Publisher’s note: Inland Empire Publications, the parent company of The Riverside Record, is set to be a co-plaintiff in the pending lawsuit.
The decision to move forward with litigation came days after the Riverside City Council, during a closed session meeting May 5, reviewed an April 21 letter sent by Susan Seager, a law professor and head of the Press Freedom Project at University of California, Irvine.
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The May 13 order came less than a month after VRP filed a letter with the court about “breach in election security and possible additional Elections Code violations,” related to the accidental release of documents associated with the investigation.
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To help voters make sense of it all, The Riverside Record has compiled information about Measure Z, including why the Riverside City Council voted to put it on the June 2 ballot and the arguments for and against the measure.
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More than 100 residents from communities spanning Sky Valley to Palm Springs packed the Boys & Girls Club for a meeting focused on the proposed Coachella Valley Technology Center Campus, a planned 450-acre project at the intersection of Fillmore Street and 52nd Avenue.
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The county received nearly 27,000 responses to this year’s survey in which respondents were asked about which county services were most important to them, which they felt should receive more funding and how they would distribute the budget across the county’s service categories.
In addition to the online survey, the county also held five community workshops in which 158 people attended and 56 comments were submitted.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California announced Monday that the state’s civil rights agency had opened an investigation into allegations that Riverside officials violated anti-discrimination laws by voting to reject a state grant for an affordable housing project.
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Happy Monday! We've got more than two dozen city council and school board meetings happening throughout Riverside County this week.
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Ahead of the June 2 Riverside City Council election, The Riverside Record has put together a guide to help voters make more informed decisions for themselves, their families and their communities, and it's out now.
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Voting is already underway for the June 2 Riverside City Council election with voters in Wards 2, 4 and 6 casting their ballots to decide who will represent them for the next four years.
For those who want to learn more about candidates running for office, be sure to check out The Riverside Record’s voter guide at the link in bio!
The city of Riverside initially announced Futrell would become Pasadena’s next city manager on April 15.
Ten days later, in a since deleted joint statement his wife Susan Freeman posted on social media, it was announced that he would remain Riverside’s city manager, citing Measure Z and the city’s recent economic relationships as part of his reasoning.
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Attorney Bijan Darvish said what happened to his client, former Sgt. Frank Lodes, was indicative of the culture within the department.
“I think they have a culture of a good old boys network, because every single person that was involved in this has been promoted, and there’s never been any accountability,” he said.
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Happy first full week of May! We've got plenty of public meetings happening throughout Riverside County this week.
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