Here is something that really works! If you have a complaint about weeds, trash, illegal land uses, etc., try cor-connect - Contact City Hall. It is on the first page of the City"s website at http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/ . Just follow the directions and write up your...

It appears that Chevron, flush with a record second quarter profit of $4.4 billion ($33,577 per minute) is going to drop a little on the people of Richmond by providing a remarkable service, hosting a website http://www.richmond-today.com, that, according to Chevron,...

I wanted to share the following "exit poll" on Richmond with E-FORUM readers. I have worked with Dr. Louis Hagler for several years on making Richmond a quieter and more peaceful place. He is a focused and talented man who wanted to make a difference. I"ll bet he has...

Here is the city manager"s weekly report courtesy of the E-FORUM: Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending July 28th, 2006. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 12th. Please enjoy your...

Perhaps confused by the lateness of the hour and giddy with anticipation of a six-week recess, a Richmond City Council that has been trending upward lately in overall performance fell into the abyss last night The finance director, the port director, and a gaggle of...

I needed to get rid of an old refrigerator, and I wasn"t buying a new one to replace it. I guess I could have done the traditional Richmond thing and dropped it off under cover of darkness on one of Richmond"s dark industrial streets, but I wanted to set a good...

Toll Brothers, "The nation"s leading builder of luxury homes," a Fortune 500 company that grossed $5.7 billion last year with profits of $806 million can"t find a few bucks to fulfill its commitment to build a short stretch of Bay Trail in Richmond. Toll Brothers...

There are multiple ways that everyone can provide input to Richmond"s new General Plan. There are three more workshops this month, as follows: Wednesday, July 19, 6 to 9 pm: Community Workshop on Richmond's Future - Details >> Saturday, July 22, 10 am to 1 pm:...

E-FORUM subscribers now have access to the City Manager"s Weekly Report, which is distributed weekly to Council members and City department heads. This is the weekly report for the week ending July 14, 2006. 1. Meeting Notes Tuesday"s meeting will begin with a Closed...

The following email was apparently sent out on Friday, but I did not receive it, probably because they used an incorrect email address. I did receive it this morning after I had inquired why Wayne Nishioka"s email address was not working. Nishioka was the designated...

For several weeks, an ad-hoc committee of the City Council has been working on a draft revision of Richmond"s business license tax (RMC Chapter 7.04, Business Licenses) for the November 2006 ballot. When it was first rumored that they were cooking up a "gross receipts...

AmCan planning director 'no longer with the city' By KERANA TODOROV, Register Staff Writer Thursday, July 13, 2006 1:15 AM PDT Barry Cromartie, American Canyon's planning director for about a year, is no longer a city employee. "Barry is no longer with the city as of...

The second Railroad Quiet Zone in Richmond, West One Quiet Zone, goes into effect today, July 15, 2006. This is the West Richmond Avenue grade crossing in Point Richmond. Under the Quiet Zone rules, BNSF can no longer sound a horn as a warning before crossing West...

An illustrated version of this is attached as a PDF file. If you would like the historic preservation analysis of the Civic Center, I can email a 2 MB file. A proposal to place a new Hall of Justice (Police building) facing Barrett Avenue in front of the Richmond Art...

It may sound like it, but this is no April Fool"s joke. Port of Richmond staff has been quietly exploring the idea of building a large container port on Richmond"s northwest shoreline, roughly in the area between the Chevron refinery and the West Contra Costa landfill...

(For an illustrated version, download the attached PDF file) For perhaps the first time ever in Richmond, a plant invasion edged out a home invasion for attention from the local press. The West County Times set off a mad scramble to identify and eradicate local...

Some 20 years after adoption of a utility users tax by the City of Richmond with a special exemption in the way of an alternative tax carved out for Chevron, a new day has dawned. For the first time ever, Chevron has declined to seek, for the current FY 2006-2007, an...

Get ready for the second event of the 2006 Point Richmond Summer Music Festival this Friday, July 6. Details at http://www.pointrichmond.com/prmusic/index.htm. 5:30-6:15 pm, David Thom Band " Bluegrass 6:25-8:00 pm, Billy Boys - Porch Music I hope to see you there!

It is not often these days that government agencies stick up for the people, but the California State Board of Equalization was looking out for Richmond yesterday. See Tax Break For Chevron May Hit Home March 7, 2006, and the following story. You may also want to get...

Divided by old loyalties to the politically active firefighters union Local 188, the City Council followed a contentious debate with a vote on June 20 to direct Fire Chief Michael Banks to reinstate automatic aid with the Contra Costa Consolidated Fire District which...