Chief of Staff David Gray will be leaving later this month to take a job as the Equity and Inclusion Manager for the External Affairs Division, Workforce Development, of the San Francisco Public Utility Commission. It is a well-deserved promotion for David that gives...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 11, 2016. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15th beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the Special meeting...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, November 15, 2016, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

Courtesy of Don Gosney.

Lift your spirits with music! View this email in your browser Tonight – Friday, November 11, 7:30pm Doug Adamz plus Mark Lemaire with Cindy Lemaire I don’t know about you…but it’s been a stressful week around here. Many folks are troubled by Tuesday’s results and...

Veterans Day is tomorrow, and for this Veterans Day, I am highligthing those who served in Vietnam. Of the total 3,403,000 deployed to Southeast Asia between 1958 and 1975, 47,434 were killed in action and another 10,786 died for other reasons in-theater. Non-mortal...

Following this email is a statement by the Richmond Progressive Alliance, which they asked me to publish – and I am happy to do so, about the November 8 City Council election. This is my statement. Some believe that this election, where I opposed both the RPA...

In the antithesis of the national election, which just delivered President Trump, Richmond voters selected Melvin Willis, Ben Choi and Jael Myrick for four-year terms. Nat Bates and Vinay Pimple will leave office in January of 2017, and Richmond will be governed by a...

After the City Council approved a development plan for Terminal 1 in July 2016, a group of residents filed a CEQA lawsuit (Brickyard Cove Residents File Legal Challenge to Terminal 1 Project, August 24, 2016). I facilitated a mediation among the parties to try and...

In 2014, Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times wrote, “Richmond Confidential may be one of the most important newsgathering enterprises in the country right now,” for their in depth coverage of the Richmond 2014 election, something that no other media outlet was...

Here are the rest of my ballot recommendations: · President: Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine · U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris · U.S. House of Representative, District 11: Mark Desaulnier · California State Senate, District 9: Nancy Skinner · California State Assembly,...

Click here for a press release from District Attorney Mark Peterson regarding the sex scandal at various Bay Area law enforcement agencies, including the City of Richmond. Of note, the District Attorney’s Office investigation found that, although certain behavior was...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 4, 2016. 1. Meeting Notes There is no City Council meeting this week. Please be sure to get out and vote on (or before) Tuesday, November 8th! 2. Richmond Voting Drop-Off Box...

Volunteer this GOTV weekend with the Richmond Transportation Campaign: Measures X, RR, and C1 Do you have 3 hours to spare this weekend to make sure that our critical local transportation measures pass on Election Day?! Come out and volunteer with the Richmond...

Get Contra Costa Moving: Vote Yes on X Please join me in Supporting Measure X by voting this coming week or at the polls on November 8th! Measure X will address our serious transportation issues in Contra Costa County. This measure gives Contra Costa voters the...

Tideline water taxi will be hosting an open house for their boats at the Marina Bay Yacht Harbor this Sunday. Tideline has worked out an agreement with the Yacht Harbor to allow Tideline to provide service in Richmond. Tideline does not need CPUC approval to operate...

Editorial: Rent control exacerbates housing shortage Times file Concord residents in July rally in support of rent control. By East Bay Times editorial PUBLISHED: November 2, 2016 at 12:04 pm | UPDATED: November 2, 2016 at 2:25 pm Rent control has great political...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlzDONKJoSI Here is the full video of the October 26, 2016 Measure L debate, hosted by the Point Richmond Business Association. Presenting arguments for Measure L were panelists Rob Lipton and Mike Parker. Rob Lipton is a spatial...

ONLY ONE DAY LEFT to apply for up to $2,000 to beautify your neighborhood! #RichmondLoveYourBlock is looking for residents, local organizations, and community members to team up with each other to transform their blocks. Take a look at the grant application on the...

We’re pleased to announce that MCE has recently received noteworthy recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Last week MCE member communities topped the EPA’s 2016 national list of Green Power Communities, accounting for an astounding thirteen out of...