by admin | May 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
By the late 19th Century, the California wine industry was well established, having begun with viticulture practiced at the California missions. It had actually begun and flourished first in southern California before moving to the now famous regions of Sonoma, Napa...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
In November of 2004, after a prolonged period of soliciting proposals for the development of Point Molate, the City Council had only a single viable proposal — the project by Upstream and the Guidiville Band of the Pomos to build a destination resort with a...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
For thousands of years (4,000 BCE to around 1776) the only residents of what is now Point Molate were the Huchiun, an Ohlone tribal group that held the eastern bay shore from Temescal Creek in present-day Oakland/Emeryville to the lower drainage of San Pablo Creek in...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho San Pablo was filed with the Public...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Lost in the fog of the current political struggles over the future of Point Molate is an incident over two decades ago that could have changed its history forever. In the mid-1990s, as Richmond was preparing for the eventual transfer of Point Molate from the Navy,...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
The most contentious issue to face the City Council after the 1995 election was the selection of a consultant to prepare the reuse plan for Point Molate. Not satisfied with the short list selected to be interviewed by staff, the City Council insisted on interviewing...
