by admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Apparently, with the full backing of the RPA City Council majority, the Reimagining Public Safety Community Task Force is rapidly setting itself up as an autonomous body immune from any laws. The 22 (originally 24) person organization has split itself into four...
by admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
The good news is that the City of Richmond has been awarded a $4.8 million grant to “rehouse 100 individuals.” That’s $48,000 per person. The bad news is that most of it will be frittered away simply perpetuating existing encampments, leaving only $1.8 million to...
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Richmond is part of the problem. The RPA-controlled City Council abandoned street sweeping because people are too lazy to move their cars. Both Gayle McLaughlin and Eduardo Martinez live in the Richmond Annex, some residents of which led the movement to stop effective...
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
National Park Service News Release Date: February 23, 2022 Contact: PWR_Public_Affairs@nps.gov K. Lynn Berry selected as superintendent of four Oakland area national parks SAN FRANCISCO – The National Park Service (NPS) has selected K. Lynn Berry to serve as the...
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Housing First Initiative, a partnership of the Richmond Mayor’s Office and the Richmond Rotary Club, just placed another family who moved into their new apartment over the Presidents Day weekend. Corliss and her son were living in a rental apartment in Alameda in...
by admin | Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Despite $1.5M allocated, Richmond encampments remain vexing issue February 22, 2022 https://richmondstandard.com/richmond/2022/02/22/despite-1-5m-spent-richmond-encampments-continue-to-be-vexing-issue/ An RV at the Castro Street encampment in September, 2021. (Photo...