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Public commenters press Riverside council to publish vendor payments after allegations of improper transfers
Summary
Public speakers at Riverside City Council's Dec. 2 meeting demanded the city publish its vendor payment records online and raised allegations—including a claim of $1.2 billion in payments and unspecified transfers to the county—while the mayor said staff would make updated vendor/contact information available next week.
Public commenters at the Riverside City Council meeting on Dec. 2 pressed elected officials to make the city's vendor payment records publicly accessible and raised serious allegations about unexplained transfers.
An attendee who returned to the issue after earlier requests told the council they had obtained the vendor list and said the document contains lengthy entries they view as unexplained. The commenter alleged large transfers and said the "gran total" on one page was "1.2 billones de dólares,"…
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