Violations of RMC Chapter 2.42 – Fair Elections
The Office of the Richmond City Attorney is in the process of investigating a complaint that the mailer shown below violates Richmond’s Fair Elections law by not identifying the sources of funding, not having the required font size, offset box and proper location for...
New REI Adventure Center in Richmond – Marina Bay
REI Co-Op has opened an Adventure Center at 1387 Marina Way South, Suite 700 Richmond, CA 94804. Unlike REI Co-op retail stores, REI Adventure Centers focus exclusively on gear rental and outdoor classes and experiences. Conveniently located near several popular...
Richmond Awarded $35 Million Transformative Climate Communities Grant
California Awards $96 Million for Climate Projects in 10 Frontline Communities Published: Oct 27, 2022 State has allocated a total of $661 million to the Transformative Climate Communities program since 2016 to support community-led climate projects SACRAMENTO – The...
October is National Pedestrian Safety Month
This month is National Pedestrian Safety Month. Pedestrians typically walk on sidewalks, but in Richmond, sidewalks often have hazards such as cracks, uplifts or overhanging vegetation that make them difficult to navigate or even dangerous. The City of Richmond...
Drastic Changes in Commuting Persist Post-Covid
The most persistent effect of COVID is that people found out they could work just as well at home and avoid hours of commuting. The effect on transportation and urban life in the Bay Area is dramatic. Perhaps the most affected is BART and downtown San Francisco.. BART...
Richmond Commercial Real Estate Market – Low Vacancy, Stable Rents
See The Richmond Review Q3 22.
Full List of Candidate Forum Links – Courtesy of Don Gosney
WANT ACCESS TO ALL OF THE CANDIDATE FORUMS? To date there have been 16 candidate forums for the Richmond Mayoral and City Council candidates. Some have been wildly popular while others have not attracted as much attention. Some were well publicized while others were...
Richmond San Rafael Bridge Bay Trail
Item 0.2 on the October 25 City Council Consent Calendar is Environmental Justice Issues Pertaining to Richmond San Rafael Bridge Traffic Congestion. This is a continuation of ongoing efforts by shadow organizations to eliminate the Bay Trail on the upper deck of the...
Richmond Ranks 10th in State for Financial Risk
The California State Auditor continued to list Richmond in the top 10 at-risk cities in the state in 2022, primarily because of its high pension obligations, which are rated as the highest in the state. See https://www.auditor.ca.gov/local_high_risk/dashboard-csa. A...
Mayor’s Housing First Initiative Winding Down
Because funding has been exhausted, the Mayor’s Housing First Initiative in partnership with the Richmond Rotary Club is winding down. See Housing First Successes – Need More Funding. The original source of funds was the Mayor’s Community Fund which raised funds from...
15 Best Things to Do in Richmond, CA
From https://www.travellens.co/best-things-to-do-in-richmond-ca/: 15 Best Things to Do in Richmond, CA Travel Lens Oct 3, 2022 • 10 min read BondRocketImages / shutterstock.com Richmond is a port city located in California's Bay Area region. Like its neighbor, San...
Vote No on Richmond Measure P
When Rent Control and Just Cause was placed on the ballot by the RPA in 2016, it was titled Richmond Fair Rent, Just Cause For Eviction and Homeowner Protection Ordinance. The “Homeowner Protection” part was a sop to small landlords renting out single family homes to...
HelloFresh Closes Richmond Facility – 611 Workers Laid Off
On October 14, 2022, one of Richmond’s largest employers, HelloFresh, announced it was closing its Richmond facility and laying off over 600 employees. There have been a number of issues with the Richmond location, which is adjacent to and immediately across the...
The Balance of Power in Richmond – Breaking it Down
The November election continues to puzzle many Richmond voters who do not have any City Council members on their ballot. That’s because we adopted a district system. If there is not a seat up for election in your district, there will be no candidates on your ballot...
Final Dispatch from Japan – Part 5 Kyoto
We spent all day Friday in Kyoto, taking a few local trains but mostly walking some 7 miles. We started with the Arashiyama Sagano Bamboo Path, which is a park with a bamboo forest where the bamboo is as much as 4-6 inches in diameter, tightly spaced. The path...
Dispatch from Japan – Part 4, Nara and Kyoto
On Thursday morning, we were driven from Hakone to Odawara Station where we caught the bullet train to Kyoto. I first rode this same train in 1970 (Letters Home, pages 126-131). It’s amazing that the Japanese have had this for some 60 years, and we are still arguing...
Dispatch from Japan – Part 3, Tokyo and Fuji
In a word, Tokyo is – overwhelming. Trina, Demnlus, Shirley and I spent the day with our guide on subways and over 5 miles of walking. Tokyo is spotless. The trains are clean and always have a place to sit. I did not see a single homeless person. Everyone is either...
Dispatch from Japan, Part 2, Back to Tokyo
Sunday was the big festival day, and Shimada seemed like Mardi Gras. There was not a parade in the traditional sense but instead a variety of performances along the main parade route and side streets. There were two types that we saw. One consisted of “floats” used as...
East Bay Times Richmond Endorsements
I’m not sure anyone reads the East Bay Times anymore because there is rarely any Richmond news in it, if any news at all. Dan Borenstein does the endorsements, and he did a pretty good job except for District 2. He recommended Cesar Zepeda over Andrew Butt for the...
Santa Fe and Point Richmond Neighborhood Councils Forum
The following was provided courtesy of Don Gosney: On Monday the 3rd of October the Santa Fe and Point Richmond Neighborhood Councils hosted two candidate forums. One was for the District 2 seat on the City Council and the second was for the Mayoral race. Here are the...