Weekly Report for the Week Ending April 18th, 2014

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending April 18th, 2014. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22nd beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, followed by the regular agenda at 6:30...

Richmond Housing Authority Follow-up

A couple of interesting stories. The first is about tens of thousands of dollars spent on travel by the Richmond Housing Advisory Commission. The charge of the Commission is as follows, which fails to mention traveling around the country: The purpose of this...

Richmond Minimum Wage Ordinance

After a strong start, the effort to quickly adopt an aggressive minimum wage ordinance for Richmond faltered. I have written several E-FORUMS about this: · Contra Costa Times Editorial: Richmond’s Minimum Wage Effort Misguided, March 27, 2014 · Majority of...