A constituent-led effort to remove Ward 5 Councilmember Gaby Plascencia from her seat failed on Tuesday. Organizers for the Recall Gaby Plascencia Campaign were unable to submit the amount of petition signatures necessary by Tuesday’s deadline, disqualifying them from adding their proposed measure t
City Council On the Consent Calendar In today’s council meeting beginning at 1 p.m., the council members will vote to approve or deny issues on their consent calendar, including an agreement initiating the transfer of funds raised for building the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture (the
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
We’ve put together a quick brief for what’s happening at City Hall this week. You can watch any of these meetings live at Engage Riverside or Watch Riverside. Planning Commission Last Thursday, the Planning Commission approved the dual-brand AC Marriott – Residence Inn hotel with a subterranean park
There are a handful of items to be mindful of in city hall this week, and we’ve put together a quick peek of them for you. Anyone can watch these meetings live at either EngageRiverside.com or WatchRiverside.com. City Council During the 1 p.m. discussion, the parks and recreation department, as well
After two years of waiting, Riverside may get to see fireworks this Fourth of July, with a caveat: they cannot be launched from their traditional post on Mt. Rubidoux. In tomorrow’s city council meeting, council members will have the opportunity to decide if and where the Riverside community can obs
After a three-month search, city staff found a replacement for their city clerk who retired in late January. With an election coming up in June, Donesia Gause-Aldana from the City of Carson came at the beginning of a busy year for Riverside. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, councilmembers unanimou
The Raincross Gazette took a look at this week’s city meetings and some of the important items agenda items for you. City Council During today’s 1 p.m. session, Riverside City Councilmembers will discuss the approval of an employment agreement for Riverside’s new city clerk, Donesia Gause-Aldana. Ga
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) will open their sixth office this summer in Riverside, making it easier for those in the surrounding areas to file in-person complaints. Riverside and San Bernardino Counties account for the third-highest number of DFEH complaints at ni
Purchasing meals from food trucks and food vendors has been a staple of big-city life for a couple of decades, however the trend has only come to downtown Riverside in recent years. As a result of this trend, the city of Riverside’s Community and Economic Development department are hosting two virtu
City council unanimously approved a $2.6 million contract on Tuesday to commence road construction on more than three miles of major and minor streets in Wards 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Ed Lara, principal engineer with the Riverside Public Works Department, said in Tuesday’s city council meeting that constr
In November’s election, Riversiders may be asked to reauthorize a decades-old practice of transferring millions in utility payments to the city’s general fund. The city has been able to transfer money from electric utility to a general fund since Riverside first established a city charter in 1907. V
