The Riverside Unified School District board approved a set of resolutions and agreements on Oct. 16, 2025, including a district-of-choice resolution setting transfer space, adoption of an ordinance, three health-and-welfare contributions for employee groups and a first reading of a new artificial intelligence board policy. Several items were passed

The board approved a new artificial intelligence policy (Board Policy 0441) to guide staff and student use, and authorized pilot programs and professional development beginning this school year.

District legal staff briefed the board on a draft voluntary-exclusion form and procedures after the U.S. Supreme Court's Mammoth v. Taylor decision, explaining criteria, limitations and planned parent notifications; trustees asked for clarity on implementation and appeals.

The Placer County Planning Commission on Oct. 16 reviewed a 240‑unit affordable housing proposal on Hope Way in Penryn. Staff recommended approval of a design review agreement, nine density‑bonus concessions/waivers and a CEQA conformity finding. Commissioners approved most waivers but deadlocked on a waiver to a community plan circulation standard

After a heated public hearing, the Los Angeles City Council voted to send the question of designating the Holiday Bowl as a cultural resource to the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee and secured a 60-day developer agreement not to seek demolition permits while parties negotiate preservation and redevelopment options.

The Ojai Arts Commission heard presentations from two dozen local arts groups on Oct. 16 as it prepares to distribute a $100,000 grant pool. An ad hoc committee will grade applications Nov. 1–2 and commissioners are scheduled to vote in November; final awards go to City Council in December.

The City Council voted to oppose Proposition 38, the school voucher initiative, recording 11 ayes and one no on a communication from the intergovernmental relations committee.

Following testimony from a supervising judge, treatment staff and council members, the City Council voted to continue consideration of a city position on Proposition 36 for 30 days to allow further review and public discussion.

Council and the SDI advisory group discussed a long-running review of SDI funds, requested additional document collection for a forensic audit and agreed to wait for the audit’s findings before pursuing any transfer of funds to a public fiduciary.

After reviewing options, council approved a comprehensive general-liability insurance program (Option 1) and directed staff to use Bellafield revenues to pay the premium; council declined to add terrorism coverage.

The City Council approved a 60‑day continuance for the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to submit its budget, amid council debate about HUD block grant spending and concerns from some members about staffing changes.

Amid the MTA strike, the council approved a special motion asking the Department of Transportation to report on enforcement of unlicensed transportation providers and to study potential temporary or longer‑term jitney services; staff warned enforcement resources are limited.

Santa Monica Baykeeper informed the council it has asked a federal court to allow litigation to proceed against the city for sewage spills, provided a proposed settlement agreement to councilmembers and said negotiations with the city attorney and Bureau of Sanitation had stalled.

A motion by Council member Padilla to pursue three community development projects using federal block grant (CDBG) funds in the Northeast San Fernando Valley was approved by the council; the vote was 10–0 recorded in the meeting.

A one‑page summary of the meeting’s formal votes, including confirmations, approvals, denials, referrals and settlements recorded by the council on Sept. 5, 2000.

The Los Angeles Housing Department told council members the city has appealed an appellate court ruling to the California Supreme Court in a lawsuit over housing fees; the department said potential repayment exposure was about $13 million at the time of the report, and council members discussed reserve funding and risk.

Public commenters at the special council meeting pressed elected officials to endorse an independent review of the Rampart scandal and to support a state special prosecutor. Legal and community groups described alleged misconduct at demonstrations and urged the council to back a monitoring and prosecution pathway beyond a consent decree.

Council debate focused heavily on a proposed departmentwide data system, called Teams 2, to track use-of-force, complaints and personnel signals. Staff estimated multi-million-dollar costs and 18–24 month build times; the council directed negotiators to seek staged implementation, electronic reporting options for traffic and certain pedestrian-stop

Council members spent most of a special meeting debating a proposed Department of Justice consent decree for LAPD reform. Council gave its negotiating team direction to keep working with DOJ on a deal that preserves local control, clarifies the monitor’s role as a reporter not a manager, and phases in technical and staffing changes over time.

City police and code-enforcement staff described how outreach, enforcement and an anti-camping ordinance operate together to address encampments; the city attorney said the Grants Pass Supreme Court decision expanded options for local enforcement but Costa Mesa relies on an existing settlement and shelter capacity to justify enforcement actions.

Mount Diablo Unified officials and partners described growth in career technical education, said the district buses students using CTE grant funds, and invited families to a Nov. 5 parent trades night at Concord High School featuring union and industry partners.

The council unanimously approved an ordinance to align city rules with the Regional Water Quality Control Board, requiring certain project types to treat or infiltrate three-quarters of an inch of rainwater; members discussed waiver reporting to the council.

The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 to place 621 South Union Avenue into the city's REAP program after property owners and a nonprofit buyer disputed whether required repairs had been completed while the building was in escrow for redevelopment into senior housing.

City officials described recent shelter upgrades including 30 behavioral-health beds funded by a state behavioral-health bridge housing grant and county support, and outlined two Homekey conversions (Mesa Vista and Avon River) that officials say will add permanent supportive housing.

City staff and partners described a coordinated outreach-to-housing system centered on a city-owned bridge shelter, daily street outreach and county and nonprofit partnerships; officials said the city has housed about 465 people since 2019 and that outreach makes roughly 150 unduplicated contacts per month.