Q&A: Bill Lindsay on 13 Years in Richmond
Richmond City Manager Bill Lindsay recently announced he is leaving his position at the end of July, after 13 years. He came to Richmond from Orinda in 2005 and inherited...
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May
02
Nov
Ada Recinos: We Are the Leaders We’ve Been Waiting For
There’s a new face on the Richmond City Council. Last month the council unanimously selected Ada Recinos to fill the seat vacated by Gayle McLaughlin....
24
Oct
Richmond City Council Moves One Step Closer to Annexing North Richmond
The Richmond City Council voted to move forward with the North Richmond annexation application and mail ballots to the area’s roughly 3,700 residents to gather feedback on the possibility of...
27
Apr
Richmond Launches Task Force on Homelessness
Richmond will soon have a new task force charged with addressing the needs of the city’s homeless population. In a unanimous vote, the City Council on April 18 approved an...
26
Nov
Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin: Richmond Is Not Going to Cooperate with ICE
Richmond City Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin describes how the city is preparing to protect its immigrant residents under a Trump presidency...
18
Nov
Q&A: New Councilmember Melvin Willis on Housing, Hospital and Youth
This month, Melvin Willis, 26, became the youngest person elected to the Richmond City Council. He spoke with the Pulse about his priorities for the council, which now has a...
25
Aug
Who Will Be Your Next Council Members?
Nine people have filed and qualified to compete for three open Richmond City Council seats in the Nov. 8 general election....
19
Apr
Claudia Jimenez – Profile of a Community Organizer
In 2015, her name suddenly appeared in news articles about the nomination of a new candidate for the Richmond City Council. In the media, Claudia Jimenez, 37, remained undefined, only...
14
Jan
Eduardo Martinez: My First Year on Richmond’s City Council
2016 marks Eduardo Martinez’s first year as a Richmond City Councilmember. The retired educator and community activist was elected in 2015 in a historic election in which the Richmond Progressive...
30
Nov
City Council Votes to Include All Students in College Scholarship Program
All college-bound seniors who live in Richmond are now eligible for the city’s scholarship program....
24
Jul
Richmond Is First California City in Decades to Pass Rent Control
News Report, Malcolm Marshall Beginning Dec. 1, Richmond will become the first California city in decades — and the first in Contra Costa County ever — to enact a...
23
Mar
New City Councilman Discusses Working With Business Community
Leer en Español Interview by Vernon Whitmore EDITOR’S NOTE: Richmond’s newest city council member is Vinay Pimple (pronounced Pim-PLAY), a 47-year-old attorney who has been on the job for less than a...
02
Oct
Trio of Mayoral Candidates Offers Voters Distinct Choice
[caption id="attachment_4275" align="alignnone" width="720"] Uche Uwahemu, from left, Tom Butt and Nat Bates are running for mayor of Richmond. (photo by Fan Fei, Richmond Confidential)[/caption] News Report, Malcolm Marshall | Photos,...
22
Sep
Richmond City Council Candidate: Dameion King
Profile, Nancy Deville City Council candidate Dameion King may be a newcomer to the Richmond political scene, but he says he’s no stranger to the needs of the city. “I’ve had bullets...
25
Jul
Should Hate Speech at Council Meetings Be Banned?
News Report, Nancy Deville Richmond’s plan to implement guidelines to curb hate speech during council meetings is gaining support from residents tired of the constant negative interruptions, but others worry the...
