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# This Week in City Hall: October 26, 2026
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/this-week-in-city-hall-october-26-2026/
- Published: 2026-10-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T12:00:01.000Z
- Description: Riverside panels weigh selling backyard homes as condos, a former code enforcement supervisor’s discipline appeal, a 35-year canal license and limits on racial disparities in police stops.
- Author: Micaela Ricaforte

Welcome to our weekly digest of public meetings and agenda items worth your attention for this 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.

### Housing and Homelessness Committee

The Housing and Homelessness Committee meets on Monday, Oct. 26, at 3:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1452965&GUID=7DBED84E-0CC1-4675-8E5C-9DD418F2201A&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to consider whether to let [homeowners sell accessory dwelling units](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=b3b41ed8-d999-4cdc-b67d-f1af2d0d8e19.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) as separate condos and add them to small new subdivisions, along with a staff proposal to replace the City’s own accessory dwelling unit rules with state law ([item 2](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5505-housing-and-homelessness-committee-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6ad01562f395e720de007c7e-2-california-housing-legislative-2025-2026-update?ref=raincrossgazette.com)) and to review [proposed changes to the city’s homelessness plan](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=669a5fb2-d036-43d3-8a35-465a2350fcc1.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) targets for health, mental health and substance use treatment — including dropping a goal for placing people from street outreach ([item 3](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5505-housing-and-homelessness-committee-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6ad01562f395e720de007c7f-3-discuss-existing-and-proposed-updates-to-homele?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).

### Human Resources Board

The Human Resources Board meets on Monday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1456239&GUID=C20F9B2B-95D4-40EB-A90F-6948C650C093&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to hold a hearing on former code enforcement supervisor Mark Hernandez’s appeal of discipline ([item 3](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5510-human-resources-board-special-meeting/agenda%5Fitems/6ad2715a4425388a300052f1-3-appeal-of-discipline-of-public-employee-perso?ref=raincrossgazette.com)), after a City-commissioned investigation [alleged he and another supervisor harassed street vendors for years](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/its-toxic-mayor-calls-for-audit-of-city-department-after-alleged-vendor-harassment/).

### Board of Public Utilities

The Board of Public Utilities meets on Monday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1452388&GUID=EADDC3E3-4A24-402C-9299-95D36CC43A76&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to consider a 35-year agreement letting [a private company](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=55226bc5-d7c0-47b7-8832-c0e28c9dbd2c.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) use part of the Riverside Water Company Canal for about $147,000 ([item 6](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5506-board-of-public-utilities-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6ad027b3f395e7b2ce007e29-6-recommend-city-council-approve-license-agreemen?ref=raincrossgazette.com)), the $96,000 [sale of a former City water booster station](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=982dd83f-5d8e-48e6-96a7-b225d8edfbb7.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) at 621 Spruce St. ([item 7](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5506-board-of-public-utilities-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6ad027b3f395e7b2ce007e2a-7-recommend-city-council-approve-purchase-sale-a?ref=raincrossgazette.com)), and the [electric utility’s required 2027 plan](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=a5432dd3-83d3-4218-83cb-e40df1fbd080.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) for the state grid operator on how it will secure enough power supply ([item 8](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5506-board-of-public-utilities-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6ad027b3f395e7b2ce007e2c-8-approve-and-authorize-filing-riverside-public-u?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).

### Community Police Review Commission

The Community Police Review Commission meets on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 5:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1441530&GUID=C6CB4F84-A5B7-4819-AF51-F959793F7843&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to consider [recommendations](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=0fde72fb-4fbd-4506-b06f-7e5c252f7c09.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) that the city [set limits on how far police stops of black people can exceed their share of Riverside’s population](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/community-police-review-commission-files-ripa-report-amid-concerns-over-racial-disparities/) before the gap triggers monitoring or an audit, with the proposal headed to a City Council committee ([item 6](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5498-community-police-review-commission-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6ac950d4f2b670a1e700e366-6-ad-hoc-committee-update-racial-and-identity-pr?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).