Rejection of Vinay Pimple for Police Commission Unnecessarily Vengeful
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...
Closed Session Start Time Change – January 17, 2017, Regular Richmond City Council Agenda/Packet – CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:30 p.m.
Follow the link below to view the packet: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Designates Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) & GoMentum Station as Proving Ground
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...
Resilient by Design Challenge
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...
Logos by the Hundreds
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.
Accepting Applications for Innkeepers for East Brother Island Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast
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...
Logo Critiques Just Keep on Coming
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...
Santa Monica – the Model for Richmond Rent Control Ordinance
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...
New Addition to Mayor’s Staff – Sequoia Erasmus
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...
From company town to rebel city: California town shows how progressives can win
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:...
Previous North Star Logo Presentation
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...
Feedback from Branding and Marketing Logo Distribution
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...
MLK Day Activities in Richmond Tomorrow
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...
Scouting Opportunities for Richmond Youth
Please Review Richmond Marketing Logo Proposals
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...
January 17, 2017, Regular Richmond City Council Agenda/Packet – CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:30 P.M.
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
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending 01/06/2017
You can view the current City Manager's Weekly Report here: City Manager's Weekly Report 01/06/2017
Richmond Now Ground Zero in Constitutional Battle Over Rent Control
Click here for the Complaint filed against the City of Richmond yesterday challenging Measure L on federal and state constitutional and state preemption bases. Whether or not the California Apartment Association (CAA) prevails in today's hearing on the injunction, you...
Measure L to be Challenged in Court
The California Apartment Owners Association will kick off their legal challenge to Measure L (Rent Control and Just Cause) by appearing ex parte (without standard notice) before Judge Barry Goode at 10:00 tomorrow to seek a Temporary Restraining Order regarding...
Taking Responsibility
The following story written by John Geluardi and published in the Oakland Magazine, provides an interesting forecast of the RPA’s legislative agenda for 2017. Look for efforts to downsize the Richmond Police Department and cut the pay of management level City...