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# This Week in City Hall: September 28, 2026
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/this-week-in-city-hall-september-28-2026/
- Published: 2026-09-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Riverside officials consider a residential program for teen parents, review how the utility spent pollution allowance revenue and discuss new powers for the Board of Ethics.
- Author: Micaela Ricaforte
- Tags: City Hall

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, Sept. 28, at 3:30 p.m. (agenda) to consider a [proposal](https://app.notion.com/p/TWiCH-Sep-28-3abef165d2ee812081e1d1f3f21e5238?pvs=21&ref=raincrossgazette.com) from Leap for Joy Foundation to use $1.28 million in City homelessness grant funds to buy and renovate a home at 775 Huston Street for a 24-hour supervised residential treatment program for pregnant and parenting teens ([item 2](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5478-housing-and-homelessness-committee-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aaacf1d442538898d007d18-2-consider-proposal-from-leap-for-joy-foundation?ref=raincrossgazette.com)), and to discuss [potential changes](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=813f4bb5-ffb6-48b8-bd0b-3cd5b1bfadd1.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) to the city's mobile home park rent stabilization rules that could limit rent increases when a home passes to a family member ([item 3](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5478-housing-and-homelessness-committee-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aaacf1d442538898d007d19-3-proposed-amendments-to-riverside-municipal-code?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).

### Board of Public Utilities

The Board of Public Utilities meets on Monday, Sept. 28, at 6:30 p.m. (agenda) to review a [report](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=24518275-21f0-4799-8096-3a3c067c0f78.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) on how the utility spent money from selling state pollution allowances, including a $50 million reserve that staff now say cannot easily be returned to customers as bill credits because of City Charter limits ([item 12](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5480-board-of-public-utilities-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aab07be4425389de1006310-12-receive-update-on-city-of-riversides-use-of-a?ref=raincrossgazette.com)), and [considering](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=d1ca3bd9-8410-452c-97fb-aee986a05222.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) a $2.13 million no-bid agreement to replace all 600 filter membrane modules at the John W. North Water Treatment Plant in spring 2027 ([item 14](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5480-board-of-public-utilities-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aab07be4425389de1006312-14-approve-agreement-with-zenon-environmental-cor?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).

### Board of Ethics

The Board of Ethics meets on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. (agenda) to discuss a board member’s proposals to ask voters to [add the Board of Ethics to the City Charter](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=32fdaeb3-a7df-4adc-bf54-ae0892ad2618.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) — meaning the City Council could no longer change or dissolve it without voter approval — and to let the board [request investigations](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=e1073ad1-a76e-42d8-8427-25a023807899.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) and audits from the Inspector General ([item 5](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5481-board-of-ethics-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aad636a442538b8390001c0-5-ad-hoc-committee-update-on-proposed-riverside-m?ref=raincrossgazette.com)).