The following was received from Greenaction, West County Toxics Coalition, Amazon Watch, Richmond Progressive Alliance, Richmond Greens, Community Health Initiative, Communities for a Better Environment, Global Exchange, and Rainforest Action Network: Saturday March...

This may be the most important E-FORUM you have ever received. California Attorney General Jerry Brown has sent each Richmond City Council member a letter criticizing the direction that Richmond City staff appears to be heading in the approval process for the Chevron...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending March 7th, 2008. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 18th, 2008. For planning purposes, please note that we are planning to have a meeting on the fourth...

Shaping up the shipyards By Katherine Tam STAFF WRITER Article Launched: 03/07/2008 03:17:19 AM PST The riggers loft, the building that needs the most repairs on the Richmond waterfront, is a... Empty and in need of fresh paint they may be, but they're hardly...

The reason I publish these reports of conferences on the E-FORUM is because California Government Code "53232.3(d), which was added by AB 1234, requires City Council members to "provide brief reports on meetings attended at the expense of the local agency at the next...

With a Richmond Planning Commission hearing on the Chevron "Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project" only 12 days away on March 20, 2008, California Attorney General remains critical of the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), which he says does not meet legal...

An article in today's West County Times highlights one of the many, but perhaps the most contentious, issues regarding the proposed Chevron "Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project." Outside experts contend that what Chevron is really planning to do is prepare to process...

I promised to share any response by other council members to my E-FORUM: "Planning Commission/Design Review Board Merger Vote Expected March 18, 2008," and here is Maria Viramontes" response: Dear Tom: Once again you leave out half the truth of things...but I am used...

The long-awaited plan to consolidate the Design Review Board and the Planning Commission has been previewed in a staff report to City Councilmembers dated February 29, 2007. It is scheduled to come before the City Council on March 18 and expected to be adopted by the...

All three of Richmond"s CalGRIP funding proposals (Office of Neighborhood Safety ($400,000) Employment and Training ($400,000) and Neighborhood House of North Richmond ($160,000) were successful, bringing a total of $960,000 to the City of Richmond for violence...

LISA VORDERBRUEGGEN: TIMES POLITICAL EDITOR Richmond facing Chevron decision Contra Costa Times Article Launched: 03/02/2008 03:06:24 AM PST RICHMOND STANDS on the precipice of a monumental decision. If it OKs Chevron's $800 million to $1 billion hydrogen plant...

A new ballot measure, which salvages the least controversial component of Measure T of 2007, is currently the subject of a low profile but apparently fruitful petition drive by volunteers. See Petition Drive Seeks to Place Refinery Tax on Ballot, September 29, 2007,...

With a shrinking fund balance from school construction bonds, the WCCUSD is having to make some really tough choices about allocating resources. One previously funded Richmond project that is now at risk is the rehabilitation of the historic Maritime Child Care Center...

The City of Richmond will conduct a public scoping meeting on March 5, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council chambers located at 1401 Marina Way South, Richmond, CA. All members of the public and representatives from public agencies are invited to attend this meeting...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending February 29th, 2008. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4th, 2008, beginning with a 6:45 PM Redevelopment Meeting and a 7:00 PM regular session. Please...

On February 26, the City Council received a staff report from the City"s new environmental manager, Jenny Oorbeck, on potential strategies for reducing the solid waste stream in Richmond. The context for waste diversion is complex in Richmond. The City has a long term...

Attend a FREE Informational seminar by the West Contra Costa Association of Realtors and get sound advice on how to avoid mortgage meltdown! " Talk with credit counselors " Learn your rights " Avoid frauds & scams " No sales pitches, no come-ons " Just honest...

KyotoUSA conducted a successful volunteer effort on February 16 to pull broom, ice plant, and Cape Ivy. Although small in number, they hauled out an incredible amount of bio-mass. As you will see from the photos, the broom removal has opened up another big section of...

A Richmond City Employee emailed me, "This is a very good portrayal of what a "Black" family may have experienced upon the return of a male relative from WW II. . . It"s a memorizing play! It is not suitable for those under 16 years of age. I plan to see it again real...

Hit "reply to all" and urge your City Council members to support greenhouse gas mitigations from Chevron that will require funding of the urban forest and reduction of VMT in Richmond. Trees as a Mitigation for Both Pollution and Greenhouse Gases At the New partners...