Measure U Business License Tax Debate Will Continue
Despite a landside vote on Measure U in November, most people have no idea what they voted for, and both opponents and proponents continue to debate both how the tax is calculated and the fairness of it. Despite some projections by City staff, no one really knows how...
MCE Wraps Up a Big Year
MCE Community Choice Energy provides the generation of electrical energy for over 80 percent of Richmond residents and businesses. It is cheaper and cleaner than that provided by PG&E, although PG&E still provides the wires and poles that transmit that energy...
‘Tis the Season for Small Business
'TIS THE SEASON FOR SMALL BUSINESS In the spirit of the season, I want to invite you and your small business to share holiday gifts and services you have to offer—just provide the following information to my office (via email or direct message on your preferred social...
Commission on Aging Vacancies
CITY OF RICHMOND: COMMISSION ON AGING VACANCIES Help represent our city's interests! Attend monthly meetings, identify problems and unmet needs of the elderly, improve and develop programs, services, and opportunities, and establish an annual plan and advise city...
May Peace, Happiness and Prosperity be Yours During This Holiday Season and Throughout the New Year!
Seeking Clean Air Steering Committee Members
Bay Area Air Quality Management District: Path to Clean Air Steering Committee Help represent Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo's interests with emissions monitoring, reduction plans, and reduction of pollution in overburdened communities through training,...
Tune in this Monday, Dec 14 to Meet Rosies from Across the Nation
This Monday, December 14 at 10AM PST West Coast 12 Noon Central and 1PM EST East Coast time. Thanks! Plain and Simple in West Virginia and Rosie the Riveter Trust in California are thrilled to collaborate on this very special virtual meeting of real Rosies. (See pdf...
Local 188 Response to Chief Sheppard’s Statement on Staffing
Last week, I provided the fire chief’s response to claims by IAFF Local 188 that a reduction in staffing certain fire stations would have dire effects on the safety of Richmond (Dissecting the Closing of Fire Stations Issue, December 8, 2020). The debate goes on as...
Richmond Area Community Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) Review Comments Due by December 16
The Community-Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) addresses transportation challenges in low-income Communities of Concern (CoC) across areas of Richmond, San Pablo, El Cerrito, and unincorporated Contra Costa County. The CBTP was developed by Contra Costa Transportation...
From Whence We Cometh
Today, I received a letter from Angela Felicity Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. She serves as deputy speaker of the House of Lords. Baroness Harris claims that her Richmond is the original Richmond, dating from 1071, established by the...
Dissecting the Closing of Fire Stations Issue
In late October, signs began appearing at Richmond fire stations warning that the stations were closing on November 1. A letter from the IAFF Local 188 was also being distributed (click here). The activity by Local 188 was in response to an effort by the City to waive...
Planning Commission Vacancy
CITY OF RICHMOND: PLANNING COMMISSION VACANCY Help represent our city's interests! Attend monthly meetings, advise city council on planning and development policies, prepare, maintain, and implement the city's general plan, and make decisions on land use permits,...
Point Molate Bay Trail Funded for Construction‼️
From Friends of the Bay Trail in Richmond: Fantastic news! The City of Richmond and East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) have been awarded $2.2 million for building 2.5 miles of Bay Trail along the shoreline from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail to the northern...
Pearl Harbor Day and Edgar King
My mother, who grew up in eastern Arkansas, had spent the summer of 1941 in Hawaii visiting her aunt and uncle. Her uncle (my great uncle) was Col. (later Brig. General Edgar King) the ranking medical officer at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked in December of...
Update on Health Order
Update - December 4, 2020 Bay Area Counties Act Now to Implement the State's Stay Home Order Available ICU capacity in Contra Costa down to 20% Due to the unprecedented surge in community spread of COVID-19 and the significant increase in hospitalizations and ICU bed...
Participate in the Richmond Rotary Club Holiday Auction to Benefit Richmond
View this email in your browser The Flywheel Next Meeting: DECEMBER 4, 2020 VIRTUAL HOLIDAY AUCTION Join us for our first virtual Holiday Auction! This year's auction will include fun activities, games, and events. Join in on the fun, decorate your space on Zoom's...
Launch of AB 617 Community Steering Committee Recruitment
From BAAQMD: Subject: Launch of AB 617 Community Steering Committee Recruitment Dear Mayor Butt, We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for a Community Steering Committee to help reduce exposure to air pollution in the Richmond-North...
Litigious Out of Towners Sap Richmond’s Financial Resources
Nobody in Richmond elected Norman LaForce. In fact, when he recently ran for the East Bay Regional Parks District Ward 1 director position representing Richmond, he was soundly defeated. Figure 1 - Noman LaForce has his hands in your pockets Unelected as he is,...
Pixar and Point Richmond
Read https://www.sfchronicle.com/culture/article/Toy-Story-at-25-An-oral-history-of-15749644.php to find out how Pixar grew up in Point Richmond. Point Richmond is like Crockett, or Larkspur, or Sunol. One of those lovely little Bay Area locales that is frozen in...
Shop Local for the Holidays on Small Business Saturday
Falling between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday is essential to the preservation of the neighborhoods that compose the landscape of our local economy and enrich its unique culture. In 2019, 800+ mayors and city officials joined together to...