by admin | Apr 13, 2003 | Uncategorized
Marine life of Richmond’s Inner Harbor are featured in a colorful photo on the cover of the new April-June issue of Bay Nature magazine. It looks like a pristine Caribbean underwater scene! To view the cover page photo on line, see:...
by admin | Apr 10, 2003 | Uncategorized
Following my third E-FORUM on street sweeping (http://www.tombutt.com/forum/030331b.htm) the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 2, staff person in charge of this type of NPDES permits, responded as follows: “You have done a good job in...
by admin | Apr 1, 2003 | Uncategorized
Largely due to the work of numerous volunteers over the last two decades, Richmond has built an enviable historic preservation program that has brought regional, and even national, recognition to the City, as well as millions of dollars in grants for treasures such as...
by admin | Mar 31, 2003 | Uncategorized
The California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) announced that the City of Richmond has been awarded $245,500 to be used for rehabilitation of the Richmond Municipal Natatorium (The Plunge). The project qualified for the grant funds because it is a contributing...
by admin | Mar 31, 2003 | Uncategorized
During the continuing Richmond street sweeping wars, a number of individuals (City staff and citizens, alike) have made reference to the “legal” requirement for street sweeping and interpreted it inconsistently. To satisfy my own curiosity, I have finally...
by admin | Mar 30, 2003 | Uncategorized
In an about face that caught many by surprise, the Richmond City Attorney’s Office has issued a series of legal opinions that essentially gut the decades-old prohibition on development of substandard lots where multiple lots small lots are under a single...
