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...

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...