Last night it was payback time, and the RPA-3, bolstered by a flip-flopping Vice-mayor Myrick, voted in the most rigorous form of rent control seen yet in the Bay Area. The measure will require a second reading on July 28, to actually become law. However, it will be...

Dear Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay Stakeholders, Thank you for your interest in the Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay. Key updates and reminders follow: Due to many Community Working Group (CWG) members being unavailable, there will be no July meeting of...

Make History at the Park! . Are you ready to make history? If so, save the date! On Saturday, August 15, we want you... to help us break the Guinness World Record of 776 People Dressed as Rosie the Riveter that was set in Ypsilanti last year! United, We Can Win! Let's...

Some glitches in the on line survey to provide market research for Richmond’s Branding and Marketing Study have been fixed, if you want to have a go at it. To participate, click on the link provided below to complete the survey on-line:...

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...

State and Local Public Policy from the Mercatus Center, George Mason University Rent control: A bad policy that just won’t die by Adam Millsap on July 13, 2015 in City Life, Economic Policy, Regulation The city council of Richmond, CA is thinking about implementing...

Click here for the latest Richmond Review, 2nd Quarter 2015. The real estate market for Warehousing, Manufacturing and Office/Flex continues to improve. The biggest lease deal was the Williams Sonoma taking over 250,000 square feet of warehouse-distribution at Point...

Below is a “Guest Commentary” published in the Contra Costa Times that is part of the growing drumbeat to bring to Richmond the most rigorous and egregious rent control scheme in California, if not the entire U.S., to Richmond. In its latest draft, the proposed...

Despite the recent gnashing of teeth about financing for the WCCUSD school construction bond program, including whistleblowers and claims of mismanagement, a report commissioned by the school board that will be publicly released July 14, 2015, shows that the...

Despite all the amateur and uninformed legal opinions from ACCE, Tenants Together, and Jo-Ellen Pozner, an assistant professor at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, who should know better, and from a Contra Costa Times reporter looking for a story where none...

The mayor’s Office has launched an exciting branding and marketing initiative that will ultimately help define Richmond’s image and reputation with our residents, neighbors, businesses, and visitors. Our partners for this venture are the Richmond Main Street...

I'm restarting the Mayor's Community Benefits Fund by holding my first Golf Tournament Fundraiser. Save the Date -- September 28, 2015 at the Richmond Country Club. Proceeds will help support youth athletics, Summer youth programs, environmental stewardship, and lots...

The use of fireworks, including those that rival the professional displays put on by the City on July 3, are so pervasive that it will take more than police to curtail them. Next year, we should initiate an early public relations and education program to tone down the...

Lots of exciting items on this agenda: Item J-1 is another attempt to pass a rent moratorium. (ADOPT an urgency ordinance establishing a 45-day moratorium on rent increases until the City Council has implemented a policy to stabilize rents in the City of Richmond -...

Groundwork USA is a program under the national Park Service that is “…dedicated to changing places and changing lives, Groundwork USA is a national organization with local roots, engaging local businesses, residents and government officials to revitalize neighborhoods...

Getaways: Richmond’s Rosie the Riveter Museum Rosie the Riveter Museum and Visitor Center, located at Ford Point in Richmond. (Billy Hustace photo) BY CAROLE TERWILLIGER MEYERS FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT July 2, 2015, 12:01AM The City of Richmond does not leap to mind...

By Karina Ioffee kioffee@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 07/02/2015 11:07:09 AM PDT3 Comments Updated: 07/02/2015 04:20:30 PM PDT RICHMOND -- With just one day to go before the start of the new fiscal year, the city approved a $144 million general fund budget Tuesday,...