Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending December 11, 2015. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 15th beginning with a closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the Special City...

Last City Council Meeting of the Year!! The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, December 15, 2015, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx PLEASE NOTE: - CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT...

Friday, December 11, 2015, Paris – Bonjour! While we were enjoying dinner in Paris last night, negotiators at Le Bourget worked hard all night long, not relenting until nearly 7:00 AM this morning in an attempt to move the COP21 agenda to completion. The word we are...

I received (indirectly) the “open letter” at the end of this email from the RPA. I want to be clear that my characterization of the UN Climate Change Conference was intended to emphasize the scale of the movement and the consequences of not acting rather than to...

Paris, Sunday, December 6, 2015 – This is the first day in a week without scheduled events and an opportunity to catch up on my reports. Two days ago (Saturday) we started with a presentation at the conference center at Le Bourget, “Community Choice Energy – Power to...

This UNFCCC COP 21 is -- In a word – overwhelming. Navigating the venues is like learning your way around a small city. Dozens of events are going on simultaneously, including meetings, press conferences, films, briefings, workshops and presentations. Trying to figure...

Today (Tuesday) we are ground zero of the Climate negotiations. Our team, which consists of Dawn Weisz, executive director of MCE (Marin Clean Energy), Jamie Tuckey of MCE, Tom and Jane Kelly of KyotoUSA and Sequoia Foundation, and Shawn Marshall of LEAN Energy, is...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, December 1, 2015, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx PLEASE NOTE: CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:30 P.M. – REGULAR CITY COUNCIL BEGINS AT...

May your holidays be filled with joy and good cheer, And may the New Year bring you peace and happiness Sketch by Tom Butt at Plaza de San Francisco, Havana, Cuba, December 14, 2013

Popular Richmond bingo hall shuts down http://www.contracostatimes.com/richmond/ci_29162214/richmond-popular-bingo-hall-shuts-down By Karina Ioffee kioffee@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 11/25/2015 06:57:50 AM PST| Updated: 80 min. ago RICHMOND -- Fans of bingo were...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx PLEASE NOTE: CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:30 P.M. – REGULAR CITY COUNCIL BEGINS...

Mr. Lopez: Thank you for your two emails received today, which are copied at the end of this email for context in my response below: Requiring people to leave the City Council Chamber was simply a function of the California Fire Code, which requires the maximum...

In a pair of concurrent editorials, the Contra Costa Times praised Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus while at the same time calling Richmond City Manager Bill Lindsay “irresponsible” and the Richmond City Council majority “fiscally inept.” Magnus has been widely...

On December 3, our own Betty Soskin, National Park Ranger at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, will be in Washington DC, at the White House 2015 National Tree Lighting Ceremony. She won’t just be there watching like everyone else; she will...

Point Richmond Jazz premières Jazz Violinist and Vocalist... Solène Le Van FRIDAY, Nov. 27 In a JAZZ CONCERT dedicated to The People of Paris, FRANCE and the dream of freedom we all cherish Don't shop.. ATTEND the concert on BLACK FRIDAY @ 7:30 pm Tickets — $18 online...

As we make a final decision tonight about whether to adopt the Richmond Riviera Plan or consign it to a ballot for the people to decide, I’m sure we will hear more about Richard Poe’s generous offer to provide affordable teacher housing in Marina Bay for Benito Juarez...

According to the Airbnb website, there are over 300 rentals in Richmond, ranging from as low as $48 to nearly $1,000 a night. The City of Richmond aims to bring these into the City’s business license and transient occupancy tax system and ultimately into the Tourism...

Controversial Development Proposal at Odds with General Plan By: Sean Pyles http://www.radiofreerichmond.com/controversial_development_proposal_at_odds_with_general_plan An eccentric developer, large amounts of cash, and the future of development in Richmond are...

Although I will be in Paris on December 4, I am hoping that you will attend and participate in the Richmond Rotary Auction on Friday, December 4, 2015. This is the Rotary Club’s big annual fundraiser for all of its Richmond projects for the year. This is a very...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 20, 2015. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 24th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, followed by the regular City...