Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending January 27, 2017. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 7th. Enjoy the next week off! 2. City of Richmond Unemployment Rate Is Still...

I have heard from hundreds of people on the Mayor’s Office Marketing and Branding initiative, and I have shared this feedback through E-FORUMs. I was, however, a little taken aback by this article in the Richmond Pulse, the “community news and media outlet, committed...

I think the following press release for the League of California Cities pretty well echoes my position on Trump’s attack on cities, particularly sanctuary cities, and immigration. Every day, the Trump administration becomes more incredibly unbelievable. I spent all...

I was surprised last week at the rejection of my nomination of former council member Vinay Pimple to join the Citizens Police Review Commission. With Eduardo Martinez absent, Vinay fell short one vote of being appointed. Beckles, McLaughlin and Willis voted no or...

Follow the link below to view the packet: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

Just as an experiment, I submitted the logo competition to DesignCrowd and offered a prize of $250 to see what designers around the world could come up with. The first batch of 165 entries came in last night.

I serve on the executive board of The Resilient by Design Challenge: Bay Area team, which has landed a $4.6 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation for a $5.8 million competition to design demonstration solutions to adapt to sea level rise in the San Francisco...

The U.S. Department of Transportation designated ten Automated Vehicle Proving Grounds to encourage the testing of new technologies. One of these, Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) & GoMentum Station, is located in Contra Costa County and operated by...

Accepting Applications for Innkeepers for East Brother Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast San Francisco Bay FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY – January 21, 2017 Contact (Media Only): Tom Butt 510/236-7435, email: tom.butt@intres.com Richmond, CA: East...

Click here for a compilation of 235 comments received on Facebook, Nextdoor and TOM BUTT E-FORUM in response to Please Review Richmond Marketing Logo Proposals, January 13, 2017, and Feedback from Branding and Marketing Logo Distribution, January 15, 2017. Of those...

This week, C. “Sequoia” Erasmus joined the City of Richmond Office of the Mayor staff, filling a vacancy left by the departure late last year of David Gray. Sequoia will assume the title of Director of Community Engagement while Christopher Whitmore will become...

Santa Monica, after which Richmond’s Rent Control ordinance was most closely modeled, now has the distinction of having the highest rents in the USA. Report: Santa Monica Has the Highest Rents in the Nation Mon, 01/16/2017 A new report from apartment rental site...

Click here for Richmond Logo Presentation 8.16.16 for logos that were presented by North Star in August 2016. I rejected all of them because, in my opinion, none “said” anything to me that was uniquely Richmond. For those of you who like black and white and...

Steve Early’ new book “Refinery Town” rolls out on January 18 at the Richmond Book Event: 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. Kaleidoscope Coffee, 109 Park Place, Point Richmond, 94801. (Co-sponsored by and fundraiser for Richmond Pulse.) For details, see:...

Over the last couple of days, I have gotten well over 100 comments from people who read the logo presentation on TOM BUTT E-FORUM, Facebook or Nextdoor, and I thank all those of you who responded for your comments. These are copied into the table below. One thing for...

The Watershed Project will host the Bay Trail Clean Up at Stege Marsh from 9 am to noon. Meet at the entrance to the Bay Trail (near South 51st St. and Bayview Ave.) For more info, contact: paula@thewatershedproject.org. Register here BONUS: The Watershed Project will...

One of the top priorities I had coming into office in 2015 was to conduct a full scale branding and marketing study for Richmond The goal of this study is to make sure that the way we represent ourselves as a City is reflective of our community and that we establish...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, January 17, 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

You can view the current City Manager's Weekly Report here: City Manager's Weekly Report 01/06/2017