Single-Use Bag Ordinance Draft EIR Released

Single-Use Bag Ordinance Draft EIR RecycleMore released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for a Single Use Bag Ordinance for 45-day comment period. Public Review Period will commence on January 18, 2013 and end on March 4, 2013 for interested individuals and...

Nat Bates Pontificates on Council Appointment

Nat Bates’ response to a constituent. On Jan 29, 2013, at 11:39 AM, lizgarland@comcast.net wrote: Nat, Do you think there will be a special election or will Jim Rogers vote with the RPA group? Is there any way to convince him to do what the people of Richmond voted...

Chevron Pretty Much Plays With a Full Court Press

Chevron pretty much plays with a full court press. Property taxes — appeal them. If that doesn’t work, file a lawsuit challenging the appellate decisions OSHA fines — appeal them. CARB Low Carbon Fuel Standards – have the lobbyists challenge them. More...

Applications for Council Appointments

When the application deadline closed at 5:00 PM today, twelve aspiring councilmembers had filed. Included were two former councilmembers (John Marquez and Tony Thurmond), six former candidates (Eduardo Martinez, Mike Ali-Kinney, Mark Wassberg, Eleanor Thompson, Bea...