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

While I probably would have supported some version of the minimum wage ordinance, I voted against it because the City Council made an 11th hour decision to change it from a ballot item to an ordinance and to waive the staff evaluation. I asked for a little more time...

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...

Although I have been concentrating on finding a way to abate the illegal LED sign at Pacific East Mall, the proposed sign at Hilltop looms in the future. It would require either a variance or an amendment to our existing ordinance to incorporate LED into it. I haven’t...

Richmond calls on Congress to halt crude oil transport through Bay Area By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 03/25/2014 11:38:51 PM PDT1 Comment | Updated: 50 min. ago Related Stories · Mar 25: · Berkeley: Council votes to oppose rail shipments of crude oil...

Because of the overwhelming public support for the removal of the illegal electronic LED sign at Pacific East Mall, I have placed the resolution below on the April 1 City Council Agenda. For background, see: · Readers Prefer Removal of Pacific East Mall LED Sign,...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, March 25, 2014, Special 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...