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Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisals In
Riverside County, City of Riverside
| Riverside is the
county seat of Riverside County and is also a focus city of the Greater Los
Angeles Area. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of
305,255, making it the largest city in the Inland Empire Region, the 12th
largest municipality in the state of California, and among the 50 largest
cities in the United States. To the east of downtown is the originally named
"Eastside" which grew out of a colonia inhabited by Mexican immigrant
workers in the Orange groves. That tradition continues today, with Oaxacan
workers in the place of Spanish speakers. Michael Kearney, an anthropologist at
University of California, Riverside, refers to this vast transnational labor
space as "Oaxacalifornia."Riverside is home to the University of
California, Riverside. The University of California, Riverside, Botanic Gardens
contains 40 acres of unusual plants, with four miles of walking trails. The city
prides itself on its historic connection to the navel orange, which was
introduced to North America from Brazil by the first settlers to Riverside in
1873. Riverside is home to the one surviving Parent Navel Orange Tree, from
which all American West Coast navel orange trees are descended. The Riverside
area is referred to as a “smog belt” because of its above-average level of air
pollution. In a comparison by the National Campaign Against Dirty Air Power,
the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area was found to be one of the most
polluted regions based on year-round soot measurements when compared to other
U.S. cities. Despite the smog problems, the city has made tremendous efforts to
reduce pollution by incorporating additional mass transit (Metrolink) and
equipping its entire fleet of buses with natural gas. A General Plan for the
city was prepared in the year 1994 and updated in 2004. This documentation set
forth broad planning goals for the city and specifically included Housing,
Transportation, Noise, Seismic safety, Natural resources and all other State of
California mandated Elements. |
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