This Week in City Hall March 23, 2026
City meetings this week cover a litigation ban, affordable housing dollars, civil rights infrastructure, and police stop data reform.
City meetings this week cover a litigation ban, affordable housing dollars, civil rights infrastructure, and police stop data reform.
Public meetings this week cover senior housing, parks improvements, historic preservation and a new clean-energy partnership.
City Council, the Planning Commission and five other bodies hold public meetings this week, covering topics from a railroad quiet zone project to a Downtown bar's permit revocation.
City Council weighs revenue options for fire staffing, while boards take up speed limits and ethics rules.
City Council meets Tuesday with $1.8 million in spending approvals and a Fire Department defensible space discussion. The Planning Commission will consider revoking a Downtown bar's permits after repeated code violations and emergency calls.
City Council does not meet this week. The Safety Committee will consider restrictions on nitrous oxide and kratom products after police found extensive sales and health officials linked them to fatal overdoses.
City Council will discuss two potential lawsuits related to the rejected University Terrace homeless housing project and review the 2026 Book of Work outlining major city priorities.
Council will consider a 117-unit apartment development in La Sierra, award $1.95 million for street maintenance, while the Park and Recreation Commission reviews design plans for a two-mile Gage Canal trail connecting Northside to UC Riverside.
City Council will discuss placing tax measures on the June ballot including a potential 0.25% sales tax generating $21 million annually and consider warehouse development restrictions.
City Council does not meet this week. The Economic Development Committee will consider billboard rule changes allowing digital displays in exchange for revenue sharing, and the Safety Committee is reviewing a shopping cart tracking pilot program.
City Council will consider $20.1 million in state funds to convert a motel into 114 affordable apartments, review a fire service study recommending 84 new firefighters and two stations, and approve a $4 million increase for Mission Boulevard Bridge replacement.
Council will consider eminent domain for a quiet zone project stopping train horns sounded 31 times daily at two crossings, award $5.56 million for street resurfacing, and review Riverside Alive Project environmental certification appeals.
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