Editing Riverside, California (section)

===Local government===
Riverside is a [[charter city]] governed by a [[Local government in the United States#California|mayor and city council]]. The mayor is elected in a citywide election. The city council has seven members, each elected from single member wards. A [[city manager]] is responsible for ongoing city services.

In Riverside's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, the city's government accounts were reported to have $244&nbsp;million in revenues and $365&nbsp;million in expenditures, with the deficiency made up by the issuance of long-term debt and transfers from the city-owned utilities (including electric and water).<ref>[http://www.riversideca.gov/finance/pdf/cafr2013/Entire-2013-Report.pdf Retrieved October 4, 2014]</ref>  The report also indicates that over the prior nine years, the number of city employees increased by 23.6% to 2,686 FTE, outpacing the 12.5% increase in the number of residents.

In 2024, Riverside residents approved Measure L, which would create a city-appointed inspector-general position that would be charged with "investigating, auditing, inspecting and providing operational performance evaluations for city offices, special districts and joint powers authorities."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-07 |title=Election 2024 Results: Voters favor bringing watchdog to Riverside City Hall |url=https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/11/06/election-2024-results-voters-favor-bringing-watchdog-to-riverside-city-hall/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Press Enterprise |language=en-US}}</ref>