Three public listening sessions have been set as the Riverside County Board of Supervisors ad hoc committee on sheriff oversight continues to evaluate options.
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“This listening session is an important opportunity to share your concerns, experiences, questions and ideas,” Supervisor Jose Medina said in a social media post announcing the first community forum. “Community input will help inform the committee’s work and future recommendations to the board.”
The first event is set for October 13 from 6-8 p.m. in the Board Hearing Room at the Riverside County Administrative Center, 4080 Lemon St. in Riverside. The second is set for October 22 from 6-8 p.m. at the Coachella Valley Water District Steve Robbins Administration Building, 75515 Hovley Lane East in Palm Desert. The final forum is set to be held virtually on October 26 from 6-8 p.m. with additional details set to be announced.
Medina first brought up the idea of creating an ad hoc meeting to look into sheriff oversight at the July 29, 2025, meeting. The motion failed at the time for lack of a second.
This past July, he brought back the item to the board with an amended motion that was approved 4-0 with Supervisor Chuck Washington absent. Along with Medina, the board selected Supervisor Karen Spiegel to serve on the ad hoc committee tasked with evaluating potential options.
Since then, Medina and Spiegel have met twice, once in August and once in September, to create a work plan that not only establishes the ad hoc committee’s processes and procedures, but also includes a robust public communications and transparency plan.
As part of the work plan, a dedicated page on the county’s website has been created to provide updates to the community about the process and includes a link for residents to submit written feedback directly to the ad hoc committee.
According to the work plan, the committee’s final report, including any recommended action, is set to be submitted to the full board at the first regularly scheduled board meeting in January 2027.
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