The third Business Roundtable took place at the Craneway Conference Center Thursday, July 31 with about 50 attendees – a sold out house. It was generously hosted by The Craneway and Assemble Restaurant. The entire mayor’s staff did an outstanding job planning and...

Barnidge: Dysfunction still alive in Richmond, even without Corky Booze By Tom Barnidge Contra Costa Times Columnist Posted: 08/05/2015 11:42:17 AM PDT0 Comments | Updated: about 6 hours ago The animus and dysfunction that so often have characterized Richmond City...

I remember back in the day when I first moved to Richmond when Richmond City Council business was hashed out informally by a majority of the City Council on Saturday mornings at the home of a former mayor. By the time the formal meetings occurred, all important...

Business Leaders Call for Increased Public Transportation at Mayor’s Business Roundtable Event Posted by Sean Pyles on July 30, 2015 The city’s business leaders highlighted the need for increased public transportation at Mayor Butt’s third Business Roundtable on...

Richmond: Council opposes West County Jail expansion; supervisors to vote on project next month By Karina Ioffee kioffee@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 07/30/2015 02:54:46 PM PDTC Updated: 07/31/2015 07:10:35 AM PDT RICHMOND -- The City Council has voted to oppose the...

Richmond: Point Molate readies for next phase By Karina Ioffee kioffee@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 07/30/2015 02:31:12 PM PDT0 Comments | Updated: 99 min. ago RICHMOND -- For years, the Point Molate peninsula has beckoned with its promise of beach access, trails,...

Chevron cuts first check for highly-anticipated Richmond Promise scholarship program Jul 29, 2015 All students who live in Richmond and graduate from a public high school in the West Contra Costa Unified School District, including charter schools, will be eligible for...

Is Richmond being governed from RPA headquarters or City Hall? Jul 31, 2015 When the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) swept the November elections and gained command of council, the group heralded the victory across the nation as a win for democracy and a loss for...

In April, the City Council approved a financial contribution of $10,000 to a study managed by The Trust for Public Land that would provide initial research into the markets for a variety of potential uses at Point Molate. The Report has now been completed by the real...

The agenda/packet for the Special Monday, August 3, 2015, Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

Several people have inquired about what happened last night with respect to the Rent Control and Just Cause Ordinance. The simple explanation is that the City Council ran out of time before a vote could be taken. The City Council Rules of Procedure and Order require...

The Charter of the City of Richmond is remarkably vague about the mayor’s job description: Political Position - chief elected officer and ceremonial head of the City..” “…responsible for providing civic leadership and taking issues to the people, and marshalling...

Dear Community Residents: After several years of sustained reductions in crime, Richmond is experiencing a troubling upswing in both violent and property crime that we can turn around, but only by acknowledging it and by working together. While we prefer to deliver...

July 27, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Hanusa, Director of Communications (608) 886-5249 | ehanusa@nccdglobal.org California Anti-Violence Program Engages With Shooters to Reduce Gun Violence and Improve Social Outcomes New evaluation finds that innovative...

We have the run up to tonight’s vote on the second reading of the Rent Control and Just Cause Ordinance. Below are two articles, one by the San Francisco Chronicle and the other by RPA leader Mike Parker rebutting my E-FORUM posting Open Season on Landlords, July 26,...

Read the Process Report for Neighborhood Safety, an endorsement of the success of the Office of Neighborhood Safety. One City Tried Something Radical to Stop Gun Violence. This Report Suggests It's Working. From 45 homicides to 11 in seven years. —By Tim Murphy | Mon...

The draft Rent Control Second Reading of the Rent Control Ordinance continues to be tweaked by City Staff, as they discover typos, errors and inconsistencies. In order to be legally adopted, the Second Reading has to exactly match the First Reading, except for typos...

The adoption of rent control and just cause in Richmond seems to be driven by more than simply trying to help out people struggling with rents. There is a visceral hate of landlords shared by the RPA-3, ACCE and others pushing rent control and just cause. I don’t know...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending July 24th, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, 2015, beginning with a Closed Session at 6:00 PM, followed by Housing...

Richmond is an intense and ultra-dramatic place. You have to get out once in a while to maintain sanity. This past weekend, we packed up our two dogs, Rosie and Tess, and headed for the Sierras in Plumas County. Friday night we spent in a campground just west of...