Henry Gardner Appointed Acting City Manager
Today, in a special City Council meeting, the Richmond City Council unanimously appointed Henry Gardner as acting city manager for a limited time until a more permanent solution evolves. Henry Gardner facilitated a City Council retreat in February where strategic...
Saving Tens of Millions of Gallons of Drinking Water Annually
From 2011 to 2016, I was project manager for Interactive Resources on a project for BART to repair extensive leaks into the BART Powell Street Station that had plagued BART for decades and had stymied continuous previous repair attempts. The solution ultimately...
The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
In an unlikely collaboration of the strangest of bedfellows, the “Gang of Four” who fired Carlos Martinez turned out to be actually the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. As East Bay Express journalist John Geluardi wrote in “Richmond City Council Haplessly Fires City...
The Eagle Has Landed
"We choose to go to the Moon" is the well-known tagline from a speech about the effort to reach the Moon delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy to a large crowd gathered at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1962. The speech was intended to...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the week ending July 19, 2019
Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending July 19th, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 23rd. Closed Session begins at 5:30 P.M., followed by the Special Meeting of the Richmond...
Time for the Annual Rosie Rally
1. Share the Rally post with your Facebook network. Click here and then click on the August 10 rally post. Check the “Going” button and then use the “Share” button to, well, share it with your pals on social media. 2. Send the Rally postcard out to friends by text or...
The Kids First Debacle
The Kids First Debacle This saga began with an initiative — Measure E, placed on the ballot through a signature-gathering process — that required in coming years up to 3 percent of the city’s general fund be set aside to pay for new programs serving youth. Using the...
Pt. Richmond Music’s Free Concert Series Continues Tonight, Friday, 7/12!
Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Free Summer Concert Season Continues July 12th! Point Richmond Music’s (PRM) summer concert season continues on Friday, July 12th with Dirty Cello and Deep Blue Jam, two exceptionally eclectic and...
Fifty Years Ago Today – July 9, 1969
July of 1969 was a busy time for me as the letter below of July 9, 1969, attests. The following is from my journal and memoir, “Before and After Vietnam 1969-70 Military Experiences of Thomas K. (Tom) Butt.” Take a look at the full color video clips on pages 2 and 3....
California Boards & Commissions Appointment Workshop July 11
Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks and Speaker Anthony Rendon are hosting a workshop on State Boards and Commissions Appointment. If you ever wondered how to apply for state appointments, this is your chance. To RSVP for the event—simply email Uche.uwahemu@asm.ca.gov or call...
No Controversy about Arnautoff Mural in Richmond
No Controversy About This Once Missing New Deal Mural While controversy continues about a famous artist’s mural at a San Francisco Washington High School, an East Bay museum is determined to restore another valuable work by the same person. The Richmond Museum of...
San Rafael Bridge Update
“In Richmond, Gotcha bike share will deploy 250 e-bikes, all dock-based”
Ready to Share? Scooter and Bike Share expanding in the East Bay. July 9, 2019 Bike share has been adapting, and it’s been a year since scooter-share first came on the scene, so what’s next? Richmond, Fremont, Oakland, Berkeley, and Walnut Creek are all in the process...
At 30, the San Francisco Bay Trail continues to grow – SFChronicle.com
From Bruce Beyaert: Check out the excellent SF Chronicle article below featuring the 30th Anniversary of the San Francisco Bay Trail. Re the statement "Richmond —the Bay Area city with the most shoreline — has 35 miles of Bay Trail, not all contiguous”, all 35 miles...
High Energy in Honolulu
We just returned from nearly a week in Honolulu, first at the 2019 Climate Mayors Summit on and next at the US Conference of Mayors 87th Annual Meeting. These meetings are very rewarding not only to showcase what Richmond is doing but also to learn from the successes...
The Summer of ’62
By spring of 1962, I was ready to kiss high school goodbye and head west for adventure. Several of us were itchy to leave and planned to skip graduation ceremonies. I’ll never forget being called into the principal’s office where he made an impassioned plea, “Boys,...
Summer Weekend Ferry Service for Richmond Begins August 3
Summer Weekend Ferry Service for Richmond Begins August 3 The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) is proud to announce that summer weekend ferry service between Richmond and San Francisco will launch on Saturday, August 3. The trial service will run on...
Bay Nature Magazine Acknowledges the Rest of the Story
After publishing in March of 2019 an extremely biased and inaccurate article (“Proposed Development at Point Molate Threatens the Bay’s Dungeness Crab Fishery and Climate Goals”) authored by David Helvarg and critical of proposed development at Point Molate, Bay...
Erica T. Goode, M.P.H., M.D. – March 25, 1940 – June 15, 2019
Erica and her husband Barry were long-time Point Richmond residents. Erica discovered early in life that she was happiest helping others, which is how she spent her vibrant, optimistic, exceptionally well-lived life. So she was beloved by family, friends, colleagues...
Richmond Summer Weekend Ferry Service Pilot
Great news --weekend WETA Richmond Ferry Service should be commencing this August! As a board member of both West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) and (Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), I have been able to facilitate including the...