Tell Home Depot and Lowe’s to Promote Herbicide Alternatives
Hear more about organic land care on June 8 Forum Tell Home Depot and Lowe’s to Promote Herbicide Alternatives; Learn more about organic land care at the Forum on Tuesday, June 8 Dear Tom, Beyond Pesticides and Friends of the Earth (FOE) collaborated to analyze...
New Short Film About Richmond Museum of History and Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4jndi0EWS8&t=93s Richmond Museum of History & Culture - YouTube Here’s a brief look at the collection and programs of the Richmond Museum of History & Culture, offered by Executive Director Melinda McCrary. The Museum is...
Community Police Review Commission Opposes Reducing Police Funding
The CPRC (Community Police Review Commission) recommendation to the City Council regarding Reimagining Public Safety Task Force proposal: Last night, the CPRC discussed and considered the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force recommendations and impacts to RPD. The...
Remembering Richmond’s Vietnam Losses this Memorial Day
Memorial Day is for remembering those who lost their lives while serving in the military. In the Vietnam conflict, Richmond lost 32 young men. Most were young, ages 18-21. Four were African American, and four had Hispanic surnames. Six were married. I don’t know how...
Dueling Defund the Police Emails
Defunding the police is a high priority for the RPA and the 15 members they appointed to the Reimagine Public Safety Task Force. But with the vast majority of Richmond residents, it is an unpopular idea. For the last week and a half, I have been getting lots of emails...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending May 28, 2021
This message is being sent on behalf of City Manager Laura Snideman Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending May 28th, 2021. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 1st, 2021. Closed Session...
Reimagining Public Safety Results on a Community Schism
The Reimaging Public Safety Task Force was created with each City Council member nominating three members for a total of 21. As it turned out, five of seven City Council members already had some level of bias against police, so 15 of the 21 Task Force members not...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending May 14, 2021
This message is being sent on behalf of City Manager Laura Snideman Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending May 14th, 2021. Meeting Note The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 18th, 2021. Closed Session...
Richmond Progressive Alliance Engaging in Increasingly Risky Initiatives
The RPA controlled City Council is steering the City into extremely dangerous new waters, driven by obsession with experimental ideology that could (1) bankrupt the city and mire it down in expensive lawsuits for years, and (2) reduce the police force to a level that...
Help Reduce Fireworks in Richmond
More than two months before July 4, nightly, and sometimes daily, fireworks began to rock Richmond neighborhoods, once again scaring pets, waking sleeping people and upsetting awake people, causing some to believe the noise was gunfire and igniting a firestorm of...
“Please, do not defund our police”
I thought this was a particularly well written plea to not reduce the level of police funding in Richmond. Dear Mayor Butt & Councilmembers: I am writing to object to the plan to defund the police in Richmond which will effectively scrap the community policing...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending May 7, 2021
Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending May 7, 2021. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 10th, 2021. The Special Meeting of the City Council begins at 6:30 P.M, and the agenda may be...
You’re Invited to the Community Budget Meeting today at 4pm
You are invited to attend the City of Richmond’s Community Budget Meeting hosted by the Finance Department on Thursday, May 6th at 4:00 P.M. Come learn about the city’s budget process, an overview of the City’s finances, and how the American Rescue Plan impacts our...
Sad Tale of an Urban Rooster
Can someone help us rehome a rooster? It’s either that or coq au vin. Here is the sad story. On September 12, 2020, someone cruised through my Point Richmond neighborhood and dropped off an unwanted rooster on the street. Richmond Municipal Code Section 15.04.610.070...
Reimagining Public Safety or Reviving a Crime Wave?
The zeal with which the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force (RPSTF) is pursuing defunding the Richmond Police Department is a classic solution looking for a problem. The motivation was a result of police killing unarmed black persons in cities around the United...
Fred the Rooster has Found a New Home!
A former Richmond resident now living in rural Moraga will rehome Fred the rooster! Thank you everyone for your concern!
A Year Ago, Covid the Corvid Came to Stay a While
It was one year ago tomorrow that a friend brought a tiny baby crow that had been abandoned by his/her parents to us. We named him Covid and raised him to be an adult crow. As with the crows from my youth, he knew when it was time to go and said his last goodbye on...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending April 23, 2021
This message is being sent on behalf of City Manager Laura Snideman Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending April 23, 2021. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 27th, 2021. The Special...
Reimagining Public Safety Task Force
The Revisioning Public Safety Task Force will vote on its final budget recommendations to the City Council on April 28 at 5:30 PM via a Zoom meeting. From: Tom Butt <Tom_Butt@ci.richmond.ca.us> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 9:36 AM To: Tom Butt...
Hilltop Mall Sold — Again
Why a S.F. developer just bought Richmond's former Hilltop Mall The former Hilltop Mall in Richmond has just been snapped up by an S.F.-based REIT. Todd Johnson | San Francisco Business Times By Ted Andersen – Digital Editor, San Francisco Business Times Apr 22, 2021...