At last night’s City Council meeting, the City Council voted 5-2, with Willis and Martinez dissenting, to adopt a resolution supporting the DTSC Alternative 3A remediation of the Zeneca site instead of the Alternative 6 previously endorsed by the City Council. The...

I spent both Thursday and Friday at planning retreats for two regional and statewide organizations on which I serve as a board member. Thursday, MCE Clean Energy convened at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium for an all-day planning retreat. MCE has grown from its...

On the afternoon of September 26, Chef Arnon Oren of Anaviv's Table and Anaviv Catering and Events and I will be competing in the 10th Annual Contra Costa Mayor’s Healthy Cook Off at Todos Santos Plaza hosted by Mayor Carlyn Obringer of Concord. Ingredients will be...

Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending September 20th, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 24th. Closed Session begins at 5:30 P.M., followed by the Regular Meeting of the...

For at least 15 years, the clean up plan for the Zeneca site has been in play. The first major battle was getting it transferred from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board jurisdiction to the Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC). The...

My current chief of staff in the Mayor’s Office, Alex Knox, will be leaving in October. He is currently in Spain on his honeymoon with his new bride, Alessandra Vejby. Alex managed my successful mayoral campaign in 2014 and joined the Mayor’s Office staff when I was...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 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. RICHMOND HOUSING AUTHORITY...

Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending September 13th, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 17th. Closed Session begins at 5:00 P.M., followed by the Special Meeting of the...

Join the City of Richmond and all the generous sponsors as Richmond Main Street Initiative presents the 11th Annual Spirit & Soul Festival – Salute to Soul 2.0 - where Councilmember Ben Choi and I will serve as Grand Marshals! Saturday, September 21 │ 1 – 5 p.m....

In the midst of a statewide housing crises that is at its worst in the Bay Area, There are hard core groups in Richmond that are fighting new housing with every weapon they can muster. Their latest strategy is to claim falsely that taxpayers will end up subsidizing...

Last night’s City Council meeting, the first regular meeting since July 23, was remarkable in many ways. The meeting started with both a new city manager and a new police chief. There were no rants or disturbances from the audience. Everything on the Agenda was on the...

FREE Special One-Day Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Event - Saturday, September 14th Date: Saturday, September 14th Time: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Location: The Galileo Club, 371 South 23rd St, Richmond Residents of Richmond, El Sobrante, Hercules, Pinole, San...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. PRM's Free Summer Concert Series Concludes Sept. 13th with Matt Jaffe and Extra Large! Point Richmond Music’s summer concert season concludes this Friday, September 13th with Matt Jaffe and Extra Large,...

Join Us This Week at Richmond Rotary . . . Program for Friday, September 13: The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County September is Hunger Action month. Kim Castaneda will speak about hunger in our community, identifying the faces of hunger and how the food bank...

As the City Council is poised to vote tonight on the second reading of an ordinance that further regulates the sale of vaping products in Richmond, I am finding continuing evidence that Juul found Richmond a potentially lucrative market and invested heavily in selling...

Richmond chief on leave after no-confidence vote, acting replacement appointed Alejandro Serrano and Matthias Gafni Sep. 6, 2019 Updated: Sep. 6, 2019 10:21 p.m. Richmond Police Chief Allwyn Brown holds a news conference with other leaders of a multi-agency task force...

Join Us This Week at Richmond Rotary . . . Program for Friday, September 6: What does it mean to leave home? The International Rescue Committee and the Global Refugee Crisis The IRC responds to some of the world's worst crises, delivering aid that saves lives while...

August is the month the Richmond City Council traditionally takes a hiatus, and it is therefore vacation time for City Council members. This year, the break was scheduled from July 23 to September 10, but the shocking and unanticipated firing of the city manager on...

Yogurt maker Stonyfield helping Richmond park go organic August 30, 2019 From left to right, Greg Hardesty, City of Richmond Parks & Landscaping Superintendent; Tom Butt, City of Richmond Mayor; Michael Garlardi, Tour Manager with Stoneyfield Organic; and Mark...

Here’s the real reason that Juul’s CEO is warning people against using his e-cigs "Don't vape. Don't use Juul," Juul CEO Kevin Burns said on "CBS This Morning." In an interview with CBS, Juul CEO Kevin Burns warned against using his products and acknowledged that...