Thank you to everybody who showed up last night for the State of the City! In case you missed it, you can view the PowerPoint and/or watch the video presentation online. Website: http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/3539/State-of-the-City #SOTC #Richmond #California...

Join Us This Week at Richmond Rotary . . . Program for Friday, February 28: This Friday, Amanda Eicher of NIAD will tell us just what’s in that organization’s name: Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development. As arts education has moved further away from...

Lots of news on Point Molate today. The following came from the Richmond Planning Department: Dear Interested Party: Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the State of California Public Resources Code and the “Guidelines for Implementation of the California...

Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending February 21st, 2020. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 25th. Closed Session begins at 5:30 P.M., followed by the Special Meeting of the...

Subject: Make a Difference in a Young Person's Life: Become a Richmond Promise Mentor! We are hoping to double the number of mentor/mentee matches this year (150). There are countless reasons to become a mentor. As a Richmond Promise Mentor, you will receive training...

Despite the intense interest in coal and petcoke dust in Richmond, the ongoing AB 617 monitoring is not intended to distinguish between general PM2.5 particulates and those that are coal or petcoke dust. There is, however, a BAAQMD plan to specifically monitor coal...

Join Us This Week at Richmond Rotary . . . Program for Friday, February 14: Interpreting Richmond’s History Public historian Donna Graves will share some of the projects she has developed to document and share Richmond's rich history, with a focus on the Miraflores...

Gotcha bike share to launch at a location near you early Spring 2020 The City of Richmond in partnership with Gotcha is launching a bike share program this spring. We need your input to help our electric bikes find their homes at 22 city locations. Where would you...

This is the next chapter excerpted from my memoir of my experiences in the Army, including serving a year in Vietnam, a coup d’état in Cambodia that overthrew Norodom Sihanouk and a trip around the world coming home. This covers the period February and March of 1970,...

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 weeks ending January 31, 2020. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 4th. Closed Session...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, February 04, 2020, Richmond City Council Meeting is available on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx PLEASE NOTE: CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:00 P.M. HOUSING AUTHORITY BEGINS AT...

I serve as the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee’s (and indirectly as Richmond’s) commissioner on the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA). The Contra Costa Transportation Authority works to plan, fund, and implement innovative transit...

See California Public Finance Authority Bonds to Purchase Amethod Charter School Buildings, January 26, 2020. We have confirmed that the current owner does not pay ad valorem property taxes due to a tax exemption allowed for a 501(c)(3) entity using the sites for...

Welcome new Richmond City Manager Laura Snideman! Yesterday, City Clerk Pamela Christian swore her in, and I signed her contract. You can meet her at tonight’s City Council meeting.

Before turning management of the city over to Laura Snideman, Steve Falk (working with Snideman) completed a reorganization that consolidated a number of departments under deputy city managers and reduced by half the number of direct reports to the city manager.

Join Us This Week at Richmond Rotary . . . Program for Friday, January 31: Defensive Breathing: How To Keep Your Heart and Lungs Safe in Polluted & Smoky Air Lisa Bowen is a local breathing coach who beat her own asthma with a process called breathing retraining....

I spent most of last week in Washington D.C. for the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter meeting, where I was also able to shoehorn in a meeting with HUD officials to advocate for Richmond Housing Authority issues, and Shirley and I got Senate gallery passes from Senator...

I continued item G-1 on the January 21 Agenda because I had some questions. G-1 - HOLD a public hearing relating to the proposed issuance of charter school revenue bonds by the California Public Finance Authority (“CalPFA”), in an amount not to exceed $64,000,000, in...

Join Us This Week at Richmond Rotary . . . Program for Friday, January 24: Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton Diana Becton gives us an overview of the District Attorney’s office. The Rotary Club of Richmond meets at the Richmond Country Club, 1 Markovitch...

Apparently there is a scam going around trying to lure people into a fraudulent program. Richmond residents are receiving cards offering home upgrades, providing a phone number (510-228-7284) and a website www.richmondupgrade.com, that has the opening screen shown...