Figure 1 - Bruce Perlowin, the "King of Pot" Figure 1 - In 1979, Brett Douglas was a twenty-eight-year-old US Marine Corps veteran working as a commercial tuna fisherman in California. That year, a young man named Bruce Perlowin came looking for professional seamen...

After the City rejected the casino project in 2011, Upstream and Guidiville (“Tribe”) brought a lawsuit in federal court, claiming the City had breached the Land Disposition Agreement. In 2013 U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers ruled in favor of the City,...

In addition to Point Molate, the City of Richmond owns Terminal 4, about a mile up Stenmark Drive. The terminal is no longer active as a maritime operation, but it was once a bustling center of fish processing. It was also the location of the last whaling station in...

The East Bay Times struggles with facts. The East Bay Times wrote, “And on Nov. 16, the mayor published previously classified findings of a nearly two-year investigation that exonerated him after a city employee accused him of discrimination, retaliation, corrupt...

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 in May 6th, 2022. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17th, 2022. Enjoy the next...

After entering into an agreement with the City of Richmond in 2004, Upstream and Guidiville had five years to complete certain requirements, including an EIR and a favorable Indian Lands Decision, before transfer of the property for uses that included a casino could...

By the late 19th Century, the California wine industry was well established, having begun with viticulture practiced at the California missions. It had actually begun and flourished first in southern California before moving to the now famous regions of Sonoma, Napa...

With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho San Pablo was filed with the Public...

In November of 2004, after a prolonged period of soliciting proposals for the development of Point Molate, the City Council had only a single viable proposal -- the project by Upstream and the Guidiville Band of the Pomos to build a destination resort with a casino....

For thousands of years (4,000 BCE to around 1776) the only residents of what is now Point Molate were the Huchiun, an Ohlone tribal group that held the eastern bay shore from Temescal Creek in present-day Oakland/Emeryville to the lower drainage of San Pablo Creek in...

Lost in the fog of the current political struggles over the future of Point Molate is an incident over two decades ago that could have changed its history forever. In the mid-1990s, as Richmond was preparing for the eventual transfer of Point Molate from the Navy,...

The most contentious issue to face the City Council after the 1995 election was the selection of a consultant to prepare the reuse plan for Point Molate. Not satisfied with the short list selected to be interviewed by staff, the City Council insisted on interviewing...

At the May 3, 2022, City Council meeting, the City Council voted 4-2 to end the litigation against me but to authorize payment of $300,000 to the greedy and unethical southern California attorney who promoted the litigation and profited from it at the rate of...

A Richmond CA journalism student at UC Berkley, Maria Fernanda Bernal, was named one of the 2022 winners of scholarships by the Whitehouse Correspondents’ Association, which sponsored the White House Correspondents Dinner, headlining President Biden and Trevor Noah,...

From Wesley Alexander of COBIZ In the spirit of changing the narrative and perception of Richmond, I am writing to share our promotional video about the great assets, resources, and businesses located here in Downtown Richmond, which also includes CoBiz. As you know,...

(Change “Downey Brand” to “Meyers Nave”). In Item 0.1.b of the May 3, 2022, City Council Agenda, the Richmond City Council is being asked to continue throwing good money after bad by increasing the contract with Meyers nave to $300,000 to pay for litigation against...

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 April 29th, 2022. Meeting Notes The next Regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday May 3rd, 2022. Closed...

California attorney general subpoenas ExxonMobil, opens major investigation into plastic pollution Bonta says companies engaged in decades of “misinformation and deception” Oliver Arnold, 12, left, of Oakland, and other volunteers pick up plastic litter and other...

This is more on the sad saga of 8 Western Drive where City staff incompetence resulted in an illegal gift of public property to a departing homeowner who sold out for over a million dollars and left the City, the purchaser and the neighbors holding the bag. For other...

I just got a phone call from Labor Secretary Marty Walsh informing me that the City of Richmond has been awarded a $1,199,000 grant to support the development of apprenticeship and other career pathway models that prepare underserved young adults (16-24 years) who are...