Steve Adams was elected to the Riverside City Council for Ward 7 in January 2004 and is now serving his second term on the Council. Council Member Steve Adams a retiree of the Riverside Police Department Gang and SWAT Teams (where he served for 15 years, retiring due to injuries sustained in the line of duty). Council Member Adams serves as the Chair of the Transportation Committee and Vice-Chair of the Public Safety Committee for the City of Riverside. Council Member Adams was appointed by Congress to serve as Co-Chair of the National Multi-Modal Transportation Steering Committee. He serves on Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (CA) Multi-County Goods Movement Task Force. He is a Commissioner on the Riverside County Transportation Commission where he Chairs the Finance and Land Acquisition Committees. Council Member Adams is a Commissioner on the Southern California Coalition of Government’s Transportation Committee and Goods Movement Task Force. He also serves on the Western Municipal Water District Task Force, the Riverside County Gang Task Force and the California Sexual Predator and Paroled Felon Task Force.

Council Member Adams is the Author of the “Operation FREE FLOW” Goods Movement & Transportation Tax-Free Funding Plan, and Co-Author of the California Sexual Predator Ballot Initiative.