Homelessness
This Week at City Hall, June 27-28
Tuesday, June 28 City Council Item 8 – Solid Waste Division positions Staff will present a report on job openings in the Solid Waste Division, the number of open positions, reasons for difficulty in filling the positions, strategies for filling the positions, and the use of routing and navigation so
Five-Year Plan to Reduce Homelessness will go to City Council for approval
Committee proposal could come in for just under $8.5 million in state's Homelessness, Housing and Prevention block grant funding for 2022-2023.
This Week at City Hall: June 13-15
Monday, June 13 Land Use, Sustainability and Resilience Committee – 3:30 p.m. Item 2 – Warehouse development regulations On Monday, staff will give a presentation to committee members on “current development regulations and best practices” for warehouse and distribution centers throughout the city.
This Week at City Hall: June 6-10
TUESDAY, JUNE 7 City Council (Special Meeting) The council will carry over its closed-session discussion from June 1 regarding the recruitment and hiring of a new city manager to replace Al Zelinka, who resigned the position effective June 3. City Council Item 12 – COVID-19 safety proceduresThe coun
This week at City Hall: Sept. 28
City Council focuses entirely on homelessness prevention, and a potential resource guide for residents and local businesses on the topic of homelessness is considered.
Santa Ana River fire: A reminder of work to be done among city’s homeless
Plumes of yellowed smoke rose up and out of Riverside over the weekend after 14 acres in Ward 1 burned when a bonfire in a homeless encampment grew out of control. Riverside Fire Department battled the flames and waited to make certain they were extinguished from Thursday until Sunday morning. Its o
In Brief: Laura’s Law
Tackling the homelessness crisis in Riverside County has been named as a top priority by local officials, including Riverside’s mayor, its city council and county board of supervisors. Among the programs and initiatives available to California municipalities to address the issue, the Assisted Outpat
Big City Mayors ask state leadership for historic funding allocation to address homelessness
Today at 10:30 a.m., Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson and fellow Big City Mayors (BCM) will virtually ask the governor and legislative leadership to include a historic $16 billion over four years in the state budget to house nearly every Californian who entered a homeless shelter in 2020. (Office of the M
Community Highlight: Addressing homelessness in Riverside
While the most noticeable effects of the worldwide pandemic were projected on screens throughout the year, the growing homeless population was a casualty behind the scenes. There was a 20 percent increase in Riversiders experiencing homelessness during the pandemic, according to Path of Life Ministr
A conversation with Riverside’s new Homeless Solutions Officer: Dr. Lorissa Villarreal
Villarreal said tackling homeless is a team effort and should not be approached as a ‘one-size-fits-all situation.’
Village of shelter units celebrates one year of housing Riverside’s homeless
Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of when 30 temporary-shelter units were built near Massachusetts Avenue, which have since housed over 100 individuals experiencing homelessess. In early 2020, Riverside’s Office of Homeless Solutions partnered with City Net Riverside to open and operate the Ri
High school students donate to Riverside’s homeless
Despite a restricted school year and online-only meetings, several high school students in Moreno Valley came together to aid the homeless in their county. In a campaign called, “You Matter To Me,” approximately 80 junior and senior students from Valley View High School’s chapter of the National Hon