Expert Says Planning Retreat Violated Brown Act

An article in today”s West County Times quoted First Amendment expert Jim Ewert as asserting the January 29 Planning Retreat violated the Brown Act. The West County Times article follows, as well as comments from a number of E-FORUM readers about their...

Who Makes What at the City of Richmond?

Attached as a PDF file is a list of the executive managers of the City of Richmond and their annual compensation. You can add about 40% to these amounts to cover cost of benefits. My understanding is that executive managers are generally those persons who serve at the...

Quiet Zones and Long Trains

Quiet Zones Update.pdf QUIET ZONES On April 13, 2004, the Richmond City Council unanimously passed Resolution 62-04 directing the city manager and city attorney to initiate an application for a Quiet Zone throughout the City of Richmond. On January 25, 2005, Assistant...

Code Enforcement and Dumping Update

The new contact for abatement of nuisances (code enforcement) is Acting Police Captain Eugene McBride who can be reached at 510/620-6782 or emailed Eugene_mcbride@ci.richmond.ca.us. The more information you can provide, the better, such as location, description,...