Good News About Yellow Brick Road!

Richmond’s Yellow Brick Road Projectappears to be heading for approval of $6.2 million grant. Out of 617 applications for the Active Transportation Program (ATP), Caltrans staff recommended 86 projects (or 13.9% of the total applications) for funding. Their...

Accuracy Denied in Richmond?

On September 14, 2015, Felix Hunziker published an editorial, “Justice Denied in Richmond,” in the blog Radio Free Richmond, which is copied in its entirety at the end of this email. The RPA apparently shares Hunziker’s opinion, having subsequently published it in...

Richmond Wins Smart Cities Award

In the excitement about rent control in July, I neglected to comment on Richmond being recognized by San Francisco Magazine with a Smart City Award and a long article, copied below: From the ‘Arm Pit of the Bay Area’ to a Progressive Utopia on Earth Joe...