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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

A former Richmond resident now living in rural Moraga will rehome Fred the rooster! Thank you everyone for your concern!

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...

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...

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...

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...

After a two-hour closed session in which Point Molate litigation was the only subject, City Attorney Teresa Stricker announced in Open Session that the City Council had withdrawn their previous direction to breach the Development Agreement and Development and...

California’s first community choice aggregator, MCE, built the Solar One project in Richmond to provide local solar power and green jobs to the community. The 10.5-megawatt, 60-acre solar farm produces enough electricity to power almost 4,000 local homes. PHOTOGRAPH...

At tonight’s Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) I voted in favor and the Board approved authorization of Execution of California Energy Commission (CEC) Funding Agreement No. AVR‐20‐008 to Fund Implementation Strategies from the Contra Costa Electric Vehicle...

Below is exciting information I would like to share with you regarding Clipper and BART. Clipper card now supported on iPhone and Apple Watch On April 15, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) launched the Clipper regional transit-fare payment card on...

Based on an application from the Mayor’s Office, the City of Richmond has rejoined the Oakland Airport-Community Noise Management Forum. There has been quite a bit of interest lately about a proposal by the FAA to change the WNDSR approach procedure, which, according...

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 16, 2021. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20th, 2021. Closed...

The Richmond Museum’ s newest asset, the Arnautoff “Richmond Industrial City” mural was installed in the Museum last fall, and the Museum reopened on March 26, 2021. See Victor Arnautoff – Richmond: Industrial City Mural – Richmond Museum of History In 2014, the staff...