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...

This is another emotional but factually inaccurate effort to label me as insensible to renter, starting with the headline, “Richmond Mayor Tom Butt Backs Unlimited Rent Increases.” I have never said that I back rent increases; but what is clear is that I do not...

Reservations for the next Business Roundtable will be available in a couple of days, meanwhile, save the date.

Mayor highlights business, environment and council meeting improvements in his first 100 days Tom Butt (center), with his wife and campaign manager, reacts as unofficial election results show him winning Richmond's mayoral seat. (Photo by Bonnie Chan) By Larry...

Richmond Progressive Alliance revives campaign for stronger tenant protections Apartment building in Richmond, 23rd Street/Nevin Avenue (Photo by Fabian Graber) By Fabian GraberPosted 3 hours ago Advocates for stronger tenant protections in Richmond received support...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending May 8th, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Enjoy your week off! City of Richmond 2015 Community Survey -- The Deadline is...

EBMUD declared a Stage 4 critical drought and set a community wide goal to reduce water use 20% compared to 2013. The following are the mandatory outdoor watering rules now in effect: 1. Water no more than 2 non-consecutive days per week. 2. Strict limits on time:...

Friends of the Bay Trail in Richmond, Your invitation to a festive event celebrating completion of the Ferry Point Loop of the Bay Trail on Sunday morning, May 31 may be found at http://www.pointrichmond.com/baytrail/pdfs/2015FerryPointLoopGrandOpening.pdf . Emceed by...

Ranger Betty Soskin, 93, on the Rosie the Riveter national park, California The oldest national park ranger in the US tells us why she’s proud of the second world war home front park in Richmond, just across the bay from San Francisco Coming up Rosie … the visitor...

An article by Mike Parker, “Richmond Mayor Butt is Wrong on Rent Control,” has been getting a lot of play on Internet blogs the last few days. It begins by stating, “Richmond Mayor Tom Butt has set himself up to be the spokesman for landlords in a campaign against...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending May 1st, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is Tuesday, May 5th, 2015, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:45 PM, the Housing Authority Board at 6:20...

Resolution 8-11 established the Point Molate Citizens Advisory Committee (PMCAC) with nineteen members, all of whom must be residents of Richmond. The membership is down to seven people, and all of their terms expire May 30. I am looking forward to appointing a full...

Youth Application for Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay Community Working Group Seeking 2 Youth Community Working Group Members! • Are you a Richmond youth between the age of 16 and 24 who is passionate about the future of Richmond and currently involved in...

Richmond: City struggling to find new homes for residents of troubled public housing project By Karina Ioffee kioffee@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 04/24/2015 01:59:06 PM PDT| Updated: about 3 hours ago RICHMOND -- A year after the city voted to shutter a publicly run...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending April 24th, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is a special meeting (primarily presentations and study sessions) scheduled for Tuesday, April 28th...