Join us for the annual 3rd of July Fireworks show! This will be a free, family-friendly event featuring live music by the Oakland Symphony, food, and spectacular fireworks across the San Francisco skyline! Please call (510) 620-7693 for more information.

Many people are contacting me about the untended growth of grass and weeds in street medians and along the edges of major streets. Richmond’s Department of Infrastructure and Operations is equally frustrated about this. After four years of severe drought,...

Richmond | Oakland East Bay Symphony & Independence Eve Fireworks | 2017 Monday, July 3, 2017 - 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE Craneway Pavilion | 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond, CA Add to Google Calendar Photo | Craneway Pavilion Celebrate Independence Day a...

Richmond Councilmember and former mayor Gayle McLaughlin announced her resignation effective July 18 to pursue her campaign for California Lieutenant Governor. Her full statement was read at last night’s City Council meeting and is copied at the end of this email.....

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending June 23, 2017. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 27th, beginning with Closed Session at 5:30 PM, followed by the regular meeting at 6:30 PM. The...

Some time on Sunday, a large EBMUD water main under West Cutting Boulevard at Wine Street in Point Richmond burst, severing an adjacent conduit carrying the only Comcast fiber optic cable that provides some 3,000 people and hundreds of businesses Internet, telephone...

I am forwarding this, not to embarrass EBMUD or anyone else, but so that everyone can understand how a project got delayed for days because no one involved in the repair knew or was concerned about the scale of inconvenience it was causing to thousands of people. I...

Deep Green is the MCE choice for 100% renewable electricity. Based on 2016 electricity usage for all MCE member communities, MCE has determined that customers in the City of Richmond have the most Deep Green electricity usage in the entire MCE service area. Richmond...

The Contra Costa Transportation Authority has released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the 2017 Countywide Transportation Plan (CTP). The Draft EIR can be downloaded by clicking on the following link: www.2017ctpupdate.net. Attached please find the...

As mayor, I serve on the Executive Board of Resilient by Design | Bay Area Challenge, a yearlong community-based research and design challenge that is kicking off with an open call for residents around the Bay Area to help them identify sites vulnerable to the impacts...

June 24 | 10am-1pm | Community Green Space Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Come One, Come All to Healthy Village Festival! Kick off summer and Celebrate Downtown at Healthy Village Festival happening TOMORROW, Saturday, June 24! Saturday, June 24 | 10am...

Draft meetings minutes are online in previous agenda packets and audio recordings from all meetings are available at the Rent Program website - www.richmondrent.org. The prior meeting minutes are drafts until approved by the Board. Anyone with questions about the Rent...

Join us for a special July 3 event ! Hi again, Johannes! very sorry for the email spam, but it was brought to my attention that in my email to you yesterday I did not include the password to register for the exclusive, behind-the-scenes fundraiser on July 3rd from 3...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, June 20, 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

The Rent Board will take up a number of new regulations intended to define how the Rent Control and Just Cause Ordinance is actually implemented. The Board will set fees that go as high as $193 per unit annually to support a $2.4 million annual budget and hire legal...

Richmond defies NIMBY trend, welcomes housing development Jun 16, 2017, 11:57am PDT Updated Jun 16, 2017, 3:21pm PDT Hannah Norman Intern San Francisco Business Times A 60-unit Shea Homes development is under construction in Richmond, one of the East Bay city’s...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending June 16, 2017. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 20th, beginning with Closed Session at 6:00 PM, followed by the regular meeting at 6:30 PM. The...

Dear Policymakers, For the first time in six years, AC Transit is increasing the cost of its bus fares and passes. Implementing the fare change now will help the District cover rising inflationary costs and remain fiscally sustainable. These fare changes could affect...

I testified yesterday in the Assembly Public Safety Committee (see https://www.facebook.com/mayortombutt/videos/1877652835785191/) at Senator Skinner’s request in favor of SB 630, which bars a county from using state funds to expand a jail and then lease it out to any...

On May 25th we had the privilege of honoring the 440 students from the graduating Class of 2017 who received the Richmond Promise Scholarship at a community-wide celebration that included civic and education leaders. The total scholarship commitment to the Class of...