After a strong start, the effort to quickly adopt an aggressive minimum wage ordinance for Richmond faltered. I have written several E-FORUMS about this: · Contra Costa Times Editorial: Richmond's Minimum Wage Effort Misguided, March 27, 2014 · Majority of Responding...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 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...

Event: Point Richmond Acoustic Music: Craig Carothers plus Quiles & Cloud Host: Point Richmond Music & Bruce Kaplan and Claudia Russell Time: Friday, April 11, 2014 08:00PM Location: First Methodist Church 201 Marina Ave, Point Richmond Additional information:...

County Board of Education Seeks Applicants to Fill Board Vacancy The Contra Costa County Board of Education voted at its March 19, 2014 meeting to fill the Board vacancy in Trustee Area Two created by the unexpected death of Ellen Elster through an appointment rather...

Richmond Rethinks Hasty Decision About Troubled Housing Complex After rushing to adopt a plan that was prompted by a series of controversial news stories, the city council decided to not immediately evacuate the Hacienda apartment complex. By John Geluardi John...

Eye on the East Bay: April fool’s Contra Costa Times Posted: 04/06/2014 12:00:00 AM PDT April fools: Richmond Councilman Tom Butt is a prolific writer, known to churn out thousands of words per week on his website, commenting on city policy and lobbing barbs at his...

Trail champion Bruce Beyaert leads effort to expand shoreline trail in Richmond See http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_25441951/trail-champion-bruce-beyaert-leads-effort-expand-shoreline By Denis Cuff Contra Costa Times Posted: 04/01/2014 12:01:00...

Despite growing evidence that lack of sufficient funding from HUD is the root cause of public housing deficiencies, the City Council continues to blame everyone else, including itself, for conditions at the Hacienda that require a $19 million capital infusion to bring...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending April 4th, 2014. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15th, 2014. Enjoy the week off. Richmond Bay Campus Community Partnership Meeting On...

Tree, Seed & Veggie Giveaway Saturday, April 5 Richmond Greenway @ Harbour Way (between Chanslor & Ohio) 10:00 until supplies last! Self Sustaining Communities and Barry Dugar Transitional Homes are providing fruit trees, garden seed packets and vegetable...

The California Labor Federation and UFCW Local 5 Presents From Poverty to Prosperity tonight in the Council Chamber from 5pm to 8pm. Congressmen George Miller and Mike Thompson will join CA Senator Mark DeSaulnier and Christine Pelosi on a panel to discuss minimum and...

See yellow highlighted passage in newsletter below: In nearby Richmond, CA, Councilmember Tom Butt has been actively engaging his constituents on the digital billboard issue, and the responses he's received have showed that citizens are overwhelmingly opposed to them....

More than eight months after entering into a highly controversial and contentious agreement with Mortgage Resolution Partners, LLC (MRP) to bail out underwater home owners with eminent domain mortgage seizures, the Richmond City Council will finally implement the...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the two weeks ending March 28th, 2014. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1st beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, followed by a meeting of the Housing...

You can access the staff report at the hyperlink below. I recommend you read it very carefully. ADOPT a resolution reauthorizing the Authority's Executive Director to submit an Inventory Removal Application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for...

Lawsuit Filed Over Fracked Oil Trains In The Bay Area After KPIX 5 Report March 28, 2014 12:02 AM Share on email ? View Comments Related Tags: Bakken, Bakken Crude, Bakken Shale, Christin Ayers, Fracked Oil, Fracking, Kinder Morgan, KPIX 5 Investigates, Oil, Richmond...

This is a good article that validates a lot of what I have been saying but until now with little support. First Bates and then Booze have been the City Council liaisons to the Housing Advisory Commission for years. The Commission’s duty is to bring issues to the City...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, April 1, 2014, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, the WCCUSD Board of Education awarded a $7.6 million contract to Arntz Builders for repairs and improvements of the Richmond Swim Center located on the Kennedy High School Campus. The project is expected to be completed in June 2015. The...