by admin | Nov 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
The tentative ruling in the Port of Oakland Coal case went against the City of Oakland, and the judge will make final ruling in ten days. It would be really important for the City of Richmond to file an amica brief in support of Oakland, because if Oakland loses, it...
by admin | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
https://richmondside.org/ will launch in a few months. Their website says they are planning some coffee house meetings in the next few weeks.
by admin | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Two Design Review Board members, David Plotkin and Leah Marthinsen, have resigned in protest of the ill-conceived Palestine Resolution, leaving the DRB with only four of seven authorized members, making a quorum impossible if only one of the remaining four does not...
by admin | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
On October 3, 2023, the Richmond City Council awarded contracts totaling over $10 million to two organizations, Rich City Rides and Urban Tilth. Both contracts were actually awarded to Urban Tilth because Urban Tilth is the fiscal sponsor of Rich City Rides. Urban...
by admin | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
It appears that the RPA (Richmond Progressive Alliance) City Council will not recognize Veterans Day 2023, but we did maybe for the last time, in 2022 when I was mayor, with the following resolution: RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND CALIFORNIA...
by admin | Oct 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Eighty-three years ago, my mother, Cecilia King (later Butt), lived in a small town in eastern Arkansas (Beebe, 1940 population 1,189) and graduated from nearby Batesville High School in 1940 when she was 18. After graduation, she had an opportunity for an extended...
