The City of Richmond is a member of MCE, and I represent Richmond on the board of MCE. Unless you have opted out, as a Richmond rate payer you are a customer of MCE. Richmond electricity ratepayers who are customers of MCE saved over $2 million in 2014. MCE has...

One of the most contentious subjects before the Richmond City Council in 2014 was the Richmond Housing Authority operated Hacienda, a public housing facility for elderly and disabled tenants. In March of 2014, the City Council voted to relocate the tenants using...

The Hacienda Tenant Protection Voucher Application was reviewed by the HUD SF Hub Office today. Their requested edits were incorporated and the finished application went out via Fed Ex today, with e-copies sent to the HUD SF Hub Office Director and his second. The...

Candidates interested in being selected to fill the City Council seat vacated by my election as mayor will have to begin the process by completing a “Candidate’s Statement” form that can be downloaded from http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/Index/1392...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, January 20, 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

Want to receive TOM BUTT E-FORUM and other action alerts on Richmond political and community issues delivered to your email address? Email your name and email address and/or the names and email addresses of others who would like to be placed on the mailing list and...

The 16th Richmond Bay Trail New Year Report prepared by TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee now is available at http://www.pointrichmond.com/baytrail/pdfs/2015NYReport.pdf . This upbeat, colorful report features newly built Bay Trail sections and describes...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending January 9th, 2015, and the first such report for the new year. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting will be the swearing-in ceremony for the new mayor and councilmembers,...

Copied below is a memo I received from Kathy Gerk, CEM, City of Richmond Fire Departmnet Office of Emergency Services (OES) Emergency Services Manager. Incidentally, Kathy was the winner of the 2104 City Manager’s Merit Award. For many years, I have solicited...

Singer Associates in big win for Richmond PR campaign. Thought you would like to know. Want to receive TOM BUTT E-FORUM and other action alerts on Richmond political and community issues delivered to your email address? Email your name and email address and/or the...

If you are a registered Democrat, you can make a difference by participating this Saturday, January 10, in the election for Delegates to the CA Democratic Party at the Assembly District Election Meetings (ADEMs). Our newly elected Assemblymember, and former Richmond...

The Swearing-In Ceremony for Newly-elected Mayor Tom Butt and for re-elected and newly-elected Councilmembers Jovanka Beckles Gayle McLaughlin Eduardo Martinez and Jael Myrick will be held on Tuesday, the thirteenth of January Two thousand and fifteen at six thirty in...

Richmond: Crime down in 2014, homicides reach yet another low By Robert Rogers, Rick Hurd and Phil James rrogers@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 01/01/2015 06:30:00 AM PST Updated: 2 days ago RICHMOND -- Another year, another multi-decade low in homicides for a city that...

Point Richmond JAZZ wishes you the BEST for the Holiday Season. SHARE IT... with your family and friends! CELEBRATE — BOXING DAY with Matt and Kit Eakle at POINT RICHMOND JAZZ Friday, Dec. 26, 7:30 pm at Point Richmond's First United Methodist Church 201 Martina St.,...

Thank you everyone who pointed out that the original invitation issued by the City of Richmond used the date 2014 instead of 2015. For those who thought you may have missed this auspicious occasion in January of 2014 or were prepared to time-travel backward to make...

Congressman-elect Mark DeSaulnier Announces Civic Center Location For Richmond Congressional Office Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced he will be opening his Richmond Congressional district office at the City’s Civic Center, located at 440 Civic Center...

Richmond mayor-elect's dogs retrieved after midnight stroll on Chevron property By Rick Hurd rhurd@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 12/23/2014 02:12:55 PM PST0 Comments | Updated: 77 min. ago RICHMOND -- When his phone rang in the middle of the night, Richmond mayor-elect...

When I got a call from Mario at the Chevron Fire Department at 2:00 AM this morning, my first thought was that it was some kind of emergency. Turned out, however, that my dogs had exited through a gate to my yard that someone had left open and taken a midnight ramble,...

RCPS is largely housed in the former Maritime Child Care Center, rehabilitated and owned by Rosie the Riveter Trust. The 71-year old building is part of Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park. Inside Richmond’s highest performing school Richmond...

The Swearing-In Ceremony for Newly-elected Mayor Tom Butt and for re-elected and newly-elected Councilmembers Jovanka Beckles Gayle McLaughlin Eduardo Martinez and Jael Myrick will be held on Tuesday, the thirteenth of January Two thousand and fourteen at six thirty...