Some interesting items on the agenda: The City Council will discuss a potential purchase and leaseback to the USPS of the Richmond Main Post Office in closed session. This will be the next to last opportunity for the City to act before the opportunity expires. G-1...

I received this letter today from Tom A. Samra: Dear Mayor Butt: Thank you for quickly responding to our September 13, 2017, revised offer with the City’s counter-offer. Unfortunately, it was not the response we were hoping to receive because it does not allow the...

Subject: You're Invited: Cheers for the Promise on September 27! Dear Richmond Promise Partners and Friends, We hope to see you next Wednesday, September 27 4-8PM for the first annual “Cheers for the Promise” at East Brother Beer Co. to kick off the new school year...

Don't miss our season finale tomorrow: Sang Matiz & Pangea Futbol Club, Friday 9/22! Our 2017 summer concert series concludes tomorrow and we're closing out with a great evening of internationally-inspired music with Sang Matizand Pangea Futbol Club! From 5:30pm...

Mayor and Members of the Council: Cities of Service is a national nonprofit organization that helps communities engage their citizens to build stronger cities and solve public problems. Using their citizen engagement model, Cities of Service coalition cities partner...

Dear e-forum readers, Mayor Butt clearly has sufficient confidence in my judgment that he re-appointed me last year to the Richmond Planning Commission, which makes decisions on conditional use permits for residential and commercial projects that impact many people’s...

It has become clear that the Richmond Main Post Office will be sold and the “retail” services relocated to McVittie Annex unless the City of Richmond can negotiate a deal with the United States Postal Service (USPS) to both purchase the building and provide free space...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, September 19, 2017, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending September 15th, 2017. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 19th, beginning with Closed Session at 6:00 PM, followed by the regular meeting at 6:30...

I attended the League of California Cities Annual Conference on Thursday and Friday in Sacramento where the City of Richmond picked up two more Beacon Spotlight Awards (we got two last year also). We received a Gold Level Award for Community Greenhoiuse Gas Reduction...

Last night, the Richmond City Council selected Ada Recinos to replace Gayle McLaughlin on the City Council. Although the vote was unanimous, there were indications that Melvin Willis and Eduardo Martinez would have voted for Marilyn Langlois if she had been nominated...

About 400 people from across the US and even from other countries flooded into the Riggers Loft on a warm and sunny Sunday afternoon in Richmond to kick off the Resilient by Design, Bay Area Challenge. This was a great way to showcase Richmond and the Richmond...

I’m not normally a big fan of the Haas Institute, and they typically don’t have anything good to say about Richmond, but in the report “Unfair Shares: Racial Disparities in Allocation of Bay Area Housing,” Richmond is highlighted as the third best performing...

The email copied below was sent by Gayle McLaughlin to her supporters this morning. We have reached a time in Richmond where we no longer have any public media providing objective information about local politics, in this case, candidates for City Council. The East...

The acclaimed documentary film 'Nat Bates for Mayor' is airing this Friday at 8pm on KQED channel 9. Richmond audiences will want to watch this colorful chapter of City of Richmond history. A trailer is available at<https://youtu.be/uc361fv3bsc>. Richmond,...

If you enjoyed my previous history of Marilyn Langlois, you will also appreciate this article she wrote for Transcend Media Service about her visit to North Korea. In a Jane Fonda-like moment, she recalled: The most moving moment for me occurred outside the Korean War...

It is ironic that tomorrow, one day after today, the 16th anniversary of the World Trade Center destruction, the Richmond Progressive Alliance is putting forward Marilyn Langlois as their preferred candidate for appointment to the City Council. I have to tell you that...

Remember when you were in high school, or even junior high, the last day of school before summer vacation? I don’t think I will ever forget that feeling of euphoria and freedom – looking forward to those long summer days, warm nights, sleeping late, swimming, playing...

Back in May of 2017, Intren, an electrical contractor approached Bobby Winston with a proposal to rent some laydown space at Point Molate for $10,000/month for up to 10 months. Members of the Point Molate Citizens Advisory Committee and RPA members of the Richmond...

Point Richmond Music's summer-long concert series continues this evening with the Evie Ladin Band (neo-trad folk) & The Lucky Losers (Americana)! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Tonight Only: Evie Ladin Band & The Lucky Losers...