East Bay Times and Richmond

There is nothing the East Bay Times enjoys more than pointing out anything they can find that looks like Richmond fiscal problems. The latest, “Richmond: After audit, city to repay feds $1.5 million,” cites “waste, fraud and mismanagement,” without really looking at...

Burnt Ramen Protest

The protest by several dozen people at the December 20, 2016, City Council meeting regarding the red tagging of the Burnt Ramen (111 Espee Street) was carried by the Associated Press and distributed to hundreds of media worldwide. As well as being covered by local...

Horse Stables at Point Pinole Regional Park

On the Agenda of tomorrow’s City Council meeting is a resolution requesting the East Bay Regional Park District to build and operate an equestrian center at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline. As you may have read recently, the City of Richmond discovered an illegal and...

Urban Innovator of the Week: Doria Robinson

Urban Innovator of the Week: Doria Robinson posted by Nicole Rupersburg December 19, 2016 This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities,...

December MCE Update

MCE is wrapping up the year by reaching out to our member-communities to provide a short update on the progress we made together in 2016. At this time, community choice is poised to flourish throughout California. This year, MCE’s Board of Directors unanimously voted...