by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
On February 24, 2022, Governor Newsom announced $50 million in grants for programs and projects to alleviate homelessness, with $4.8 million going to Richmond. See City of Richmond Awarded Homeless Grant, February 25, 2022. Less than a week later, on March 1, 2022,...
by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Several years ago the Richmond City Council voted to join Oakland and other cities in paying for a feasibility study to charter a public bank. From the October 3, 2017 Minutes: The matter to discuss and consider donating funds to the City of Oakland to conduct a study...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Remember back last year when the owner of 8 Western Drive sold the property for over $1 million after illegally expropriating most of the street right of way for a front yard and private parking lot? See How to Homestead Land in Richmond, September 11, 2021. It turns...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
With Russia on top of the news these days, I thought I would share my first and last trip to Russia 52 years ago this month way back when it was the USSR. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxc-iKzLQBE. The voyage from Yokahama to Nakhodka was a couple of days....
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
With little fanfare, former Richmond City Attorney Teresa Stricker emerged as the new city attorney for the City of San Pablo, not only a little too close for comfort to Richmond, but entirely surrounded by Richmond. Stricker almost single-handedly did her best to...
by admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
… I traded in my jungle boots and frayed fatigues for civilian clothes and bought a ticket on Air Vietnam to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I always wanted to see Angkor Way, so instead of taking the Freedom Bird east, I headed west. Figure 1 – Goodbye, Vietnam! Figure 2...
