Steve Adams was elected to the Riverside City Council for Ward 7 in January 2004. Council Member Steve Adams is currently in his third year of office and is 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. He also serves on the Riverside County Transportation Commission, Southern California Association of Governments, (SCAG) Transportation Board and SCAG Goods Movement Task Force, California League of Cities Public Safety Police Board, California League of Cities Homeland Security Task Force, Western Municipal Water District Task Force, Riverside City Development Committee and RCD Corporation, LEAC Board, Special Olympics Board. Member of and endorsed by The River of Trade Corridor Coalition, Riverside County Gang Task Force, California Sexual Predator & Paroled Felon Task Force, Member of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Multi-County Goods Movement 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.