Vote for Office of Neighborhood Safety

Greetings Richmond Residents, Have you noticed crime has gone down in Richmond, California? Some say it’s due to DeVone Boggan and his innovative idea to develop the Office of Neighborhood Safety and the Operation Peacemaker Fellowship Program. Under the passionate...

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San Jose, Richmond chiefs are finalists to head Tucson police

San Jose, Richmond chiefs are finalists to head Tucson police By Robert Salonga and Karina Ioffee Bay Area News Group Posted: 10/20/2015 07:06:52 AM PDT | Updated: 19 min. ago Richmond Chief of Police Chris Magnus stands with demonstrators along Macdonald Ave. to...

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Richmond Bayway

This is an amazing presentation assembled by Tom Leader Studio for presentation Thursday at Meeting of the Minds in the Craneway. Here is a link to booklet - http://tomleader.com/issue3D/richmondbayway/index.html. The presentation will be short Ted talk but there will...

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District Elections

There appears to be a move to place a measure on the ballot to change to district elections in Richmond. I don’t think there is any compelling evidence that it would improve or accomplish anything. This issue comes up most often in cities with unrepresented or...

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Your Input Needed for Branding and Marketing Richmond

One of the top priorities I had coming in to office this year was to conduct a full scale branding and marketing. The study is underway and we are at a critical stage of the research. The goal of this study is to make sure that the way we represent ourselves as a City...

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Moody’s Throws Richmond into Debtor’s Prison

Below is a story about bond restructuring in Richmond that was precipitated by the recent rating downgrade by Moody’s. People who are looking for a way to be critical of Richmond’s City Council or city manager have seized on this as evidence of poor management...

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City Manager’s Report for the Week Ending October 2, 2015

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending October 2, 2015. 1. Meeting Notes The next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the regular agenda at 6:30 PM....

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Register Now for the Mayor’s October Business Roundtable

A healthy business climate in Richmond is essential to increase jobs, increase municipal revenue and increase economic diversity and opportunity. The Business Roundtable is an lunch gathering started by Richmond Mayor Tom Butt as a casual forum for businesses to come...

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State Controller Cancels Threat of Richmond Audit

After starting a media frenzy by peremptorily writing a letter to the City of Richmond questioning its ability to “provide accurate and reliable information regarding required financial reports,” (See Letter to State Controller Better Yee, September 26, 2015, and...

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