cor_budget_summary.pdf Last week, I hired Kevin Morsony to undertake the General Fund Budget Comparison project that will compare Richmond to 15 other cities for revenue and expenditures. Kevin is a recent graduate of U.C. Berkeley with a BA in Political Science. He...

Lucretia Edwards, who might best be remembered as the mother of Richmond"s magnificent 3,000 plus acres of shoreline parks, died peacefully on October 12, 2005, at her home. She was 89 years old. Lucretia is survived by her daughter, Hannah Edwards, two sons, John...

I have received notice of the following events tomorrow at Point Pinole Regional Park: Richmond Shoreline Festival -- Celebrate and Protect Breuner Marsh: Open Space or Multi-Story Housing? The North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance invites you to the Richmond...

I routinely read about businesses in Richmond that I didn"t know existed or I am reminded of businesses I know but which seldom show up at Chamber of Commerce mixers or City events. There is a whole universe of Richmond businesses that hire lots of people, pay lots of...

City Manager Bill Lindsay has hired Janet Schneider to be the Administrative Chief in the City Manager's office following interviews with a pool of truly outstanding candidates for the position. Janet is currently the Executive Director of the Central Contra Costa...

Recreation_Resolution_60-97.pdf There will be an all day community meeting this Saturday, October 15th, 2005, 8:30am " 4:30pm, Richmond Auditorium, (Click on RICHMOND RISES UP AGAINST VIOLENCE for more information), In response to the homicides that have plagued...

There was a math error in the Homicide Rate table in E-FORUM: COMMUNITY MEETING ON VIOLENCE. The correction appears below. I have also added Oakland, which has a rate of 26.78/100,000. 2003 Homicide Rates in 16 Bay Area Cities Source: FBI...

I received over 40 questions, suggestions, complaints and accusations about business licenses over the past week. Here are some more Q and A: Q. Is a business license a tax or a fee? What am I getting for it? A. Legally, it is a general tax, not a fee. Richmond...

Based on some feedback from my last E-FORUM piece, I offer the following: Home businesses are required to have licenses unless revenue is less than $600 (see other exemption in 7.04.160) You can check on the license status of any business by going to...

There is a widespread buzz in Richmond among landlords about a letter recently sent out by the City of Richmond Finance Department that includes the following: Our records indicate that you may be engaged in business within the City of Richmond without a City business...

Booksale! The Friends of the Richmond Public Library are holding their Annual Booksale on October 22, 2005 in the Community Room adjacent to the Main Library at 525 Civic Center Plaza. 10:00 am to 11:00 am is for Members only and you are welcome to join on the 22nd....

The following update on police chief recruitment and selection was provided by Richmond City Manager Bill Lindsay: 1. There are currently 6 candidates who will be interviewed. The names of the candidates are confidential. 2. The visit by Police Chief candidates will...

The Richmond City Council has selected John Eastman, currently Assistant City Attorney for Redondo Beach, CA, as Richmond"s city attorney. Eastman has worked in Redondo Beach since 1996, where he is the senior assistant to an elected city attorney and directs a staff...

Yes, the City of Richmond has an Emergency Operations Plan, a two-inch thick copy of which was furnished to each City Council member as recently as nine years ago in 1996. The plan was updated in 2000 with a revised Critical Facilities List (with names and phone...

breuner.pdf On September 13, 2005, the Richmond City Council voted 5-3 to oppose a proposal on the September 20, 2005, agenda of the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) to acquire, by eminent domain, 238 acres of property near the North Richmond shoreline (see...

walkability_invitation.pdf wccsc_registration_form.pdf WEST COUNTY SPECIAL ELECTION SUMMIT CONFERENCE For All Community Activists and Elected Officials: The Steering Committee of the West County Coalition to Inform Voters (WCCIV) wants to remind you of the West County...

Yesterday"s all-day finale to the Point Richmond Summer Music and Arts Festival was a resounding success with perhaps a thousand people attending throughout the day and musical acts starting at 11:00 AM and going on until 7:30 PM capped by bluesman, Jimmy McCracklin....

Here is a trio of events and actions that will help Richmond"s 32 miles of shoreline or enable you to get to know it better: SAN FRANCISCO BAY WATER TRAIL There is legislation that is on the governor's desk that will create the San Francisco Bay Water Trail. This will...

The star-studded season grand finale of the FREE Point Richmond Summer Music Festival is all day tomorrow, September 10, from 11:00 am until 8:00 pm. Mild and sunny weather is predicted. C"mon down and hang out. For details, see...

This week"s Bay Area Jefferson Award went to Sherry Padgett, the Richmond woman who discovered that state agencies in charge of toxic cleanups in Richmond were asleep at the wheel. As a result of a grass roots movement inspired by Sherry, major organizational changes...