Your Chance to Grade Richmond

2005 Employee and Manager of the Nominees.doc For several years, I have prepared detailed year-end evaluations of City of Richmond services, problems challenges and wishes. Originally, these were conveyed only to my City Council colleagues and the city manager as a...

Richmond Also Dangerous for Dogs

Can a Richmond police officer come into your yard and shoot your dog dead? Can a Richmond police officer open the gate to your yard, let your dog out and shoot it dead on the sidewalk? Yes. Under current policy based on Richmond Police Department Operation Manual...

Real Estate Speculation Scheme Bites Back at City

Item E-1 on the Housing Authority Agenda and Item C-1 on the Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency Agenda for December 6 are to authorize a loan from the Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency to the Richmond Housing Authority to cover an operating deficit at the...

Fargo to Richmond

Richmond City Manager Bill Lindsay has selected Fargo North Dakota Police Chief Chris Magnus as Richmond”s next chief of police. See the story below carried on KPIX. To get a flavor of Chief Magnus, check out his weekly Q and A on line in Fargo at...

GIS Linked Internet City Service Request

You can now place a “service notification” with the City of Richmond via the Internet. This may be for a pothole, a pile of trash in the street, a stopped up sewer line, a non-functioning street light or a neighbor building a room addition without a...

Richmond Retains Title

Richmond retains its title for the most dangerous city in California of its size (100,000 to 499,999) and 8th in the United States, based on 2004 statistics. Richmond”s homicide rate, which climbed by three over the last couple days is nearly seven times the...