Residents, employees, employers, and other stakeholders are encouraged to serve! Your participation plays a significant role in involving the community in local government – offering varying viewpoints and advise to city council, shaping and influencing public policy...

2020 is a U.S. Census year. Landlords and property managers in multifamily buildings must allow access for census workers to buzz or knock on front doors of specific tenants who have not responded to the census mailing. The census worker may have to return several...

On September 22, I will ask the City Council to approve the following new appointments to the Planning Commission, filling all vacant seats: Alpa Agarwal has served four years on the Economic Development Commission. She has a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a...

Richmond Chamber of Commerce and COI would like to invite you to participate on 2020 City Council Candidate Forum. To let voters meet the candidates and hear them discuss the issues and challenges facing Richmond Business Community, Richmond Chamber of Commerce and...

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) staff have ranked Richmond’s ATP Quick-Build project #3 statewide to receive the requested $725K grant for a protected bikeway along Hoffman Blvd. and Cutting Blvd. to Garrard Blvd., subject to approval by the CTC during...

National Drive Electric Week: City of Richmond Thursday, October 1 │ 1:00—3:00 pm (virtual) RSVP: driveelectricweek.org/event?eventid=2195 Learn about EV 101 and cost of ownership, driving experience, environmental benefits, home/public/workplace charging, incentives,...

Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees: Richmond Vacancy Help represent our city's interests! CCMVCD is a tax-funded office that provides free services to all county residents for mosquitoes, rats, mice, ground-nesting yellowjackets,...

FREE Special One-Day Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and Mattress Drop-off Event in Richmond - Saturday, September 19th The City Manager’s Office, Economic Development, Environmental and Health Initiatives Division is excited to announce the one-day Household...

Over 80 percent of Richmond residents and businesses purchase electricity from MCE. Find out more about MCE by joining the annual retreat on September 18 at 9:00 AM via Zoom. Click on the embedded link to view the agenda and Zoom link.

On April 29, 2020, a former member of my mayoral staff texted me, “Hi Tom! I found a little fledgling crow and I know you are the crow whisperer.” She had remembered me telling about having crows as a kid. I told her to bring it on over, but I neglected to tell or...

Controversial Point Molate housing project to move forward with city council approval Plans for the Richmond peninsula site have long been debated...

The agenda/packet for the Special September 8, 2020, City Council meeting is on the web; follow the link to review: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

It turns out that the crusade to “Save Point Molate” by the Point Molate Alliance is not actually about saving anything. It is solely about housing. The current plan that anticipates development of only 30 percent of Point Molate is not significantly different than...

As of July 2020, MCE’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure rebate program, MCEv, has supported the installation of more than 550 Level 2 charging ports, with an additional 450+ ports still planned or under construction. Since the inception of the program, MCE has...

Love Your Block is now accepting applications for $500 mini-grants that will support volunteer projects that will positively impact Richmond/North Richmond residents affected by COVID-19. Application cycle is open now through September 15, 2020 at 11:59 pm. A total of...

One of the biggest planks in the anti-Point Molate development platform is traffic. Richmond NIMBY and Point Molate development critic Jeff Kilbreth posted the following on Next Door yesterday: Point Molate and Traffic. The Mayor is scornful of everyone who thinks the...

Contrary to representation made by the Point Molate Alliance, the current Point Molate Development Plan is, in fact, consistent with the Richmond General Plan 2030. The General Plan 2030 was approved by the City Council on April 25, 2012, with Councilmembers Beckles,...

I get emails like to one below from individuals motivated by the false claims of the Point Molate Alliance and the Sierra Club: “City council - Do not sell Point Molate for luxury homes and private profit at the expense of Richmond residents. This is a fight for a...

The Point Molate Alliance is apparently in a contest with Trump to see which can tell more lies or engage in more hypocrisy. The slick publication, “Richmond Community News,” masquerading as a newspaper, features articles written by or about the following NIMBY...

The Sierra Club convinced the gullible Richmond City Council that it had a fool-proof and litigation-proof plan to shut down coal and petcoke handling at Levin Terminal by zoning it out of business. After initial promises to help defend the inevitable litigation, the...