Hoggin’ Down at the Public Trough

Today”s East Bay Express is the first medium to go public with a long simmering issue involving credit card use by Richmond department heads, in his case one particular department head. What the article didn”t say is that there were also significant late...

Richmond, California – City of Crime and Purpose?

KPIX TV was nice enough to remind us last night on the 6:30 news that Richmond has the dubious distinction of being named the most dangerous city in California and the 12th most dangerous city in the United States. This comes from an annual ranking by Morgan Quitno...

Butt Elected to Board of LGC

I am pleased to announce that I have been elected to the Board of Directors of the Local Government Commission (LGC), an organization that has been on the forefront of Smart Growth and Livable Communities for over 20 years. Former Mayor Rosemary Corbin previously...

Help Plan for Rosie in Richmond

rori_alts_workshops.htm Bit by bit, the Rosie the Riveter World War II/Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond is falling into place. This past week, eight historical interpretive markers spaced along the Bay Trail at Marina Bay were dedicated (see West County...

Connecting the Dots

Like a bad penny, the request by the City Attorney”s Office to contract with Trisha A. Aljoe for temporary legal services has turned up week after week and been subsequently removed from the agenda. Only this time, the City Council approved it on a 6-3 vote,...

Taking Care of Developers

On November 18, the Richmond Planning Department hosted the third in a series of closed workshops intended to review potential changes in design and planning review intended to reduce the time and effort required to process development applications for commercial,...