Volunteering for X, RR, C1: E-mail announcement
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...
East Bay Times Recommends a “NO” Vote on Measure L – “Rent control exacerbates housing shortage”
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...
Tideline Water Taxi to Begin Service From Marina Bay
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...
Get Contra Costa Moving – Vote Yes on X
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...
Only One day left to apply for a $2,000 Love Your Block grant!
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...
Measure L Debate
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...
Richmond Among Bay Area Communities Representing 13 of 15 Leading Green Power Communities in United States
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...
November 8, 2016 Local Office and Ballot Measure Endorsements
This is being re-sent at the request of some who did not receive it. The following are my personal endorsements for the November 8, 2016 Election Richmond City Council · Jael Myrick · Jim Rogers See Endorsements for Richmond City Council in the November 8, 2016,...
Support Measure M – Real Estate Transfer Tax
Since sending this out a couple of weeks ago, several people have asked questions and made comments, including on Facebook and NextDoor. I would like to respond to some of them. No Ballot Argument in Favor of Measure M. The fact is that this just got dropped through...
Love Thy Neighbor: A Human(e) Approach to Gun Violence
Neighborhood | October 30, 2016 at 4:31 pm Love Thy Neighbor: A Human(e) Approach to Gun Violence By Lizzy Schick In Richmond, Calif., the Office of Neighborhood Safety accomplished in only eight years what no traditional law enforcement measures could: a 76 percent...
1st annual Trick or Treat on 23rd!
We are elated to invite you to the first annual 23rd Street Trick or Treat event! Brought to you with generous sponsorship of State Farm This event is free and fun for all ages: treats, activities, and a costume contest. When: Halloween, Monday / Lunes, Oct. 31st from...
Richmond City Council unanimously adopts innovative Climate Action Plan to achieve health and environmental goals
View this in your browser * * * * * * * Richmond City Council unanimously adopts innovative Climate Action Plan to achieve health and environmental goals Document available at: www.richmondenvironment.org RICHMOND, Calif. – The Richmond City Council unanimously...
Meeting of the Minds Right Now at the Craneway
The Craneway Pavilion hosts an eclectic array of events from rollerblading to weed expositions to ballet, but the 10th Anniversary Meeting of the Minds is perhaps the premier assemblage of brainpower the venue has ever seen. It is sold out. Now in its 10th year, the...
Five Reasons to Reject Measure L – Rent Control and Just Cause
The proponents of Measure L – Rent Control and Just Cause – have accurately identified a problem: Residential rents in Richmond, as elsewhere in the Bay Area, have outstripped the traditional measure of many renters’ ability to afford them. If rent exceeds 30% of a...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending October 21, 2016
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending October 21, 2016. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 25th beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the regular City...
City of Richmond Ramps Up Collection of Business License and Transit Occupancy Taxes
Since hiring a new Business License Enforcer in September 2016, the City of Richmond has collected $26,437.63 in business license taxes that were either delinquent or would have gone unpaid under the previous passive collection system. New collections are averaging...
Supporting Pam Mirabella and Measure T
Pam Mirabella asked me to share this. I am supporting Pam for reelection to the Contra Costa County Board of Education as well as WCCUSD Measure T. Campbell~Governmental Access 807 Commodore Drive, Richmond, CA. 94804 510.236.5823 fax 510.236.9260| Capitol...
October 25, 2016, Regular Richmond City Council Agenda/Packet – CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:00 P.M.
The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, October 25, 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
East Bay Times’s Borenstein Piles on Richmond Again
Once again, Borenstein has it wrong. · It would not be the “highest property transfer tax in the state.” It would actually be less than either Oakland or Berkeley. · The incremental tax on a $500,000 sale would be $4,000 (.008 x $500,000), not the $8,050 that...
RPA the New Chevron? — Going Negative with Misinformation
Moving cynically from its underdog grass roots beginning, the new deep pockets Machiavellian Richmond Progressive Alliance is looking more and more like its archrival Chevron, running negative hit pieces on its rivals that are -- well not exactly truthful. The hit...