by admin | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending October 30, 2015. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3rd beginning with a closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the regular agenda at...
by admin | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Click here for the 2015 3rd Quarter Richmond Report. The market for Richmond manufacturing space hit an all-time low vacancy rate of 4.1%, down from 8.4% just a year ago. Office and Office/flex is showing both continued absorption and higher rents as Berkeley,...
by admin | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Despite warnings that the suspension of the Rent Control Ordinance would motivate landlord’s to take advantage and spike rents, that has not occurred. Richmond rentals remain the best bargain in the inner Bay Area. They are significantly below Richmond’s nearest...
by admin | Oct 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Mark Twain is mythically credited with the saying, regarding California, “Whisky’s for drinkin’ and water’s for fightin.” We don’t have a lot of either in Richmond right now, but we do have $35 million or scholarships, and the fighting has begun. The Richmond Promise...
by admin | Oct 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
In a little over three weeks, we will be leaving for Paris and the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris, also known as COP21. I am part of a delegation led by the Sequoia Foundation that includes Marin Clean Energy (MCE), KyotoUSA and LEAN Energy US...
by admin | Oct 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
For decades, Richmond’s unemployment rate has hovered several percentage points above national, state and county average (See http://www.homefacts.com/unemployment/California/Contra-Costa-County/Richmond.html). For the first time ever, Richmond has beat that trend....
