This Week in City Hall: June 22, 2026
City Council takes up a $3.16 billion two-year budget, an adaptive reuse ordinance and a transit-oriented development plan among a packed agenda; other boards and commissions meet throughout the week.
City Council takes up a $3.16 billion two-year budget, an adaptive reuse ordinance and a transit-oriented development plan among a packed agenda; other boards and commissions meet throughout the week.
In late additions to Tuesday's agenda, the Council will consider "public employee discipline" of the City Manager, whose wife has filed a claim against the city, and appoint a new City Attorney.
Luis Hernandez is on track to win the Ward 6 City Council seat vacated by the resignation of Councilmember Jim Perry, according to preliminary results from the Riverside County Registrar of Voters.
Perry’s resignation leaves the Ward 6 council seat vacant until the election winner is sworn in.
Candidates respond to June primary results as council races in Wards 2, 4 and 6 move toward November.
City Council takes up a homeless transfer notice ordinance, a police body camera contract, and proposed utility rate changes as six boards and commissions hold their regular meetings June 8–11.
We can debate policy without demeaning people.
New language bars city officials from biased or partisan online posts in quasi-judicial matters, but exempts private speech after attorneys raised First Amendment concerns.
A summer of concerts, drone shows, murals and illuminated landmarks will mark the semiquincentennial from May through December.
The City Council voted to approve a grant application for affordable housing funding as state regulators raise questions about Riverside's commitment to its housing targets.
The 4-1 vote came over the objection of Councilmember Cervantes, who sought to delay the vote and refer the matter to closed session.
The Downtown trail will link 24 civil rights history sites, with construction set to break ground in May and a ribbon-cutting planned for fall.
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