City may owe Chevron $26 million In the fiscal year 2006/7, Chevron contributed $14.3 million, about 20 percent of the total property tax revenue received by the city that year. (Source: The Pacific Institute) By: Julia Landau | October 22, 2010 – 11:00 am | Filed...

In the context of whether or not Richmond mayoral and City Council candidates can impact Richmond’s high unemployment rate and which ones have the best ideas, I thought this article was interesting. The article is consistent with what I have been saying that Richmond...

Darrell Reese behind Richmond attack ad, some say Justin Berton, Chronicle Staff Writer To supporters of Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, the flyer that landed in voters' mailboxes earlier this month revealing her 1990s hospitalization for depression and her...

Unfinished business: Mayor seeks second term Mayor at a press conference Oct. 5 addressing press and supporters, after court documents about her past were released by opponents. (Photo by Mark Oltmanns) By: Ashley Hopkinson | October 20, 2010 – 6:00 am Campaign...

Richmond man, longtime deputy public defender, to join Contra Costa court bench By Malaika Fraley Contra Costa Times Posted: 10/19/2010 02:17:09 PM PDT Updated: 10/19/2010 02:53:39 PM PDT MARTINEZ -- Gov. Schwarzenegger has appointed a longtime deputy public defender...

Feinstein opposes Indian casino in Richmond By Lisa Vorderbrueggen Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 at 11:40 am in 2010 election, Richmond. Feinstein U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., opposes Measure U in Richmond, an advisory measure seeking voters’ preference on a...

Agreement reached for Pt. Molate development Updated at 01:29 PM today Vic Lee More: Bio, E-mail, News Team RICHMOND, Calif. (KGO) -- The Guidiville Tribe reached an agreement today with local environmental groups in its proposed development of a $ 1 billion Las Vegas...

Following is the Contra Costa Times version of the environmental group sellout. One group, the California Native Plant Society refused to be bought: Dear Tom, I recently read the piece in your newsletter regarding the payola of the environmental groups in relation to...

Not satisfied with the property tax reduction gifted to it by the Contra Costa County Assessment Appeals Board, Chevron has now filed a lawsuit against Contra Costa County challenging the Assessment Appeals Board property tax assessment for 2004, 2005 and 2006. Even...

Point Molate Lawsuit Settles; Some Casino Foes Doubtful By Caitilin McAdoo Wednesday October 20, 2010 Opponents of a proposed casino resort development on the Richmond shoreline were not swayed today by an announcement that developers for the Guidiville tribe and a...

Fall Fest comes to Point Richmond By Chris Treadway West County Times Posted: 10/18/2010 04:17:49 PM PDT Updated: 10/18/2010 04:17:49 PM PDT Click here for details. The end of summer doesn't mean the end of outdoor music and festivities. The second annual Fall Fest in...

After a 45-day recruitment and evaluation period, Peter Berkhout and Dina Kashou have been selected as the next keepers of East Brother Light Station and will take over from Ed and Anne Witts on December 1, 2010. Currently, both Peter and Dina are part of the crew...

Due to popular demand, I am sending this E-FORUM from October 5 again: Vote by mail ballots are now available, so some of you will be voting soon. For information about registering or voting, go to http://www.cocovote.us. Following are my recommendations for the...

Although Gary Bell announced his withdrawal as a candidate in the Richmond City Council race in August, recent mailers indicate that Gary Bell is still the recommended BMW (Richmond Black Men and Women Committee - headed by Nat Bates) candidate. There are some very...

Lucky number four for Nat Bates? Nat Bates, the self-appointed dean of the City Council, doesn't mind a scrap in the dirt. (Photo by Julia Chan) By: David Ferry | October 19, 2010 – 6:00 am Campaign Finance Explorer Examine the money behind Richmond’s mayoral contest...

From San Francisco Chronicle Matier & Ross October 18: And finally:Without calling it out by name, the National Alliance on Mental Illness took a swipe at the Richmond firefighters union for its recent news conference attacking the city's mayor, Gayle McLaughlin,...

From Vacant City Lots to Food On the Table How to grow food where we need it. by Madeline Ostrander posted Sep 17, 2010 PEEK INSIDE THE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES ISSUE OF YES! MAGAZINE The first time I went to Richmond, Calif., nine years ago, my friend, who ran a punk...

Everybody has a right to engage in political campaigning and exercise their first amendment rights. In Richmond, however, we have laws that require individuals or organizations other than candidates to disclose who they are, where their funding comes from and where...

It’s particularly nice to get out of Richmond for a few days during the final nasty weeks of our local campaign season. We flew down to LA yesterday to participate in an awards ceremony. It was the first time we had been to Santa Monica and Venice in 37 years where we...

While the Contra Costa Times story on campaign finances provides good overview, it doesn’t provide the detail that really provides a picture of where candidates are getting their support and what that support is connected to. Here’s the real story, focusing on those...