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Riverside has been recognized for its use of digital technology to help improve the city’s services and quality of life.
The Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute, ranked Riverside fifth in its 2017 Digital Cities Survey, according to a statement.
Riverside was in the category of municipal governments with at least 250,000 but fewer than half a million residents. Sacramento, which ranked fourth, and Long Beach, which ranked sixth were in the same category.
Other cities included Los Angeles [first], San Diego [third], Modesto [seventh] and Pasadena [ninth], according to the statement.
Open government, use of mobile applications and social media and implementation of broadband and wireless infrastructure were among the criteria used to determine the rankings.
“This ranking shows that Riverside is using technology effectively on behalf of our residents,” said Lea Deesing, Riverside’s chief innovation officer, in the statement. “Technology is allowing City Halls and other governments to be open 24 hours per day, and Riverside is at the forefront of that effort.”
The Center for Digital Government is a division of e.Republic a media and research company based in Folsom that focuses exclusively on state and local government and education.
