City Council Unanimously Kills Rent Control – For Now

In a unanimous vote last night, but with widely different motivations, the City Council repealed the rent control ordinance narrowly passed in early August. The ordinance was suspended by a successful petition drive, and the City Council had two choices, (1) place it...

West County Jail Expansion Appears Doomed

The application by the Contra Costa County Sheriff to expand the West Contra Costa Detention Center in Richmond appears to be unsuccessful. Preliminary scoring by the Steering Committee left the project in 6th place out of ten large county grant applications where...