After a majority of Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) members were elected to the City Council in November of 2020 and took office in January of 2021, Richmond residents now believe the City is headed in the wrong direction. In a 2019 poll, only 30 percent of...

The following provided courtesy of Don Gosney: On Wednesday the 21st of September, the Atchison Village Neighborhood Council hosted a forum for the District 3 and Mayoral candidates. Links to the videos are below. For those wanting downloadable videos, the videos can...

After finding out that Senator Nancy Skinner secretly conspired with the East Bay Regional Parks District, Supervisor John Gioia and others to undermine an approved mixed-use development at Point Molate, a document request was made for pertinent documents from or to...

In a failed attempt to shortcut litigation by Winehaven LLC (SunCal) against the City of Richmond, the City Attorney’s Office filed a demurrer, which is, according to the legal dictionary, “An assertion by the defendant that although the facts alleged by the plaintiff...

It was about two years ago this month (actually September 14, 2020), that Covid the Corvid said his final goodbye and flew off the be a full-time crow. If you ever see him out there, let me know. It was also the week of the orange skies. Figure 1 - September 9, 2020...

` Figure 1 – RPA member, Vice-mayor and mayoral candidate Eduardo Martinez is in charge of Rydin Road Figure 2 - Rydin Road RV Camp The RPA City Council members continue to fritter away public funds on unsuccessful efforts to remove the Rydin Road homeless encampment....

Courtesy of Don Gosney, below is a link to the candidate forum for Richmond Mayoral candidates at the Riggers Loft. Eduardo Martinez was a no-show because, as he explained it, “I also suspect the discussion at this forum will focus on what the candidates can do to...

Courtesy of Don Gosney, below is a link to access the video from the candidate forum for the District 4 City Council seat: https://youtu.be/CpaAJ070muU

Mayoral candidate Eduardo Martinez is a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist. According to Wikipedia, “Democratic socialism is a left-wing political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on...

In the first regular meeting since August, the City Council last night managed to spend four and a half hours on an agenda that included only one non-consent calendar action item, a direction for staff to come up with a plan to secure and maintain Point Molate, as...

Richmond Vice-mayor and current mayoral candidate Eduardo Martinez has declined to participate in the second Mayoral Forum at the Riggers Loft on September 14, 2022, sponsored by: Richmond Chamber of Commerce, 23rd Street Merchant Association, Richmond Main Street...

Courtesy of Don Gosney, we have a YouTube link to the Marina Bay Mayors Candidates Forum. How did they do? MARINA BAY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MAYORAL FORUM The Marina Bay Neighborhood Council hosted a Mayoral forum tonight for the four candidates running to be Richmond's...

View this email in your browser Season Finale:Laurie Lewis with Hills to Hollers and Andre Thierry! Our free summer music series concludes this Friday, September 9th with Laurie Lewis super group Hills to Hollers and Andre Thierry's accordion soul music! We hope that...

The number of unhoused individuals in Richmond increased by 90% since 2019. For details, see https://cchealth.org/h3/coc/pdf/PIT-infographic-2022.pdf. Contra Costa County has responsibility for homeless programs (H3 Homeless Programs) but is not committing enough...

For inexplicable reasons, the San Francisco Chronicle chose to publish a gratuitous “photo essay” putting Richmond in the worst possible light, using distorted telephoto images to make Richmond look like a polluted and unhealthy city. See...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, August 26, 12:30pm. Lunch is $25/ $5 donation without lunch to Richmond Rotary Club is appreciated. No one will be turned away. LaShonda White Community Services...

After a precipitous rise with the onset of COVID-19, Richmond’s unemployment rate is currently at 3.6 percent, slightly lower that the State of California as a whole. The labor force consists of 52,000 residents, 50,200 of which are employed. Figure 1 - California...

While the Richmond City Council majority and multiple elected officials, including Senator Nancy Skinner, Supervisor John Gioia, and EBRPD Directors Coffey and Echols, continue to focus on “saving” Point Molate, there has not been a peep from them about saving the...

I apologize in advance, this is a bit of a slog, but it’s important. Bear with me. On August 17, 2022, Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Clare Maier released her tentative ruling in the case Winehaven vs. the City of Richmond, in which Winehaven sought an injunction...

The saga of Bolt shutting down and leaving Richmond and other cities with thousands of inoperable bikes in ambitious bikeshare programs has gone viral in the media for weeks. Hundreds of e-bikes abandoned in Richmond after company quietly shutters operations Usain...