Moreno Valley is committed to keeping our quality of life and property values high by providing safe neighborhoods and parks; libraries; programs for children, youth, and seniors; and well-maintained roads, all things that make our community a more desirable place to live, do business, and raise a family. 

But as the City faces the impacts of takeaways by Sacramento, and economic challenges impacting our ability to maintain basic services provided by Riverside County, we have some challenging choices to make.

Recently, Moreno Valley recently provided a balanced budgets, with cuts that attempt to minimize service disruptions. After the budget was adopted, State and County budget actions have added millions of dollars of takeaways to Moreno Valley, necessitating further cuts to close the gap.

Seventy-seven percent of calls to the City of Moreno Valley Fire Department are for medical emergencies, such as heart attacks, strokes, and car accidents. Sacramento is also planning to take away funding from firefighters that service Moreno Valley to solve their own budget problems. 

Local funds, that are safe from State takeaways,  are needed to help ensure our first responders have the staffing and life-saving equipment they need to respond quickly and effectively and save lives.

Studies show that between 3 and 6 PM – the hour after school ends and before parents typically return home from work – children and teens without an afterschool activity are 3 times more likely to get into trouble. But Sacramento is taking millions away from local youth and afterschool programs to solve their own budget issues. 

Our kids need stable funding to help maintain supervised afterschool park, recreation, and library programs to keep our children and teens off the streets, safe, and out of trouble

To address these critical issues, the voters of Moreno Valley enacted a local funding measure to address these critical service needs. Due to a clerical error and rulings by Sacramento judges and bureaucrats, the City has been unable to collect this voter-approved funding and has begun to plan for service cuts to compensate for the loss of local revenue.    

Yes. The City recently conducted a Moreno Valley community outreach survey to get initial input. Service priorities identified by your neighbors include:

• Maintaining fire service levels
• Maintaining 911 response times
• Maintaining robbery and burglary prevention
• Keeping public areas safe and clean
• Repairing local streets and potholes
• Addressing homelessness

If you were one of the residents who responded to the City’s survey, thank you!