Speeding, Sideshows and Donuts – The RPA Solution

When you hear the screeching of tires and burning of rubber or see drivers speeding through your neighborhood, don’t worry, the Richmond Progressive Alliance has a plan. It’s Item 0.2.a on the July 5, City Council Agenda, sponsored by McLaughlin, Jimenez and Martinez....

Bay Trail Mid-year Report

Here is the 22nd Bay Trail Richmond Mid Year Report prepared by TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee. This upbeat, colorful report summarizes great strides made toward completing and improving the Bay Trail in Richmond during the first half of this year. By...

Housing First Successes – Need More Funding

The Mayor’s Office Housing First initiative, in collaboration with the Richmond Rotary Club, has provided a year’s rent for homeless families, mostly from Rydin Road and the Parkway/Castro sites. Unfortunately, the funds are almost exhausted. If you want to see this...

Howard Terminal Removed from Port Priority by BCDC

As a BCDC commissioner, I voted today on whether to release Howard Terminal from Port Priority designation. The vote, pretty much a bandwagon, was 23 in favor and 2 opposed, including me. Although invoked by most supporters, the bases for this decision are not...

Today, I Signed the $400 Deed to Point Molate

With barely an hour left to avoid a contempt of court hearing scheduled for 1:00 PM today, the City of Richmond deposited into escrow a quitclaim deed to Point Molate in favor of Transferee Point Molate Futures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company managed by the...

Bay Trail Through Point Molate Funded

Thanks to hard work by TRAC and City staff, the City of Richmond has received a $1 million grant under the Recreational Trails and Greenways Grant Program, Proposition 68, to construct the Bay Trail through Point Molate. Unfortunately, no one will be able to use it...