Chuck Conder
CA · Riverside City Council Member, Ward 4
Riverside Ward 4 council member since 2017, a retired Air Force officer who also sits on the March Joint Powers Commission and the county transportation commission. He backs Measure Z public safety funding and protecting the Greenbelt.
Where Chuck Conder stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records)
Opposes
Social Programs and Welfare (2 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 4 oppose), Housing Affordability (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 4 oppose
Seconded a failed motion to require a full environmental review of a Greens Ehrenberg project on a historic downtown site, then voted no on approving it without one. At the same meeting, voted no on a new ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors, which passed.
November 16, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on continuing Riverside's COVID-19 local emergency. It passed 6-1.
May 19, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on a resolution setting COVID-19 safety protections for essential workers and the public. The council corrected its April 21 minutes to show his no vote.
May 5, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on creating a city sustainability officer job. It passed 6-1.
March 10, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on extending a pause on the city's use of the weed killer glyphosate; it passed 4-2. At the same meeting, voted no on keeping home trash pickup in city hands and studying bringing contracted trash service in-house; it passed 5-2.
January 14, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support
Voted no on a $1 million city match for a guaranteed income pilot program. It failed for lack of five votes.
June 20, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on creating a city sustainability officer job. It passed 6-1.
March 10, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on a pay raise for the mayor and city council. It failed for lack of five votes.
February 26, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Voted for an urgency ordinance banning camping on public sidewalks and streets, after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. It passed 6-1.
October 22, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on moving $9.7 million in Measure Z money from a new police headquarters to a new downtown Main Library. It passed 5-1.
October 3, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support · 1 oppose
Seconded a new mobile home park rent control ordinance that caps rent increases. It passed 6-1.
February 4, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on a 60-day pause on evictions for renters who could not pay rent during COVID-19. It passed 6-1.
March 31, 2020Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 oppose
Voted no on a $1 million city match for a guaranteed income pilot program. It failed for lack of five votes.
June 20, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on accepting and spending state homeless emergency aid (HEAP) money. That part did not pass.
December 4, 2018Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Voted no on rules for approving storefront cannabis shops. They passed.
August 19, 2025
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on a change to the Sunshine Ordinance that set a 12-day public notice rule for regular meetings. It passed.
May 6, 2025
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on the city's short-term rental ordinance. It passed.
August 6, 2024
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on cutting public comment time to 2 minutes, and to 90 seconds, per speaker. Both failed.
February 13, 2024
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Moved to extend talks with Greens Development on the Riverside Alive downtown project to June 2025. It passed when the mayor broke a tie.
October 24, 2023
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Moved to add hospitals and universities to the 1,000-foot buffer zone for cannabis businesses. The motion failed 2-5.
March 14, 2023
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Was chosen by the council as Mayor Pro Tem for January through June 2022. The vote was 4-2.
January 4, 2022
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on adopting a new Riverside city flag. It passed 6-1.
December 8, 2020
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on letting council members put a union label on their city business cards. It passed 5-2.
December 17, 2019
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on a permit and fee program for shared electric scooters and bikes. It passed.
August 6, 2019
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on naming the old Main Library building a city historic landmark. It passed 5-1.
April 3, 2018
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Voted no on applying for a $1 million grant for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art. It passed 5-1.
March 13, 2018
Source: riversideca.legistar.com
Past race Chuck Conder ran in:
- City Council Member, Ward 4 · November 3, 2026 · Riverside city, California · incumbent