What can you do?

Sign the Urban Growth Boundary Initiative

If you are a registered voter living within the city limits of Riverbank, you can sign the Riverbank Urban Growth Boundary Initiative. We need the signatures of 10% of the registered voters to put it on the 2024 ballot. This Initiative supports the continuation of Riverbank’s current Western boundary. Stanislaus County and many other communities in the Bay Area and in the Central Valley have passed similar Urban Growth Boundary initiatives.

Such a measure, if passed by the voters, would establish a Western limit to the city where the soils are of the highest quality. This measure will not completely block any efforts to annex and develop the area in the future. However, with the passing of this measure, it will take a majority of Riverbank voters to agree to it.

The Initiative itself can be found in the Document Section. For an opportunity to sign it, or to volunteer to help canvas for signatures look at the Weekly Update section.

Write a letter to the Riverbank City Council

Contact the Mayor and Council Members of Riverbank by phone or e-mail and voice your opposition to the River Walk project. Refer to The River Walk Specific Plan (-SCH #2021060098.) You can send the same letter/e-mail to the mayor and each council-member.

Richard O’Brien, Mayor: (209) 719-9256, e-mail: robrien@riverbank.org

Luis Uribe, (District 1) Council-member (209) 719-9696 luribe@riverbank.org

Rachel Hernandez, (District 2) Vice-Mayor, Council-member (209) 719-9696 rhernandez@riverbank.org

Leanne Jones-Cruz, (District 3) Council-member (209) 719-8585 ljonescruz@riverbank.org

Darlene Barber-Martinez, (District 4) Council-member (209) 719-9254 dbmartinez@riverbank.org

Attend City Council Meetings:

The Riverbank City Council typically meets the 2nd and the 4th Tuesday of every month at City Hall, downtown Riverbank. Before the official start of every meeting, there is time given to presentations and then to comments from the public. You have up to three minutes, at any meeting, to voice your opposition to the River Walk Project. You do not have to stay for the whole meeting. The meetings are held in City Hall in downtown Riverbank at 6707 3rd St.

Attend LAFCO meetings:

Attend the monthly LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commissions) meeting which typically meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 6pm. LAFCO’s are independent regulatory commissions created by the California legislature to control the boundaries of cities and most special districts. At the beginning of a LAFCO meeting , there is an opportunity to briefly voice your concerns and opposition to the River Walk development. These meetings start at 6:00 pm and are held at 1010 10th St.. in the basement chambers, downstairs.

Inform your neighbors:

Talk to your neighbors and other members of your household about the effort to stop the River Walk project. Tell them about this website.

Check the weekly updates section of this website for the most current information.