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Riverside is an incorporated city in Riverside County, California. Find your representatives, follow City Council business, and prepare for upcoming elections. ↗
Riverside is weighing separate ADU sales and additional small-lot housing. The Housing and Homelessness Committee deferred recommendations while city attorneys review state guidance.
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Upcoming election
Election Day · November 3, 2026
Photo: Alicia Ramirez / The Riverside Record · mock vote center, file photograph
Community and civic data
Riverside crosses several legislative, school, and service-district boundaries. The related districts below cover all or part of the city; a resident’s exact set depends on their address.
Current voter makeup
Community data
Race and ethnicity categories can overlap; Hispanic or Latino residents may be of any race.
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts →Public school districts
Most of the city is served by Riverside Unified or Alvord Unified; smaller boundary areas intersect four additional districts.
City of Riverside school-district boundaries →City representation
Riverside voters elect a mayor citywide and one councilmember from each of seven wards.
Mayor · Citywide
The mayor is elected citywide and serves as the presiding officer of the City Council.
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Downtown, Eastside, Northside and Wood Streets, with parts of Grand and Hunter Industrial Park.
University and the Sycamore Canyon areas, most of Hunter Industrial Park, and parts of Canyon Crest and Mission Grove.
Magnolia Center and Victoria, most of Airport and Grand, and part of Ramona.
Alessandro Heights, Arlington Heights, Hawarden Hills and Orangecrest, with parts of Canyon Crest, Mission Grove, Presidential Park and Arlington South.
Casa Blanca and most of Arlington, Arlington South, Presidential Park and Ramona, plus part of La Sierra South.
Most of Arlanza and La Sierra South, with parts of Arlington and La Sierra.
La Sierra Acres and La Sierra Hills, most of La Sierra, and parts of Arlanza and Airport.
Current elections
Active cards are on the ballot in this election. Greyed out cards are not.
June 2, 2026 Primary Election: colored cards had a race in this election. Grey cards did not.
Riverside City Council
See the next scheduled Council meeting, review the latest available recording, or explore past reports. Planning-calendar topics may change; recording-based outcomes remain provisional.
City government
Explore featured Riverside boards, commissions and advisory bodies, with meeting and membership information.
Reviews land-use matters, including the General Plan, zoning changes, subdivisions, and development applications.
9 commissioners · 4-year terms · 2-term limit · Seven ward seats and two citywide seats · Chair Launa K. Wilson
Reviews and approves key expenditures, operations, and policies for Riverside’s electric and water utilities.
9 members · 4-year terms · 2-term limit · Seven ward seats and two citywide seats · Chair Brian D. Siana · Vice Chair Peter M. Wohlgemuth
Advises on the administration, operations, development, and enhancement of Riverside’s public library system.
9 trustees · 4-year terms · 2-term limit · Seven ward seats and two citywide seats · President Bianca M. Corales · Vice President Jaye Steinbrick
Advises on parks, recreation, parkways, street trees, and related city services.
9 members · 4-year terms · 2-term limit · Seven ward seats and two citywide seats
Gives Riverside high school students a voice in city government through civic leadership, policy discussion, and youth-led initiatives.
High school student council · Youth-led, citywide civic participation
Reviews police-community relations and misconduct complaints, conducts outreach, and advises on police policies and practices.
9 members · 4-year terms · 2-term limit · Seven ward seats and two citywide seats · Chair Steven R. Bell · Vice Chair Violet L. Gutierrez
Brings resident and business perspectives to city spending priorities, financial reporting, performance measures, and public budget engagement.
10 members currently listed · 4-year terms · 2-term limit · Resident and business seats drawn from wards and citywide · Chair Sorrelle Ellis Williams · Vice Chair Rich D. Vandenberg
Works to remove barriers and expand full civic, economic, and community participation for Riverside’s deaf community.
13 members · 2-term limit · Ward and citywide appointees representing Riverside’s deaf community · Chair Rene Visco · Vice Chair Mike T. Anderson
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Official records and reference material
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This profile draws on official city records, election reports, Census estimates and published boundary maps. Follow the citations below for sources, dates and qualifications.
Assessed August 8, 2026