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Riverside’s new city council ward boundaries will become official on July 13.
The boundaries were approved by the city council in June and will be used in 2024’s city council elections, according to a statement on the city’s website.
Wards 1, 3, 5, and 7 will be voted for in March and November of next year. Wards 2, 4, and 6 will be decided in the spring and fall of 2026.
The new borders are the result of Reshape Riverside, a 10-month program that included multiple community meetings and produced more than a dozen proposed ward maps.
“These new ward boundaries reflect hours of community input, staff analysis, and council debate,” Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson said in the statement. “Public participation was important, and we thank the community for its efforts.”
Under the new borders, 16 neighborhoods are preserved, 11 are broken up and four majority-minority wards exist in wards 1, 5, 6, and 7, according to the statement.
