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Redlands pays $475,000 to settle another police harassment lawsuit
Community Forward Redlands: Settlement pushes the city's payouts tied to allegations involving former Deputy Chief Michael Reiss to about $4.25 million across four cases.
San Bernardino County opens $125.6 million emergency dispatch hub
San Bernardino County: Federal American Rescue Plan money covered $106 million of the cost; the facility puts county emergency management, Sheriff dispatch and CONFIRE under one roof.
Redlands Unified holds budget and LCAP hearings June 9
Community Forward Redlands: Trustees open the 2026-27 budget for public comment, plus a $906K YMCA afterschool deal and a Beattie Middle School safety upgrade.
Chino Hills weighs a one-cent sales tax for the November ballot
Champion Newspapers: The city projects a $4.3 million General Fund deficit for 2026-27, covered by reserves. Council takes up the tax question Tuesday, June 9.
State budget could cut the IE's biggest food bank to a tenth of its CalFood supply
Citrus Belt Review: The May budget revision would cut CalFood roughly 90% — dropping Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino from $2.3M to about $262,000 a year, just as demand climbs.
Riverside County weighs a $60M reserves draw to close out this fiscal year
NBC Palm Springs: Separate from next year's budget, supervisors reviewed a third-quarter report recommending roughly $60M pulled from reserves to patch this year's books before June 30.
Riverside County floats a $10.3B budget as a first deficit year looms
County of Riverside: The recommended FY26/27 plan tops $10.3B, but departments asked for $700M more in discretionary money than the county has — the gap that makes this a deficit budget.
Redlands council takes up its two-year budget Tuesday
Citrus Belt Review: The city manager's proposed budget for fiscal 2027 and 2028 goes before council June 2 — the spending plan that sets Redlands' fiscal posture for two years.
Redlands moves its Saturday market to 7 a.m. and looks for the exit
Redlands Community News: Council shifted the Downtown Morning Market to 7–11 a.m. and told staff to find a new site and a third-party operator — a move driven by parking complaints and a market that runs at a loss.
Riverside parks proposes $2.7M in cuts and would scrap the Latin Festival
The Raincross Gazette: The two-year plan kills the new Latin Festival, thins recreation and community-center security, and leaves two management jobs unfilled — all tied to closing the city's General Fund and Measure Z deficits.
Perris voters decide a 1% sales tax increase June 2
The Riverside Record: Measure B would raise Perris's sales tax from 7.75% to 8.75% and bring in an estimated $18 million annually. The council voted 4-1 to send it to voters, citing rising public safety, infrastructure, and insurance costs.
Riverside seeks $14M federal grant for street safety, AI traffic cameras
Raincross Gazette: Bike-lane upgrades, high-visibility crosswalks, and AI cameras at high-collision intersections, with a possible drone first-responder pilot tacked on.
Riverside picks up ~$150K in climate and clean-energy grants
City of Riverside: Three awards from Resilient Cities Catalyst, Bloomberg Philanthropies and ICLEI USA back the Northside Agriculture Innovation Center, youth climate work and clean-energy partnerships.
Riverside council advances budget with $27M shortfall and public works cuts
The Riverside Record: Council voted 4-1 Monday to send the proposed two-year budget to a June 23 hearing. Councilmember Philip Falcone opposed any cuts to public works, calling roads and infrastructure his constituents' top priority alongside public safety.
Riverside proposes 5.7% fee hike plus automatic CPI bumps each year
Raincross Gazette: Council moved the package to a June 23 hearing. The first-year increase would add about $862,000 to the General Fund; one council member opposed any automatic adjustments written into code.
Murrieta Valley schools put $359M bond on November ballot
The Riverside Record: Board voted unanimously last week to send the measure to voters, who would maintain the current $60-per-$100,000 assessed value tax rate. The district has logged 125 roof leaks in the past year.
Riverside Unified and UCR call off $134M STEM high school
The Riverside Record: After more than a decade of planning and roughly $1.5 million in environmental review and lease work the district can't recover, the two sides walked away Friday, citing new leadership at both institutions.