------------------------------------ N E W S Release Office of Richmond Mayor Tom Butt For Immediate Release May 25, 2015 Contact: Terrance Cheung – Chief of Staff; Office 510-620-6502; Cell 415-990-2087 David Gray – Director of Projects & Programs; Office...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending May 22nd, 2015. 1. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is Tuesday, May 26th, beginning with a Closed Session at 6:00 PM, and the Special Meeting convening at...

Apparently the only Memorial Day event in Richmond today was sponsored by the De Anza High School Junior ROTC (Air Force). I was invited by cadet leader Cecilia Del Rio to attend the event, which began with a breakfast, and say a few words. The program has been...

The Guest Commentary on May 17, 2015, “How Richmond could become Baltimore or not,” (copied at the end of this email) by Alice Huffman is grossly and embarrassingly inaccurate and is a disservice to both the City of Richmond and UC Berkeley. Trying to make a case that...

Point Richmond Music announces summer concert season line-up May 19, 2015 Get ready for another summer of free live music in Point Richmond. On Tuesday, Point Richmond Music (PRM) announced the dates and line-up for its free 2015 summer concert series that attracts...

It's almost time!! Please remember to invite your friends and share this event with everyone you know! In solidarity with the global movement to take back our food, that is... REAL FOOD FROM REAL SEED as Mother Nature and human evolution intended... Please save the...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, May 26, 2015, Special Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

In April, Richmond’s Unemployment rate continued to drop, hitting 5.4%, equaling the national rate and exceeding California’s 6.3%. This is an indication that Richmond residents are finally fully participating in the Bay Area economic boom. This is down from 5.8% in...

http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-arm-pit-of-the-bay-area-progressive-utopia-earth From the 'Arm Pit of the Bay Area' to a Progressive Utopia on Earth Joe Eskenazi | Photo: Brian Flaherty | May 21, 2015 Richmond, once known for the three c’s—crime,...

Last night, the Richmond City Council ventured far from such mundane subjects such as marijuana dispensaries and petcoke transportation into space itself, taking up consideration of a resolution in support of the “Space Preservation Act and companion Space...

The street condition ratings by city are listed at www.mtc.ca.gov/news/street_fight/pci_2014.htm. Richmond is in the “Fair” category, with scores of 61 for 2012, 65 for 2013 and 64 for 2-14. The expectation is that funds for Measure U will give us a boost, but the...

Barnidge: Is rent control a good idea for East Bay communities? By Tom Barnidge Contra Costa Times Columnist Posted: 05/18/15, 12:02 AM PDT | You can be sure the rising cost of housing has caused widespread concern when communities as diverse as Richmond and Lafayette...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, May 19, 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

. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending May 15th, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is Tuesday, May 19th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, the Housing Authority Board at 6:25 PM,...

The next meeting, May 19, of the Richmond City Council promises to be an interesting one. The entire agenda and supporting material can be viewed at http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx. The Richmond City Council will first take up mind altering...

Autumn is the wife of my mayor staff member David Gray. She is recently relocated from Louisiana along with David and is looking for a job. Autumn earned a Master of Public Administration with a focus in nonprofit management and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This past Wednesday, May 12th, City staff hosted a community stakeholder meeting to provide an update on research to date on the Just Cause for Eviction policy options that was requested by the City Council. The presentation on...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: I regret to inform you that Moody’s Investors Service, which has rated past debt issues of the City of Richmond, has downgraded the City’s issuer rating to Baa1 from A1, pension bonds to Baa2 from A2, and placed the city and...

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 I started as a casual forum for businesses to come together to help identify...

You are Invited to The Point Richmond History Association General Membership Meeting and Election of Officers After the Meeting Program: Making Rosie Stop: Winding Down the War-Jobs Campaign by National Park Service Ranger Raphael Allen May 17, 2015 at 2:00 pm at...