by admin | Nov 5, 2003 | Uncategorized
As expected, last night”s City Council meeting drew some 500 vocal, mostly Latino, attendees, with over 60 signing up to make a plea for changing Richmond”s Zoning Ordinance to allow substantially higher fences in the front yards of residences. Since 1949,...
by admin | Nov 5, 2003 | Uncategorized
At a time when good news is hard to find in Richmond, it is a bit of extraordinary good fortune that Ford Motor Company, in partnership with the National Park Foundation, published a five-page, full color advertisement in the November 10 edition of Time magazine in...
by admin | Nov 2, 2003 | Uncategorized
Since accepting transfer of Point Molate from the Navy on September 23, City of Richmond officials have apparently contacted only one suitor ” Chevron Texaco. Anticipating the transfer, the City earlier this year released a Request for Proposals to potential...
by admin | Nov 2, 2003 | Uncategorized
For only the second time ever, a Richmond City Council meeting will be held in the Richmond Memorial Convention Center Auditorium to accommodate the hundreds of people expected to show up to protest any restrictions on front yard fence heights. The last time the...
by admin | Nov 2, 2003 | Uncategorized
Over a decade ago, the California legislature made it public policy to encourage the creation of smaller second units in existing single family neighborhoods to augment the housing supply. Section 65852.150 of the Government Code states: “The Legislature finds...
