> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # This Week in City Hall: October 20, 2025 - URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/this-week-in-city-hall-october-20-2025/ - Published: 2025-10-20T12:00:17.000Z - Updated: 2025-10-20T15:23:12.000Z - Description: City Council will establish the voter-approved Office of the Inspector General with expanded oversight authority, consider meeting rule changes including Mayor scheduling authority, and review extending the tobacco retail permit moratorium through 2026. - Author: Gazette Staff - Tags: City Hall, Personnel & Leadership, Column Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worth your attention in the coming 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. ### City Council City Council will meet in closed and open sessions on Tuesday, Oct. 21, with afternoon sessions at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1338962&GUID=F657B39B-33BE-4D97-B7DC-80383BDE9454&ref=raincrossgazette.com)). The agenda includes: - Establishing an [independent Office of the Inspector General](https://riversideca.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=383cf2b3-edee-4fb5-95a6-38d7d991521d.docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) following [voter approval](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/despite-public-concerns-council-subcommittee-urges-trust-in-forming-inspector-general-role/) that will replace the City's Internal Audit Division with expanded oversight responsibilities, including ethics complaint management and authority to request outside legal counsel if approved by City Council. - Considering [proposed revisions to City Council meeting rules](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14853291&GUID=C6C313C4-E405-4F78-858F-F953C08B4533&ref=raincrossgazette.com) that adjust the summer meeting schedule to eliminate September meetings, grant the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem authority to change meeting times, require explanations when consent calendar items are pulled for discussion, expand presiding officer discretion to limit public comment duration based on agenda length or speaker numbers, and more. - Adopting the [State's updated 2025 building and fire codes](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14853306&GUID=053840C1-8C90-4975-A554-3F3440338777&ref=raincrossgazette.com). - Considering [an extension](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14853256&GUID=5B482527-D96E-4A9F-A0AC-93F11F52D09C&ref=raincrossgazette.com) of [last month's 45-day moratorium on new tobacco retail permits](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/city-council-approves-emergency-moratorium-on-new-smoke-shop-permits/) through September 2026, which police requested after documenting illegal sales of cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms, and narcotics. - Amending City [zoning rules to comply with state housing laws](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14853271&GUID=356EA0E1-C10C-477D-84F2-957AF0DBE0A3&ref=raincrossgazette.com) by removing local restrictions on two-unit developments and lot splits that don't apply to other single-family homes, while maintaining exemptions for all historic properties and cultural resources. - Reviewing [zoning code corrections](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14853238&GUID=8AACE643-3B21-4886-9480-8FA9B2CDBD26&ref=raincrossgazette.com) that implement state-mandated hydrogen fuel station rules, restrict scrap metal recyclers to address copper theft, and reduce permit requirements for various business types. - Establishing a [Building Plan Check Self-Certification Program](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14853277&GUID=7F224E1B-F8C9-4E19-A627-0B7D903EE713&ref=raincrossgazette.com) that allows licensed architects and engineers to certify their own plans meet code requirements, reducing permit issuance from 10-25 days to 1-3 days for eligible projects. ### Commission on Aging The Commission on Aging meets on Monday, Oct. 20, at 4:00 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1346154&GUID=070903FF-2033-47ED-8E7B-92E87B73917A&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) for regular business. ### Park and Recreation Commission The Park and Recreation Commission meets on Monday, Oct. 20, at 6:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1346155&GUID=7B14F889-F56F-495C-8CD2-AC02A6EE24D6&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to [present the 2025 Robert M. Artz Advocate Award](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14860349&GUID=5C10A298-F77A-444C-BA51-C3FA14D80530&ref=raincrossgazette.com) to Adrian Dell & Carmen Roberts. ### Museum of Riverside Board The Museum of Riverside Board meets on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1345019&GUID=A18128C9-E338-4A66-B8C4-A5BC932FFAEC&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to formally accept a few new items into its collection. ### Community Police Review Commission The Community Police Review Commission meets on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 5:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1346052&GUID=28227921-CC26-4D79-892B-7373AA6D40EC&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) for the continued review of an Officer-Involved Death case and to review RPD's [2025 Racial Identity Profiling Data](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14855462&GUID=DCD27A96-DD04-4067-8CAA-1B7F9B98482E&ref=raincrossgazette.com). ### Economic Development Committee The Economic Development Committee (Councilmembers Robillard, Cervantes, and Hemenway) meets on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1345585&GUID=23B9FE53-D774-4BF3-9A0F-00D9E0C8F0C4&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to review three economic development initiatives including the City's recent [foreign investment trade mission to Japan and South Korea](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14856542&GUID=1433F915-A5EC-45A2-BCDF-088A264DA149&ref=raincrossgazette.com) to recruit international businesses and the launch of the [RISE business retention program](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14856544&GUID=E753A2B6-3F4A-4443-B1E1-1A9EEFC80A59&ref=raincrossgazette.com) that provides on-site support to local companies.