Richmond police chief returns to work after saga involving relative who accused her of domestic violence Pending motion over firearms in Contra Costa Richmond Police Chief Bisa French is photographed in her office at the Richmond Police Department on Friday, July 24,...

From Lizeht Zepeda: Hello Mayor & Council members, for the administrative record I have the results for the DRPBID ballot count. We received over 96% approval for the DRPBID, thank you again and additionally I wanted to thank staff Thomas Omolo for all the heavy...

With no transparency and no public notice or participation, and certainly no notice to the elected mayor of Richmond, Senator Nancy Skinner conspired with Supervisor John Gioia, East Bay Regional Parks District Manager Sabrina Landreth and Director Elizabeth Echols,...

This message is being sent on behalf of City Manager Shasa Curl Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending July 15th, 2022. Meeting Notes The next Regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday July 19th, 2022. Closed...

It appears that somehow $36 million found its way into the California Budget Act of 2022 for “(47) $36,000,000 for the East Bay Recreation and (sic) Park District for the Point Molate open space acquisition and clean up.” The only other money allocated to Richmond was...

On Monday, July 18, 2022, John Gioia and Norman La Force are hosting a virtual conversation about the future of Point Molate. You could not find two worse flip-flopping, hypocritical double-dealing persons to talk about Point Molate, but is a good chance to ask...

My younger brother, Martin, by three years, joined the Marines and survived Vietnam in 1966-67 but suffered a fatal automobile accident less than two years after coming home. He would have been 75 years old tomorrow, Bastille Day, but he is, instead, 22 years old...

This message is being sent on behalf of City Manager Shasa Curl Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending July 8th, 2022. Meeting Notes The next Regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday July 19th, 2022. Enjoy the...

This addresses the article from today’s East Bay Times, “Richmond tenants are pushing back against rent hikes, alleging poor living conditions.” Poor public policy choices by the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) City Council members (McLaughlin, Martinez, Jimenez...

Because it seemed like Chevron flaring events were on an increasing trajectory, I made an inquiry to Supervisor John Gioia because Contra Costs County Health Services Hazardous Materials Programs Notification is responsible for the notices shown below, and Supervisor...

Point Richmond Music is back! Our free concert series kicks off Friday, July 8th with Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band and Aki Kumar. View this email in your browser We're Back! Point Richmond Music (PRM) is excited to share that our free summer concerts return on Friday,...

In Item 0.2.a of tonight’s agenda, Councilmembers McLaughlin and Jimenez as well as Vice-mayor Martinez would “DIRECT staff to address interim solutions to street safety concerns (prior to our Local Road Safety Plan being finalized and funded) such as … sideshows at...

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....

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...

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 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...

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...