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Council approves revisions to city code of ethics; digital-communications language deferred for further review
Summary
The City Council adopted Governmental Processes Committee recommendations to the code of ethics—adding whistleblower protections, widening complainant eligibility, and revising preconference evidence language—while referring proposed digital-communications provisions to the Board of Ethics and city attorney for more study amid First Amendment concerns.
Riverside's City Council approved a set of revisions to the municipal code of ethics advanced by the Governmental Processes Committee, including expanded eligibility to file complaints, added whistleblower-protection language, and edits to preconference procedures that replace presumptive factual language with references to allegations in complaints.
Council member Falcone, who chaired the committee, outlined the package and said the changes seek to improve clarity and fairness in the ethics-complaint process. Among the updates is…
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