Sandi Genser-Maack

Sandi was one of the most community-involved volunteers I have ever known. She set the standard. And where Sandi was, Lynn was generally there too. The organizations she was involved in listed in her obituary below are just the tip of the iceberg. I will miss her...

more days to comment on Resilient by Design ideas!

View this email in your browser Resilient By Design Bay Area Challenge Four more days to comment on design ideas! This is a reminder that the Design Opportunities Public Comment period is ending soon. We will be accepting public comments online via Neighborland...

Nighttime Light Pollution in Richmond

Chapter 15.04.604 of the new Richmond Zoning Code adopted in 2016 has detailed restrictions on outdoor lighting, such as, “Shielding. All nonexempt outdoor lighting fixtures shall have shielding as shown in Table 15.04.604.050-D.” I don’t believe this is being...

Open Season on Greedy Landlords

I get a lot of inquiries these days, like the one below, from people who own rental property in Richmond wanting to know what I, as mayor, am going to do about the exorbitant fees they are being billed for Richmond’s rent program. I advise them that I opposed Rent...

RPA Dominated City Council Leaves the Rails

If the Brown Act would allow me to discuss these issues with every City Council member personally, I would do it. But it won’t, so I am using the E-FORUM for one of its intended purposes, to editorialize and inform in the public in the media vacuum in which Richmond...