Community Workshop: Central Ave I-80 Underpass Improvements
View this email in your browser SHARE YOUR IDEAS AT OUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOP! Do you bike or walkon Central Avenue under I-80 to reach the places you enjoy? Would you like to help make it easier and safer to do so? The Central Avenue / Interstate 80 (I-80) underpass in...
NIAD Exhibit Installation at Mayor’s Office
Please stop by the Mayor’s Office tonight from 4:30-6:30pm for our fourth annual NIAD Art Installation Party! This exhibition is titled “Bay Front. Home Front. Out Front.” and features stunning pieces from NIAD artists that encompass the natural beauty of our city....
Remembering Richard J. Roughgarden this Memorial Day
War is a dangerous place. Not all casualties are a direct result of combat. Richard (Rich) Joseph Roughgarden graduated from Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1966, a year before I graduated from the University of Arkansas with the same degree. A...
Can you help us choose names for the 2018 SFBayOspreys.org chicks?
We'd like your help to select the final three names for the SFBayOspreys.org chicks. Here are the possible choices. We've got names on this list that we think you may really like. 😉 Please vote on this morning's Facebook post on Bay Ospreys, and invite your...
Join me tonight for Time with Tom!
Join me tonight from 5-7pm for a casual meet-and-great at Restaurante Bahia de Jiquilisco on 23rd Street! My staff and I will be available to answer questions related to your neighborhood or the City of Richmond, while enjoying some delicious Salvadorian cuisine. If...
Salute e Vita at Marina Bay to Close July 6
July 6, 2018, will be a sad day in Richmond for both the patrons and beneficiaries of Salute e Vita Ristorante and its iconic owner, Menbere (Menbe) Aklilu. Originally named “Hawthorne’s,” The restaurant was built by the Poe family, the master developers of Marina...
Homeless Point in Time Count for 2018
The Contra Costa Point in Time Count for unsheltered homeless persons is in, showing an increase from 109 in 2017 to 270 in 2018. The increase may be partially due to a more extensive street outreach program. Contra Costa County continues to be the focal point for...
Yes on RM3
The following is a reasonably fair discussion of RM3. I was chair of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority when RM3 was finalized, and I got to watch how it was made. As a CCTA commissioner, I was able to get $210 million allocated to the Richmond-San Rafael...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week ending May 18th, 2018
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending May 18th, 2018. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 22nd beginning with Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the regular meeting of the Richmond City...
May 22, 2018, Regular Successor Agency to the Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency and Richmond City Council Agenda/Packet – CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:00 P.M.
The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, May 22, 2018, Regular Successor Agency to the Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency and Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx PLEASE NOTE:...
City Council History of “Feel Good” Policies Continues
Brian Hofer of the “Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission,” has been shopping the so-called “Sanctuary City Contracting and Investment Policy” from city to city for years with no takers. Finally he hit pay dirt in Richmond where the City Council has a long-standing...
Richmond City Council to Vote on Whether It Has Lost Confidence in Fire Chief
In my 23 years on the Richmond City Council, I cannot recall a time when one or more individual City Council members called for a “no confidence vote” on a city employee. See Agenda Item L-2 on the May 15th City Council Agenda Regarding Fire Chief, May 11, 2018....
“Accordingly, at this time, your request for a tour is denied.”
Most institutions and businesses in Richmond are proud to show off their workplaces. I’ve been all over Chevron. I’ve toured Sims Metal, Amazon, Blue Apron, Williams-Sonoma, State of California Public Health Laboratory – no problem. All the WCCUSD schools in Richmond,...
May 15, 2018, Regular Richmond City Council Agenda/Packet – CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:30 P.M.
The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, May 15, 2018, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx PLEASE NOTE: CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:30 p.m. SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE...
Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Advisor to President Obama in Richmond May 16
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Two Weeks Ending May 11th, 2018
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the two weeks ending May 11th, 2018. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 15th beginning with Closed Session at 5:30 PM, followed by a Special Joint Meeting of the...
Agenda Item L-2 on the May 15th City Council Agenda Regarding Fire Chief
The following relates to an agenda item placed by Councilmembers Beckles and Martinez on the May 15 Agenda. This is the same Beckles who is asking you to support her move to be your AD 15 representative. She should learn to understand City government first before...
Digital Workforce Development Initiative Comes to Richmond
This summer, the Digital Workforce Development Initiative will launch in four cities, Richmond, Kansas City, Memphis and Stockton. Assembly District 15 candidate Buffy Wicks was able to get Richmond included on the list through contacts she made while working in the...
Coal in Richmond?
A KPIX report on May 8, “Port of Richmond Sees a Spike in Coal Exports” brought new attention to the subject of coal exports from Levin Terminal in Richmond, a privately owned component of what comprises the greater “Port of Richmond.” Confusingly, the City of...
Join us May 11 for the Claudia Russell + Bruce Kaplan CD Celebration!
Our favorite folk duo performs all the songs from their brand new CD. Plus there will be PIE! View this email in your browser Friday, May 11, 7:30 pm CLAUDIA RUSSELL & BRUCE KAPLAN CD PREVIEW CELEBRATION AND PIE EXPO Get Tickets Now at Eventbrite For the final...