Follow the golden path at UCR Botanic Gardens. (Teresa Wassman)
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.
Get to Know Your 2024 Election Candidates for RUSD School Board
The Raincross Gazette interviewed four of the seven candidates running for the Riverside Unified School District board.
Dale Kinnear, Chani Beeman, Marla Matime, and Marcelle Williams are candidates running for the Riverside Unified School District board that chose to participate in The Raincross Gazette's 2024 Candidate Profile series.
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.
Trustee Area 2
Karen Coleman
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
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.
Chani Beeman is a retired education professional whose career in public education spans working as Classified Staff, Adjunct Faculty, and District Administrator.
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.
Trustee Area 4
Marla A. Matime
Marla Matime is Executive Director of the Cal Cities African American Caucus and President of the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice.
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 Williams
Marcelle is a longtime Riverside resident, commercial real estate professional, and grandmother.
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.
Board of Public Utilities
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.
Future Fest Asks Riversiders to Help Shape the Future of the City
The city has enacted several ways to encourage community input for the upcoming General Plan and Climate Change Action Plan.
Future Fest at the Riverside Plaza. (Ken Crawford)
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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This week’s agendas include a Council vote on a 45-day smoke shop moratorium and a $19.7M Chavez Center renovation, plus earthquake prep tips and a water update.
