How Eastvale is run
Who runs Eastvale, what it costs, and where your money goes
The city manager, council pay, the budget, your property tax bill and who provides each service, from Eastvale's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 10, 2026.
Who runs Eastvale
Eastvale is a general law city with a council-manager government. The City Manager, appointed by the council, runs city programs as chief administrative officer under the council's policies and budget. The five council members are elected by district for four-year terms, and each December the council picks one member to serve as mayor. The council also appoints the City Attorney.
What they are paid
- Vehicle allowance of $600 a month
- Cellphone and internet allowance of $100 a month
- Deferred compensation: the city matches his contributions up to 4% of base salary
- City pays 100% of the employer CalPERS retirement contribution
- Severance: the lesser of six months' base salary or the months left in the term, if terminated without cause
Eastvale city staff
85 full-time-equivalent positions. FY2026-27. City of Eastvale · Jun 24, 2026
The city adopts a salary schedule with pay ranges for every job title. Police and fire staff work under Riverside County contracts, so they are not on the city payroll. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Eastvale in the red?
Cities must pass a balanced budget, so "profit" and "deficit" mean something different here. The useful questions: does the city's everyday money (the general fund) cover its everyday costs, how much does it keep in savings compared with its own target, and how big are its pension and debt bills.
Savings against the city's own target
Unassigned general fund balance: $15.7M (2025-06-30). The city's own target: The general fund should end each year with an assigned Emergency Contingency reserve of at least 50% of that year's budgeted general fund operating spending. This reserve is assigned, not part of the unassigned balance. City of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
Why we skip the "budgeted deficit": many cities plan to dip into savings, then spend less than planned. The audited result tells you what really happened.
Where the money comes from and goes
The general fund only: the city's everyday money for FY2026-27.
Goes to (FY2026-27)
- Law enforcement (Riverside County Sheriff contract)$18.3M · 38%
- Public Works$8.5M · 18%
- Community Development$3.7M · 8%
- Community Safety and Technology$3M · 6%
- Non-departmental (excluding transfers out)$2.6M · 5%
- Finance$2.3M · 5%
- All other departments$9.7M · 20%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
California caps the base property tax at 1% of assessed value; voter-approved rates for schools, the community college district and the water district are added on top. The audit shows a weighted average of the rates across the city.
0¢
of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Eastvale
- 1% base levy (shared by the county, city, schools and special districts)1 · 86%
- School district bonds0.15 · 13%
- Community college district bonds0.0123 · 1%
- Water district0.007 · <1%
- Total (% of assessed value)1.1693
FY2024-25 rates for a home in Eastvale (Riverside County). City of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
See what a Eastvale house pays, line by line →Who provides your services
Not everything in Eastvale is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- FireContractorRiverside County (CAL FIRE)City of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- Animal controlContractorCounty of RiversideCity of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- LibraryContractorCounty of RiversideCity of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- WaterSeparate districtJurupa Community Services DistrictCity of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- SewerSeparate districtJurupa Community Services DistrictCity of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- Parks and recreationSeparate districtJurupa Community Services District and Jurupa Area Recreation and Parks DistrictCity of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- Trash collectionPrivate companyWaste ManagementUnder a city franchise agreementCity of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- ElectricityPrivate companySouthern California EdisonCity of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- Public transitAnother agencyRiverside Transit AgencyCity of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- StreetsThe cityCity Public Works & EngineeringCity of Eastvale · Dec 15, 2025
- Code enforcementThe cityCity Community Safety & Technology DepartmentCity of Eastvale · Jun 24, 2026
Compared with similar cities
The cities in this state closest in population that we cover. Read it for scale, not as a ranking: cities provide different services.
| Per city | CamarilloCA | Palo AltoCA | EastvaleCA | Baldwin ParkCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 68,764 | 69,004 | 70,575 | 70,729 |
| Top administrator's base pay | $349,196 | $435,510 | $315,675 | $250,797 |
| Council member pay | $19,447 | $19,200 | $19,200 | $7,200 |
| General fund per resident | $965 | $4,521 | $682 | $631 |
| Debt per resident | $233 | $5,382 | $818 | $760 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $482 | $7,311 | $4 | $242 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | 2.5 | 15.8 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
Figures as shown in each city's section, divided by its population. Years differ by state, and pension figures are measured differently in each state (each city page says how). Camarillo and Eastvale pays another agency for police or fire, so its own staff count is lower.
What Eastvale publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- Yes: City manager's contract findable onlineThe 2022 employment agreement is in the Nov. 16, 2022 agenda packet; the 2025 amendment is attached to the Feb. 26, 2025 agenda. City of Eastvale · Nov 16, 2022
- Yes: Council pay stated in a public documentThe adopted salary schedule states council pay: $1,600 a month under Ordinance 24-03. City of Eastvale · Jun 24, 2026
- Partly: Employee pay published City of Eastvale · Jun 24, 2026
Questions to ask your council
- The Riverside County Sheriff contract is budgeted at $18,316,155 in FY2026-27, the largest general fund line. How will the city plan for future contract increases?
- The city's financing authority issued $57,715,000 of lease revenue bonds on July 31, 2025 for the Civic Center. How much will the yearly lease payments cost the general fund?
- Unassigned general fund balance was $15,707,790 on June 30, 2025, while most of the balance was committed or assigned. How does the council decide those set-asides?
The fiscal year starts July 1. Budget planning begins in late winter with the council's goals and priorities, the council holds a budget workshop in April (April 22, 2026), and it adopts the budget before July 1. The council adopted the FY2026-27 budget on June 24, 2026 as part of a unanimous consent calendar vote. See who is running for council
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