Planning Staff and City Attorney Live in Alternate Universe

As the design for the PG&E site at Brickyard Cove works its way through the entitlement process, an attorney who is a neighbor of the proposed project took a deep dive into legal issues that City staff, including the incompetent and corrupt city attorney are...

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Another Proposed Development Project Breaks Bad

According to former Design Review Board Chair Jonathan Livingston, the proposed housing project at the site of the former PG&E gasholder tank at Brickyard Cove has taken a turn for the worse with the full complicity of City staff. Regarding the design, Livingston...

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New CEO for CivicWell (formerly Local Government Commission)

View this email in your browser Meet CivicWell's New CEO! We are excited to introduce Bernadette Austin as the new CEO of CivicWell. Bernadette was selected after an extensive search with Azzani Search Consultants following the departure of Kate Wright in March 2022....

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City Council Finally Sees the Light at Terminal 1

On Tuesday, February 7, after prolonged discussion that went on until midnight, including a 40-minute monologue by the city attorney, the Richmond City Council finally did what they should have done a year ago, just say no to what became a horrible design for a...

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The Sad Plight of the Historic Shipyard 3 General Warehouse

Figure 1 - The iconic Moderne style General Warehouse at historic Shipyard 3 Figure 2 - Deteriorated entry to General Warehouse The General Warehouse is the most iconic of the extant historical buildings from the historic WWII Shipyard 3. For almost a decade, the City...

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The Mysterious Mr. Wu

My legal challenge to the sale of Terminal 1 was served this week on both the City of Richmond and Terminal One Development LLC (See Court Order Sought to Invalidate Sale of Terminal 1, January 20, 2023). We’ll see what happens. There is another component of this...

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Saunas in Richmond?

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/waterside-saunas-bay-area-17762581.php I found four wood saunas on the Richmond waterfront with unreal Bay Area views Silas Valentino, SFGATE Feb. 4, 2023Updated: Feb. 4, 2023 9:22 a.m. Sauna No. 2 is nicknamed the "picture...

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What is Retirement Like?

With a little over three weeks since my forced retirement from politics, I am enjoying life. No more evening meetings, no emails or phone calls from irate residents, no suits and ties, and best of all, no City Council meetings. Although I am retired from politics, I...

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City Drops Ball on Measure U Business Tax

Businesses all over town are concerned and complaining that there is apparently no way to renew businesses licenses for 2023 under the ill-conceived Measure U. No invoices are being mailed out to businesses. Those businesses that want to be proactive go to the...

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Howard Jarvis Loses Tax Fight over San Francisco Bridge Tolls

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ended a fight about a voter-approved initiative that increased tolls on the seven state-run bridges over San Francisco Bay by $3.00 in part to support climate change projects. Regional Measure 3 (RM3) was planned and passed in...

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