Council Considers Cuts to Fill $27M Budget Deficit
The Richmond City Council held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss potential budget balancing strategies to address a projected $27.1 million deficit....
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May
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May
City Council Prepares to Tackle $27.1 Million Budget Shortfall
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday heard an update on a $27.1 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2020-21, resulting from lost revenues during the coronavirus outbreak....
29
Apr
Council Extends Paid Leave for Some City Employees
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to extend paid leave for permanent city employees who are unable to work because of the coronavirus pandemic....
23
Apr
Council Freezes Rent Hikes, Adds Commercial Properties to Eviction Moratorium
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday added commercial properties to an eviction moratorium passed last week and imposed a temporary freeze on rent increases for both residential and commercial tenants....
18
Apr
City Leaders Talk Coronavirus Response at Virtual Town Hall
Richmond city leaders held a virtual town hall meeting Friday to update the public on their response to the COVID-19 pandemic....
16
Apr
Q&A: Coronavirus Means City Workers “Are Busier Than Ever”
Richmond City Manager Laura Snideman spoke with The CC Pulse about how the city is responding to some of the challenges caused by the coronavirus....
05
Mar
Richmond Council Begins Process that Could Give Police Commission More Power
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday directed staff to begin a process that would allow the Community Police Review Commission (CPRC) to investigate police-related allegations of discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual...
26
Feb
Council Calls for Transparency on Chevron Flaring
The Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to send a letter to the agency that oversees air quality in the Bay Area that requests it releases reports on the causes of...
25
Feb
First Woman To Serve as Richmond’s City Manager Sees Opportunity Ahead
Laura Snideman is the first woman appointed as city manager of Richmond....
06
Feb
Council Denies Charter Plan to Buy Building with Tax-Exempt Bonds
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday denied a plan to allow Wonderful Foundations, an Oregon-based nonprofit that supports charter schools, to buy two buildings with tax exempt bonds in the...
01
Feb
Catch a Lyft with Richmond’s RAPID for $3
Richmond's RAPID transportation program has only been in place for about 18 months, but, Lori Reese-Brown, the city’s transportation project manager says it’s a fast-growing success....
15
Jan
City Council Bans Coal Storage, Selects Districts
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance banning coal storage in the city while also begrudgingly deciding the city’s future district-based council elections....
14
Jan
City Council to Vote on Coal Storage Ban
A highly contentious decision on whether to phase out coal storage in Richmond is scheduled to be before city council on Tuesday, Jan. 14....
13
Jan
Richmond Residents Pick Favored Voting District Maps
Richmond held its final community workshop Jan. 6 as it transitions from at-large to district elections, roughly one week before the city council is set this week to select a...
20
Nov
Council Halts Proposed ‘Tenant Opportunity To Purchase’ Ordinance
A controversial ordinance that would have given renters first opportunity to purchase property they live in - if put up for sale - has been set aside....
