Patricia Lock Dawson is an American politician who has been mayor of Riverside, California since 2020, when she was elected. Lock Dawson succeeded Rusty Bailey. She previously spent nine years on the Riverside Unified School District Board of Trustees.
In October 2025 Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock-Dawson was selected to lead the Big City Mayors, a statewide coalition made up of the mayors of CaliforniaâÂÂs 13 largest cities.