Editing Riviera Beach, Florida (section)

== Government ==
Riviera Beach has a [[mayor–council–manager]] form of government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Council Members |url=https://www.rivierabch.com/elected-officials/council-members |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Riviera Beach, Florida |language=en}}</ref> Ronnie Felder was elected to a second three-year term as its mayor in 2022.<ref name="keller">{{cite news |last1=Keller |first1=Larry |title=Riviera Beach runoff: Mayor Ronnie Felder, City Council member Shirley D. Lanier win re-election |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2022/03/22/riviera-beach-runoff-mayor-ronnie-felder-wins-re-election/7125367001/ |access-date=10 November 2022 |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |date=2022-03-22}}</ref> Jonathan Evans, who was fired as [[city manager]] by three city council members in 2017 "for cause, for misfeasance" but without further explanation, returned to that position in 2019,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Wanda |title=Jonathan Evans returns as Riviera Beach's city manager |url=https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/riviera-beach/jonathan-evans-returns-as-riviera-beachs-city-manager |access-date=10 November 2022 |work=[[WPTV]] |date=12 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> and {{as of|2022|7|lc=yes}} was in negotiations for a contract renewal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Todd |title=Riviera Beach City Council debate new contract for city manager |url=https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/riviera-beach/riviera-beach-city-council-debate-new-contract-for-city-manager |access-date=10 November 2022 |work=[[WPTV]] |date=14 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The city is divided into five districts, each with a council member; the mayor does not vote.<ref name="keller"/>

The Riviera Beach City Council has received national attention for its repeated clashes with local activist [[Fane Lozman]], starting with his successful lawsuit, brought under Florida's open-meetings law, to prevent them from seizing the marina under [[eminent domain]] and selling it to private developers.<ref name="snyder-439">{{cite journal|last=Snyder|first=Jesse D. H.|year=2019|title=What Fane Lozman Can Teach Us About Free Speech|url=https://scholarship.law.uwyo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1412&context=wlr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111205852/https://scholarship.law.uwyo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1412&context=wlr |archive-date=2022-01-11 |url-status=live |journal=[[Wyoming Law Review]]|volume=19|issue=2 |page=439|doi=10.59643/1942-9916.1412 }}</ref> In 2013, [[Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach (2013)|Lozman won against the city]] at the [[United States Supreme Court]] in an [[United States admiralty law|admiralty case]] after the city seized his [[floating home]]. In 2018, [[Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach (2018)|Lozman won a rare second victory]] at the court, this one arising from his arrest during a city council meeting in November 2006.<ref name="daugherty">{{cite web |last=Daugherty |first=Alex |date=June 18, 2018 |title=South Florida activist is 2-0 at the Supreme Court after First Amendment victory |publisher=[[Miami Herald]] |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article213374049.html |access-date=November 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206071951/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article213374049.html |archive-date=2021-02-06 |url-status=live}}</ref>