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Ding Dong The Wicked Witch is Dead
Well, not exactly dead, but surely gone. Former City Attorney Teresa Stricker penned the following email to City Council members yesterday: From: Teresa Stricker <teresa_stricker@ci.richmond.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 6:30 PM To: Teresa Stricker...
Interim Chief Assistant City Attorney Heather Mcaughlin Referred to District Attorney
At last night’s City Council meeting, closed session, Interim Chief Assistant City Attorney Heather McLaughlin egregiously and unlawfully excluded me from a Zoom meeting in a move tantamount to a coup. I have referred this to the district attorney and the grand jury...
Temporary straining Order Sought by City Stayed by Appeal
The TRO sought by the City of Richmond to shut me up has now been passed to a higher court. The City’s high dollar hired gun attorney was served with the notice below. The City of Richmond continues to spend tens of thousands of dollars in their obsession to control...
Richmond Promise receives grant from the Kresge Foundation
On behalf of Maribel Rodriguez, Director of Development and Communications for the Richmond Promise, and our entire team, I am pleased to share that the Richmond Promise was recently awarded an elite grant from the Kresge Foundation as a part of the nationwide College...
Who Will Clean Up Meeker Slough?
Figure 1 - Meeker Slough at low tide Figure 2 - Trash in Meeker Slough Figure 3 - Trash in Meeker Slough There are a lot of emails and NextDoor posts going around complaining about the trash in Meeker Slough. Meeker Slough runs between the east side of Marina Bay and...
RPA Domination of City Council Causes Survey Ratings to Plummet
The latest and long anticipated biannual Richmond survey results are in, and they are not pretty. See Item M-3 on the December 21, 2021, Agenda (RECEIVE a presentation and report on the City of Richmond's 2021 Community Survey results; and PROVIDE direction to staff...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending December 17th, 2021
This message is being sent on behalf of Interim City Manager Shasa Curl Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending December 17th, 2021. Meeting Notes The next Regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 21st,...
A Blank Check for the City Attorney
In Richmond, it’s all drama -- about conflicts, accusations, investigations, litigation, condemnations censures, restraining orders, terminations, resignations, staff shortages, and much more. If you follow the news, the blogs, NextDoor and Facebook, you would think...
Richmond City Council Drama Queen Reputation Making it a Joke Among Peers
In Richmond, it’s all drama -- about conflicts, accusations, investigations, litigation, condemnations censures, restraining orders, terminations, resignations, staff shortages, and much more. If you follow the news, the blogs, NextDoor and Facebook, you would think...
Heavy Rain Event Results in Significant Richmond Sewage Overflows
Heavy rain is generally good news, but the downside is that it typically overburdens Richmond’s aging sanitary sewer system, causing infiltration of ground water into pipes that don’t have the capacity to handle it in a phenomenon called “inflow and infiltration.”...
Transparency and Information Wars Persist in Richmond
Following are two news articles on the city attorney’s crusade to silence me. There is also the RPA spin, Mayor Butt Hit With Restraining Order. This morning, Superior Court Judge Jill Fannin denied my ex parte application to intervene in my personal capacity into an...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending 12/10/2021
You can view the current City Manager's Weekly Report here: City Manager's Weekly Report 12/10/2021
MCE Announces Largest Renewable Energy Project in Solano County
This is more renewable energy to help power Richmond. I represent the City of Richmond and serve as chair of the MCE board of Directors. ______________________________________________________________ MCE Announces Largest Renewable Energy Project in Solano County Lake...
Lawsuit Filed to Block Marin Water Pipeline
North Coast Rivers Alliance has filed a petition (Click Here) asking the Marin County Superior Court to order that MMWD vacate and set aside all approvals and stop all actions to implement their transbay water pipeline project due to violations of CEQA, the Delta...
Obfuscation and Circumvention of Legal Service Agreements
It appears that the allegations that kicked off the hapless two-year complaint and investigation involving me (City Finally Admits Easting Time and Money on Dead End Investigation, November 16, 2021) has taken another confusing turn with City employee Lori-Reese Brown...
Be My Guest at Tomorrow’s Rotary Auction — I’ll Buy You Lunch!
Dear Friends: It's back! Richmond Rotary's Annual Holiday Auction is back and will be in person at the Richmond Country Club on Friday, December 10 (See Holiday Auction 2021 | (richmondcarotary.org) for details) Join in the FUNdraising to support our many local...
MCE Facilitates Off-Grid batteries for Richmond
Another storm is on the way probably with power outages. For those who may be concerned, I want to direct you to the Independent Living Resources of Solano and Contra Costa. MCE worked with them to disseminate the off-grid Yeti 3000 batteries and they are still...
A Path Forward on RV Homeless Camps?
Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin placed the following item on the December 7, 2021 Agenda: M-4. DIRECT staff to return with a contract amendment with Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) to allow additional time for unhoused vehicle dwellers at Rydin Road and at...
California State Parks Awards $9.17 Million for Richmond Parks
We are pleased to announce that the City of Richmond received two Prop 68 grants as noted below in a total amount of $9,117,000. Thanks to City staff for their continued efforts to improve the built environment and environmental quality in partnership with local CBOs....