Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified the Department of Toxic Substances Control as a federal agency instead of a state agency.
An empty scrap yard near the edge of the Eastside neighborhood will soon be turned into a 300-unit mixed-use development after the Riverside City Council unanimously approved the project. Councilmember Steve Hemenway was absent.
“What’s happening here is very special,” Councilmember Clarissa Cervantes said at the July 14 public meeting, directing her comments to the developers. “[You’ve] found really creative designs and ways to uplift this part of the Eastside community that I think there’s been a lot of overlook.”…