Former Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge with wife Marsha.Thirty-three years of civil service has culminated into one momentous occasion for former Riverside Mayor and University of California, Riverside, Director, Center for Sustainable Suburban Development Ronald O. Loveridge as the breezeway outside City Hall was recently renamed “Ronald O. Loveridge Plaza” in his honor.
Riverside officials recently unveiled a plaque honoring Loveridge’s commitment to the city of Riverside among elected officials, community members and family.
Loveridge’s commitment to the city of Riverside and its residents dates back to when he was elected to serve on the City Council from 1979 to 1994. He later was elected Mayor from 1994 to 2012. During his tenure, Loveridge helped add five new sister cities, showed his commitment to diversity with the unveiling of the Ismael Villegas, Martin Luther King, Ahn Chang Ho, Mahatma Ghandi, and Eliza Tibbets statues on the Peace Walk in the Main Street pedestrian mall; oversaw a public works initiative known as the Riverside Renaissance, and started the “mayor’s night out” events in which city officials visited the community.