by admin | Jul 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
According to a letter from Contra Costa County Assessor Gus Kramer dated July 1, 2021, Richmond’s assessed valuation increase (and therefore property tax increase) was the lowest in Contra Costa County. The county as a whole had a 3.44% increase with the City of...
by admin | Jul 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
My younger brother, Martin Andrew Butt, would have been 74 years old today, July 14. He survived 1967-68 as a 20-year old Marine in Vietnam, awarded a Purple Heart, only to die in an automobile accident a year after he returned in 1969. Although younger, he preceded...
by admin | Jul 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
View in a web browser » MTC Policy Advisory Council Recruitment Applications are open for the next 4-year term of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Policy Advisory Council. Beginning in January 2022, the 27-member body of Bay Area residents will weigh...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Following is the June 2021 report from the Contra Costa Coordinated Outreach, Referral, Engagement (CORE) Program. It provides a good profile of Richmond’s homeless population. Of the 140 unduplicated contacts, 43% had substance abuse disorders, 38% had chronic health...
