Safe Park Project Still Looking for a Home

Sadly, no one wants a Safe Parking project in their neighborhood, and after considering and voting on numerous sites, the City Council seems ready to finally give up and simply punt. After voting on February 23, 2021, to locate the Safe Park project at the Civic...

Shining the Light on Richmond’s Shadow Government

When Richmonders voted last November for two new City Council members, many of them probably thought they had elected independent individuals who just happened to be members of the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA). These two then joined two others to form a bullet...

John Knox (1957-2021)

John Knox was a neighbor, a friend, a bond counsel for the City of Richmond, a talented musician, and father of Alex Knox, my first mayor’s campaign manager, mayor’s staff member and former Mayor’s Office chief of staff. He will be missed on many fronts. The social...

Are Yards immoral?

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,...