Save the Date! This Saturday morning -9:30-11:00 is a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson. Click to enlarge the image for details.
Category Archives: Democarcy
Riverside improperly held electricity tax election, judge rules
It looks like the old ways of doing business in Riverside are beginning to erode. Read about it here from the PE:
This decision came about because residents were forced to take legal action against some very unwise legal advice given to the City Council which makes them look complicit in trying to defraud the ratepayers.
If ever we needed an elected Inspector General, this sort of waste of public funds should be reason enough. What else is being hidden from view?
After long years of suffering under the economic development vision of “cheap dirt”, and a series of deplorable leadership decisions, feckless city managers and past councils with questionable ethics and certainly with no love of place, residents are finally demanding answers and showing a willingness to apply constant pressure on the issues that matter to all of us.
Increasing demands for closer scrutiny over decisions on how our public funds are being disbursed is beginning to pay and special interests don’t like this trend. We’re seeing a reassertion of parents and taxpayer rights to effective school bond oversight.
We can complain all we want about the fraud, waste and abuse that occurs in government, but if we don’t step in to express our thoughts, keep demanding answers, or counter the latest special interest vision with our own, residents will always get far less than we deserve from our tax dollars. Where do you want to make the next difference in Riverside?
Save the Date. Watkins Dr Included In Great American Clean Up
Save the date! Saturday May 7, 2022.
After way too many months of neglect, Watkins Dr., gateway to the University Neighborhood is about to get some TLC.
Along with Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful, the Friends of Riverside’s Hills, UNA neighbors and UCR students, we’re converging as part of a Citywide clean up event. Sign up here
Don’t forget to select your T-shirt size. Click Ward 2 and mention Watkins Dr in a box near the end of the form. Spread the word. It’s a big job. See you there.
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Riverside Gateway Parks- Virtual Workshop #3
Here’s the latest development in our Santa Ana Riverside Gateway Parks Project. It’s easy to review and catch up , and to add your ideas and comments. Just follow the links. Here’s the invitation from Devan Gelle, one of the planners:
Good Afternoon,
Thank you to everyone who attended our third virtual workshop! If you were unable to attend, the workshop recording is now posted to our website, riversidegatewayparks.com. We invite everyone to review the recording and to provide your feedback on our 3 Jamboards for the Tequesquite North Extension, the Tequesquite South Extension, and the Santa Ana Greenway.
In addition to the Jamboard, you can provide your feedback by leaving us a voicemail at (951) 228-0022, replying to this email, commenting on our interactive map, or taking our survey. Please note the last day to provide comments on the interactive map and on the survey is May 5.
We look forward to reading your comments!
DEVAN GELLE
Pronouns: she/her
Planner II | Alta Planning + Design, Inc.Los Angeles, CA | altago.com
Here’s a look at conditions on the ground existing as we design and plan for new recreational options. There is a certain shock value in watching this. It occurs on many levels.
UNA News Updates
There’s always a lot of things going on and it’s sometimes difficult to keep up. Here are some things you might have missed.
Redistricting – Our neighborhood is no longer in the same Assembly District as the rest of the City. Find out more here: https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/
Neighborhood Resource Numbers
Who To Call List Updated Oct 2021
Reporting Issues with Violations of UCR’s Good Neighbor Guidelines – Information about the guidelines, as well as a link to the reporting form, are all available at https://conduct.ucr.edu/policies/good-neighbor-guidelines.
Mt Vernon Median Makeover Complete
What Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) Look Like in the UNA
A picture is worth a 1000 words. Not always the words fit for polite company though.
Safety Tips Worth Knowing -courtesy of Dick MacPhearson
April UNA Meeting Agenda
Map and Directions To Crest Community Church
3431 Mt Vernon Ave, Riverside, CA 92507
1. Welcome – Introductions 5 min.
2. UCR Update 10 min.
Beth Claassen Thrush
3. RPD Update 20 min.
4. Council Update 20 min
5. Save The Date – Watkins Clean up TBD
6. Old Business
7. New Business
UNA March Meeting Agenda
Map and Directions To Crest Community Church
3431 Mt Vernon Ave, Riverside, CA 92507
1. Welcome – Introductions 5 min.
2. UCR Update 10 min.
Beth Claassen Thrush
3. RPD Update 20 min.
Neighborhood Resource Numbers
Who To Call List Updated Oct 2021
4. Council Update 20 min
5. Redistricting – For more information on the redistricting process for the CA State Assembly and Senate, see https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/
6. Reporting Issues with Violations of UCR’s Good Neighbor Guidelines – Information about the guidelines, as well as a link to the reporting form, are all available at https://conduct.ucr.edu/policies/good-neighbor-guidelines.
7. Burro Update – Response From County Animal Control https://universityneighborhood.net/burros-update/
8. Old Business
9. New Business
UNA February Meeting Agenda
Map and Directions To Crest Community Church
3431 Mt Vernon Ave, Riverside, CA 92507
1. Welcome – Introductions 5 min.
2. UCR Update 15 min.
Beth Claassen Thrush
3. RPD Update 20 min.
Neighborhood Rescource Numbers
Who To Call List Updated Oct 2021
4. Council Update 20 min
Announcements
5. Mt.Vernon Median Makeover
6. Burro Update
7. UCR LRDP Update
7. Future Agenda Items
Save California Solar
Hi Friends,
I signed this petition to Governor Newsom to keep rooftop solar growing in California. Will you consider signing it too?
https://www.savecaliforniasolar.org/sign-petition
Utilities are lobbying the state to make it harder and more expensive for people to get solar. They are trying to gut net metering, which lets solar users share their extra solar energy with the neighbors for a bill credit.
Even though we have Riverside Public Utilities, we can be doing so much more to lower our energy costs and raise our comfort level. Expanding city rooftop solar should maximize coverage to reduce our collective costs.
We need to make it easier for people to get rooftop solar so they can control over their energy bills and keep the power on. Will you consider signing and forwarding to others?
UNA November Meeting Agenda
Map and Directions To Crest Community Church
3431 Mt Vernon Ave, Riverside, CA 92507
1. Welcome – Introductions 5 min.
2. Parking Permit Renewals 20 min.
City of Riverside Parking Portal
3. RPD Update 20 min.
Neighborhood Rescource Numbers
Who To Call List Updated Oct 2021
4. Council Update 20 min
5. Measure C Update 20 min.
6. UCR Update 20 min.
Beth Claassen Thrush
7. Future Agenda Items