MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 - JULY 20, 2014
riversideindependent.com
Upcoming meeting could create a Santa Ana River Conservancy by Vickie Vértiz
VOLUME 1, NO. 11
City of Riverside launches new website to improve access to information EngageRiverside.com is latest effort to increase transparency in government, involve residents
Council, and members of city boards, commissions, and committees are subject to the code. Annually, this code is reviewed for its effectiveness and application. The City Council will hear those recommendations at 7
The City of Riverside has expanded its effort to connect with residents and provide a more open and transparent government through the creation of a new website, www. EngageRiverside.com, which offers easy access to reams of data about city government. The new website brings together in one place facts, documents, data sets and tools for learning more about Riverside and how city government works. It offers easy access to more than 815,000 documents including 3.4 million pages of information; online permit viewing; crime reports and fire responses; agendas for City Council meetings, as well as meetings of citizen boards and commissions; and more. The website is based on the premise that residents are best served when they are able to quickly and efficiently access information about how their tax dollars are being used. “EngageRiverside is neither the beginning nor the
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Santa Ana River -Photo by Christine French
State Senator Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, will talk with the public about efforts to create a Santa Ana River Conservancy on Tuesday, July 15, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the University of California, Riverside in the Orbach Science Library, room 240. Senate Bill 1390, written by Sen. Correa, would form a Santa Ana River Conservancy
that the State Coastal Conservancy would administer to create goals for the Santa Ana River region around recreation and available resources. The bill states that, “The Santa Ana River is an extraordinary natural resource of statewide significance. The river has been subject to intense development and is in need of restoration, conservation, and
enhancement.” Furthermore, “The establishment of the Santa Ana River Conservancy Program will provide the state with the necessary structure to plan and implement restoration and preservation projects and recreation opportunities, and enhance the overall condition of the Santa Ana River.” Please see page 2
City of Riverside invites public to ethics and conduct meeting The public is invited to recommend amendments to the code of city government ethics and conduct. The City Council Governmental Affairs Committee is holding an annual meeting to formulate recommendations for the City Council at 4 p.m., September 3, 2014, in the
Mayor’s Ceremonial Room, Seventh Floor. The committee will ask for contributions from board and commission chairs as well as from the public. As required by an amendment to the charter approved by voters in 2004, the city adopted a code of ethics and conduct. The Mayor, City