Here is the 22nd Bay Trail Richmond Mid Year Report prepared by TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee. This upbeat, colorful report summarizes great strides made toward completing and improving the Bay Trail in Richmond during the first half of this year. By...

When you hear the screeching of tires and burning of rubber or see drivers speeding through your neighborhood, don’t worry, the Richmond Progressive Alliance has a plan. It’s Item 0.2.a on the July 5, City Council Agenda, sponsored by McLaughlin, Jimenez and Martinez....

The Mayor’s Office Housing First initiative, in collaboration with the Richmond Rotary Club, has provided a year’s rent for homeless families, mostly from Rydin Road and the Parkway/Castro sites. Unfortunately, the funds are almost exhausted. If you want to see this...

As a BCDC commissioner, I voted today on whether to release Howard Terminal from Port Priority designation. The vote, pretty much a bandwagon, was 23 in favor and 2 opposed, including me. Although invoked by most supporters, the bases for this decision are not...

Thanks to hard work by TRAC and City staff, the City of Richmond has received a $1 million grant under the Recreational Trails and Greenways Grant Program, Proposition 68, to construct the Bay Trail through Point Molate. Unfortunately, no one will be able to use it...

With barely an hour left to avoid a contempt of court hearing scheduled for 1:00 PM today, the City of Richmond deposited into escrow a quitclaim deed to Point Molate in favor of Transferee Point Molate Futures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company managed by the...

The City of Richmond has until Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at 1:00 PM to deposit into escrow a deed to the Point Molate development areas in favor of Upstream and Guidiville or be held in contempt of Court. The pertinent documents are: Status Report Minutes Order to Show...

The purpose of a class and compensation study is to determine if an organization’s compensation schedules are consistent with the market in general. The City Council approved and allocated funding for such a study over a year ago. It is unclear when the study was...

Today, there was a status hearing on Point Molate before Federal Judge Gonzalez Rogers. Based on reports I received, she issued an order for the parties to appear in one week – Tuesday, June 28, at 1:00 p.m., in Courtroom 1 – on an order to show cause why the City...

Join the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Council of Industries, Riggers Loft Wine Company, Richmond Main Street Initiative, City of Richmond, and myself for a Mayor's Roundtable featuring Joe Fisher (Fisher Realtors), Julie Clowes (Small Business Administration), Ahmad...

As chair of MCE, I am providing more exciting MCE developments as MCE Unveils Plans for Virtual Power Plant to Benefit Disadvantaged Richmond Residents and Businesses. MCE Unveils Plans for Virtual Power Plant to Benefit Disadvantaged Richmond Residents and Businesses...

Juneteenth At the 89th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, policy was adopted supporting the establishment of Juneteenth as a Federal Holiday. On July 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth Independence Day Act which passed the...

Figure 1 - 90th Annual Meeting, US Conference of Mayors and Climate Mayors Figure 2 - The Peppermill in Reno Last week, I attended my last annual summer meeting of the US Conference of Mayors in Reno June 2-6. This was following a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the...

One of the most enduring mantras of the RPA, the RPA City Council members, the Point Molate Alliance and SPRAWLDEF et al has been that the City violated the Brown Act in the approval of the Point Molate settlement. The federal trial (District) Court rejected that...

Another one of former City Manager Laura Snideman's hires is now joining her on the Wine Trail. Shortly after being fired in Richmond, Snideman surfaced as city manager in Calistoga. Now, Interim Deputy City Manager Anil Camelo has been picked to manage the City of...

Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads A whale of a tale or two 'Bout the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved On nights like this with the moon above A whale of a tale and it's all true I swear by my tattoo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whale_of_a_Tale)...

The second shoe to drop in the litigation by Winehaven Legacy LLC against the City of Richmond for its illegal and unethical actions and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing consisted of an ex parte request for a restraining order to prevent transfer...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2022 U.S. Mayors Affirm Support for Cities’ Right to Sue Fossil Fuel Corporations for Climate Damages U.S. Conference of Mayors Calls Efforts by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Curb Court Access “A Direct Threat to Municipal and Taxpayer...

I am reaching out to you on behalf of Bay Ferry 2050, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority’s 2050 Service Vision and Business Planning effort. Are there public transit advocates/representatives who would want to participate on the Bay...

As with most recent City Council meetings, we adjourned last night without dealing with multiple agenda items, some of which have been continuously held over for weeks. And it was not for lack of time. The City Council met for 7 hours, beginning at 4:30 PM in closed...