board's current President. Kinnear was previously principal at Riverside Poly and JW North High Schools.
Read Kinnear's Candidate Interview
Chani Beeman is a retired education professional whose career in public education spans working as Classified Staff, Adjunct Faculty, and District Administrator.
Read Beeman's Candidate Interview
Amanda Vickers is the Program Director for the Department of Law and Public Policy at Fremont College. Vickers did not respond to our request to participate in The Raincross Gazette's 2024 Candidate Profile series.
Marla Matime is Executive Director of the Cal Cities African American Caucus and President of the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice.
Read Matime's Candidate Interview
Jesse Tweed is a pediatrician and current provisional RUSD School Board Trustee for Trustee Area 4, filling the seat vacated by the late Tom Hunt. Tweed did not respond to our request to participate in The Raincross Gazette's 2024 Candidate Profile series.
Marcelle is a longtime Riverside resident, commercial real estate professional, and grandmother.
Read Williams' Candidate Interview
Gernertt is listed on the ballot, but she dropped out of the race in September.
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City Hall will be spookily quiet this week. There will be no City Council meeting and only one public meeting from the RPU Board.
Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worthy of your attention in the next 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.
The Board of Public Utilities meets on Monday, October 28, at 6:30 p.m. (agenda) to consider investments in several programs to improve electrical charging infrastructure, energy efficiency, power generation reliability, and water conservation across the city.
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The city has enacted several ways to encourage community input for the upcoming General Plan and Climate Change Action Plan.
Riverside is updating its General Plan for 2025. A General Plan is a set of broad goals and guidelines offering a policy and spending framework. As state and federal laws and regulations change, they require adjustments to city plans in order to remain in compliance. While some of what goes into the General Plan may be determined above the city level, much of the expenditure and implementation happens here in Riverside. Riverside is asking for your help in determining what putting these goals into action might look like.
Future Fest was the first of many community engagement events designed to inform Riversiders what the General Plan and Climate Action and Adaptation Plan may include and ask for your input on parts of the plan that can be decided here, by the residents of the city.
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No Council meeting this week, but other agendas take up land-use pilots and freeway fixes, while Riversideâs Diaper Bank kicks off its 25,000-diaper âCram the Vanâ drive.
Ransom B. Sheldenâs 1909 fishing trip goes awry and a creative prompt explores steam.
Sixty years after Lowell Elementary burned, Riverside prepares to open Ofelia Valdez Yeager Eastside Elementary, honoring decades of community advocacy while the arson remains a mystery and and Meliiaâs Disneyland fund sees exciting progress.
Neighbors favor Trader Joeâs for vacant Rite Aid site near Woodcrest and this weekâs games feature Lancer womenâs soccer and CSDRâs home opener.
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