The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will soon vote on a proposed $9.6 million budget for the 2024-’25 fiscal year. If passed, that will be an 11 percent spending increase compared with the current fiscal budget, according to a statement. The new fiscal year begins July 1. “Our priority is …
Read More »San Bernardino County approves budget
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has approved a $9.8 billion budget for the 2024-’25 fiscal year, which will begin July. 1. The budget includes $376.3 million for multiple initiatives, including public safety, economic development, disaster preparedness, infrastructure, community projects, and emergency funds, according to a statement on the …
Read More »Riverside, Edison to proceed with above-ground power project
Early next year, construction is expected to begin on 9.3 miles of high-voltage transmission lines that will traverse Riverside, Jurupa Valley and a portion of Norco. Nearly twenty years in the marking, the $720 million Riverside Transmission Reliability Project will give the city – which operates its own public utility …
Read More »Former Riverside bus station to become mixed-use project
A former bus station in Riverside will be converted into a mixed-use student housing, retail and office space development. The structure between the library and University Avenue immediately west of Market Street will be home to 392 units of mixed-use student housing, retail and office space, according to a statement …
Read More »Riverside County to adopt budget
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to adopt the 2024-’25 fiscal year budget June 25. The recommended budget makes available more than $9.6 billion for essential services, a substantial increase of 11 percent compared to last year’s $8.6 billion budget, according to a statement on the county’s website. …
Read More »San Bernardino County street vendors protest
San Bernardino County has approved a $9.8 billion budget for the 2024-’24 fiscal year, a fraction of which has drawn the ire of the city’s street vendors. That’s because $485,657 of the budget is earmarked for the Illegal Street Vending Program, a Department of Health initiative that some vendors believe …
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