FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2021 Contact: press@wearehome.us Over 80 Mayors Across 28 States Urge White House and Congressional Leaders to Deliver Citizenship Via Budget Reconciliation Mayors Send Letter to President Biden, VP Harris, Majority Leader Schumer and...

This is the report for the week ending July 30th, 2021. Meeting Notes The City Council is on August recess. The next regularly scheduled Council meeting is on September 14th, 2021. Enjoy the next few weeks off! Upcoming Events COVID-19 Vaccine Pop-Up Clinic – Saturday...

I have submitted the following policy resolution for consideration by the US Conference of Mayors meeting in Austin the first week of September. I’m in the process of lining up other mayor members as cosponsors. SUPPORT PLASTIC POLLUTION REDUCTION WHEREAS, the plastic...

Thanks to Senator Skinner for the following: If you are a renter having difficulty paying your rent or anticipate that you will in the next few months, or if you are a landlord whose tenant has not been able to pay rent, California has just authorized additional funds...

Did you know that 44 years ago, the largest wind power generator in the State of California and the first to cogenerate into the grid went live in Richmond? For the story, see Joe Carter. “Testing an Elektro-Gemini Wind System,” Wind Power Digest, September 1976. This...

In a letter from the state auditor dated July 14, 2021, the city attorney was warned to, “notify the appropriate staff that, in anticipation of the audit, they should not make any changes to any records or files that may be relevant to the scope of the audit.. They...

With a lot of unexpected time on my hands due to the COVID-19 shutdown beginning in March of 2020, I did a lot of things I never would have made time for otherwise, like raising a baby crow (Covid the Corvid – Free as a Bird), reading nearly 100 books, eating...

The City Council meeting of July 22, 2021, was pretty much a shitshow, starring Councilmembers Gayle McLaughlin, Eduardo Martinez, Claudia Jimenez and City Attorney Teresa Stricker. It started with an attempt by Gayle McLaughlin to summarily repeal an obscure...

The shitshow at the July 22, 2021, City Council meeting wherein the RPA City Council members tried to summarily and illegally suspend the mayors discretion to cancel a City Council meeting was a result of my canceling meetings on July 20 because of an attempt by the...

Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending July 23rd, 2021. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 27th , 2021. Closed Session begins at 2:00 P.M., followed by the Special Meeting of the...

Several people have asked why City Council meetings previously scheduled for July 20 were canceled. Pursuant to the City of Richmond City Council Rules of Procedure and Order, Part II Meetings, Paragraph A(1), “Any future regular or special meeting may be canceled by...

https://eastcountytoday.net/antioch-councilwoman-torres-walker-posts-video-calling-for-hiring-4-more-police-officers/ Tamisha Torres-Walker is an out-of-town member of the Richmond Reimagine Public Safety Task Force who voted to reduce the RPD budget by over $10...

Richmond Standard news article on the Maritime Tea Party Richmond event offers rare glimpse at wartime child development center July 14, 2021 All photos from fundraiser courtesy of Lisa Foote. By Kathy Chouteau A “Maritime Tea” fundraiser hosted by the Rosie the...

A special meeting of the Richmond City Council was scheduled for tomorrow morning at 9:15 AM for the purpose of considering termination of the Development Agreement for Campus Bay, anticipating that the developer would fail to take title to the property by the...

Yesterday, we had a symbolic reopening of Richmond’s multimodal transit center, where BART, Amtrak/Capitol Corridor and AC Transit converge. Prior to COVID-19, there were 8,000 boardings and de-boardings daily at this location, making it the busiest place in Richmond....

Earlier this week, I joined the Tibetan community and allies at the start of their “Walk for Tibet” - a journey over 90 miles in pursuit of justice for Tibet that began at Richmond City Hall and ended at the California State Capitol! The walk was planned to align with...

A special meeting of the City Council has been noticed for 9:15 AM on July 20, 2021, with a public hearing for the sole purpose of considering the termination of the Development Agreement for Campus Bay. The agenda item reads: F.1 HOLD a public hearing to consider...

According to a letter from Contra Costa County Assessor Gus Kramer dated July 1, 2021, Richmond’s assessed valuation increase (and therefore property tax increase) was the lowest in Contra Costa County. The county as a whole had a 3.44% increase with the City of...

My younger brother, Martin Andrew Butt, would have been 74 years old today, July 14. He survived 1967-68 as a 20-year old Marine in Vietnam, awarded a Purple Heart, only to die in an automobile accident a year after he returned in 1969. Although younger, he preceded...