by admin | Mar 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
As the debate over abolishing single family zoning gains traction, I want to explain why it probably is not something Richmond needs to consider. Unlike Berkeley and other Bay Area communities whose general plans leave little room for increasing the housing stock,...
by admin | Mar 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
According to British author and toponymist Barclay Simpson, Richmond is the most common place name in the world. All in all, Simpson, a resident of the original Richmond, in Yorkshire, England, claims there are over 90 places with the name Richmond. All are descended,...
by admin | Feb 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Because of the confusion about street sweeping as a required regulatory activity, I asked Keith H. Lichten, Chief, Watershed Management Division, SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, to explain it. Click here for his response. Lichten writes. “While street...
by admin | Feb 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
This message is being sent on behalf of City Manager Laura Snideman Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the weeks ending February 26, 2021. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021. Closed...
by admin | Feb 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Hilltop NIMBYs were triumphant last night, with Fairmede-Hilltop Neighborhood Council President Arto Rinteela gloating on Everybody’s Richmond California Facebook page, “Thank you ALL: Its Over: Safe PARK WLL NOT be at the Hilltop Mall area. Civic Center is a...
by admin | Feb 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
The one thing everyone agrees on is that they don’t want any homeless people in THEIR neighborhood. The leaders of the Fairmede-Hilltop and Hilltop neighborhood councils have organized a 1,700 signature petition against the proposed safe park at the virtually...
