The following article is pretty well written and accurately describes two sides of the rent control/just cause issue. Some things to keep in mind: · If rent control were implemented, it would not affect all rentals. A relatively few tenants could benefit initially,...

Thanks to sleuthing by the city clerk, the mystery of the origination of the nearly 40-year old City of Richmond logo has been solved! Maybe it’s time for a new one. City Council Minutes June 20, 1977 A proposed resolution adopting and authorizing use of Richmond logo...

Richmond warehouse, manufacturing and office/flex rents are up and vacancies down.

Vice Mayor Jael Myrick calling for 45-day moratorium on rent increases and evictions in Richmond Apr 14, 2015 Richmond Vice Mayor Jael Myrick says now is the time to discuss whether rent control is the right call for the city. Today, Myrick confirmed to the Richmond...

On April 8th, the Contra Costa County Superior Court lifted the injunction that stopped project construction in 2009. In addition, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has recently reissued the authority-to-construct permit. As a result of this progress,...

Yesterday I was invited to share with KRON4 viewers the plan for a Richmond Branding and Marketing Study. Click here| KRON4.com to view it. http://kron4.com/2015/04/12/richmond-mayor-talks-about-campaign-to-change-citys-image/ We are about 60% towards our $100,000...

Word is that a moratorium on rent increases will be on the April 21 Richmond City Council agenda. Should be a long meeting. Soaring Bay Area rents spark growing calls for rent control By Matthew Artz martz@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 04/12/2015 02:01:59 PM PDT54...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending April 10th, 2015. 1. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is scheduled for Tuesday, April 21st. Enjoy the next Tuesday night off. 2. BART Intermodal Improvement...

Congressman Mark DeSaulnier’s Town Hall Meeting will be at Lovonya DeJean tonight, April 8, 2015 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. What: Congressman DeSaulnier’s “First 100 Days” Town Hall When: Wednesday, April 8th, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Check-in begins at 6:00 pm. Where:...

Barnidge: Richmond council meetings are fun, even without the shouting and screaming By Tom Barnidge Contra Costa Times Columnist Posted: 04/08/2015 02:11:55 PM PDT | Updated: 31 min. ago The mayor didn't spend the evening pounding a gavel, no recesses were called for...

Catch this Grammy Winner up close and personal! View this email in your browser Friday, April 10 , 7:30 Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands with special guest Richard Brandenburg We are pleased to present Bay Area bluegrass legend Laurie Lewis and her band, the Right...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending April 3rd, 2015. 1. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is scheduled for Tuesday, April 7th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, followed by the...

On Thursday, April 2nd, the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (“WETA”) Board of Directors approved a contract amendment with Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects to prepare the final design and engineering of the Richmond Ferry Terminal, and to provide design...

Chief Magnus cleared up the source of the “Buy a Gun” billboards in Richmond. “The ATF is one of several components of the Justice Department. The Justice Department selected Oakland/Richmond as part of their 5 site national Violence Reduction Network (VRN). The other...

Yesterday, I received an mail from a local resident who was outraged over a billboard campaign in Richmond that approaches the scale of the Chevron election campaign. I had seen one of them and was curious about it, but I didn’t think much more about it. These are the...

FROM THE CHIEF Dear Community Members, We are seeing some increases in crime during this first quarter of 2015, compared to the same period of 2014, so I wanted to reach out to everyone with the hope we can maximize how we work together to turn things around. Although...

Yesterday, ACCE responded to my E-FORUM Fight Over Rent Control Heats Up in Richmond, March 31, 2015, and David Sharples of ACCE asked me to publish it, which I will gladly do, but not without comment. The ACCE response follows my comments below. ACCE and I agree on a...

DON'T MISS OUT! We need your RSVP by April 1! Please join us for our Annual Benefit Dinner "You've Come a Long Way, Rosie!" Saturday, April 11, 2015 At The Historic Richmond Galileo Club! Our annual benefit dinner is the #1 way we support the Rosie the Riveter/WWII...

Richmond looks to refurbish image with new marketing campaign By Karina Ioffee Bay Area News Group Posted: 03/31/2015 11:57:42 AM PDT| Updated: 9 min. ago RICHMOND -- The mayor of Richmond has launched a one-man campaign to change the public's perception of his home...

Leaving his life as a poor farm worker from a large family in a remote village in Mexico, Guadalupe Campos emigrated to the U.S. in 1965 and found work as garbage truck driver in San Francisco. He worked hard for many years, saved his money and invested in a couple of...