UCR analysis: Riverside County survey finds roads, public works top priorities
A University of California, Riverside analysis of 26,543 responses to the county's budget survey found public works and community services overtook public safety as top spending priorities; road maintenance, social assistance and affordable housing led initiative preferences.
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Dean Mark Long of the UCR School of Public Policy presented the county's FY 2026–27 budget survey results, saying the county received about 26,543 responses — 25,944 English and 599 Spanish — and that public works and community services emerged as the public's top priorities, edging out public safety from last year. "Public works and community services were the top category followed by public safety," Dean Long said during the presentation.
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