Takeaways From Richmond 2022 Election

The big winner last night was the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA), which increased their City Council seats from a majority to a supermajority. And they did it without a single candidate scoring a majority vote.. In the mayor’s race, as I predicted, Eduardo...

Design Review Board Chair Slams Terminal 1 Design

Jonathan Livingston, chair of the Richmond Design Review Board vented his frustration by writing the following about the proposed Terminal 1 project: Waterfront cities, great architecture, placemaking and Richmond Waterfront cities around the world offer some of the...

COP27 and Climate Mayors

Although I couldn’t be there, as a Climate Mayors member, I am following the event with interest and renewed optimism. Mayors’ leadership at the local level will establish a pathway for agreements and funding to be transformed into results at this year’s #COP27 #COP27...

Richmond Continues to Slip in Pavement Conditions

Because the RPA City Council members are wasting so much money on litigation (Point Molate, Campus Bay, suing the mayor), fewer resources are being devoted to maintaining streets. Richmond’s Pavement Condition Index (PCI) continues to decline from 64 in 2019 to 63 in...