By Karina Ioffee Published 7/29/16 RICHMOND — Six years ago, a developer sued this city after the casino it wanted to build was rejected. Now, Richmond is quietly considering settling with the company and granting the owner a chance to build housing on one of the last...

At Tuesday’s (July 26, 2016) City Council meeting, City staff updated the five-year Budget Forecast to incorporate the FY 2016-17 adopted budget and the latest data on revenue and spending projections. While we are okay for now, maintaining a balanced budget and...

RPA Statement on the Kids First Ballot Initiative: The Richmond Progressive Alliance strongly supports increasing funding and expanding programs for youth, children and families in Richmond. We have also been long-time supporters and allies of the organizations in the...

At last night’s City Council meeting, the Richmond City Council showed rare unity in deciding not to move the Kids First Initiative to the November 2016 election. Instead, it will have to wait for the June 2018 election. The Kids First Initiative had enough petition...

The Kids First initiative Just qualified yesterday with only nine signatures to spare. The move to the November 2016 ballot, it will require five votes of the City Council to place it on the agenda as an emergency item because, by state law, the agenda has a 72-hour...

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Main Street News July 25, 2016 Greetings, Last week we shared news of the graduation event for this year's Summer Youth Entrepreneur Program. Today we are pleased to announce another exciting update: the participants'...

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/oaklandtribune/ci_11306565: "Mayor Ron Dellums released a budget report this week projecting a general fund deficit of $50 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and $58 million the year after that. The bleak projections are...

After voters passed Oakland’s version of Kids First, they had buyers’ remorse when they discovered that it was draining the General Fund. So they passed Measure D in 2009 to reverse the drain of money. Measure D amended City of Oakland Kids First!, Measure OO by...

N E W S Advisory Office of Richmond Mayor Tom Butt For Immediate Release July 20, 2016 Contact: David Gray – Chief of Staff Direct: 510-620-6527 Office: 510-620-6503 City of Richmond and State Board of Equalization to Host Workshop for Medical Cannabis Businesses...

Hello partners, you're invited to attend and participate in a Community Design Workshop for the Richmond Wellness Trail on August 8, 9, 10 & 11th at Rich City Rides Community Bike Shop at 1500 Macdonald Avenue. We'll kick-off the workshop with our Opening...

After years of delay, Richmond finally has a draft Climate Action Plan! Climate change presents the City of Richmond with complex challenges and tremendous opportunities. During the past year, the City has been working to prepare its inaugural Draft Climate Action...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending July 22, 2016. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 26th beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the special meeting of the...

Recent articles in the SF Chronicle by David Helvarg(“Don't gamble with Point Molate” and “Build Waterfront Park, Not Homes, at Point Molate”) both copied at the end of this email, are gross misrepresentations of reality and are part of a recent frenzy to protect...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, July 26, 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 This is the last meeting before the August break. Several interesting items: A-1...

North Richmond Residents Invited to Meet with Mayor Tom Butt and Supervisor John Gioia at “Time with Tom” What: Richmond Mayor Tom Butt and Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia invite all North Richmond residents to represent their neighborhood, share their...

RICHMOND PROVIDES FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM MY BROTHER’S KEEPER CAREER SUMMIT RICHMOND RESIDENTS: Are you planning to attend the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Career Summit tomorrow? Then we have good news for you. There will be FREE TRANSPORTATION to and from...

The following communication from Gayle McLaughlin is a gratuitously self-righteous accusation that the city council is “heading back into those historically corrupt days in Richmond before some of us [read the RPA] got involved.” Any decision to pursue a settlement...

There was a recent string of posts on Facebook from presumably Richmond residents criticizing kayak classes at the Richmond Plunge by an organization, California Canoe and Kayak, who had rented the Plunge for that purpose. One individual malcontent insisted on making...

Click here for a PowerPoint presentation. http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_30128772/richmond-san-rafael-third-lane-plan-goes-caltrans Richmond-San Rafael third lane plan goes to Caltrans; work could start in October July 14, 2016 A final design to open a...

Dear City Manager Bill Lindsay, Mayor Butt and City Councilmembers, In light of amplified conversations nationally regarding police violence and violence against police, I wanted you to know that your Police Department continues to be regarded as a leader on police...