by admin | Jul 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have submitted the following policy resolution for consideration by the US Conference of Mayors meeting in Austin the first week of September. I’m in the process of lining up other mayor members as cosponsors. SUPPORT PLASTIC POLLUTION REDUCTION WHEREAS, the plastic...
by admin | Jul 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Senator Skinner for the following: If you are a renter having difficulty paying your rent or anticipate that you will in the next few months, or if you are a landlord whose tenant has not been able to pay rent, California has just authorized additional funds...
by admin | Jul 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Did you know that 44 years ago, the largest wind power generator in the State of California and the first to cogenerate into the grid went live in Richmond? For the story, see Joe Carter. “Testing an Elektro-Gemini Wind System,” Wind Power Digest, September 1976. This...
by admin | Jul 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a letter from the state auditor dated July 14, 2021, the city attorney was warned to, “notify the appropriate staff that, in anticipation of the audit, they should not make any changes to any records or files that may be relevant to the scope of the audit.. They...
by admin | Jul 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
With a lot of unexpected time on my hands due to the COVID-19 shutdown beginning in March of 2020, I did a lot of things I never would have made time for otherwise, like raising a baby crow (Covid the Corvid – Free as a Bird), reading nearly 100 books, eating...
by admin | Jul 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
The City Council meeting of July 22, 2021, was pretty much a shitshow, starring Councilmembers Gayle McLaughlin, Eduardo Martinez, Claudia Jimenez and City Attorney Teresa Stricker. It started with an attempt by Gayle McLaughlin to summarily repeal an obscure...
