Richmond City Council | The Contra Costa Pulse

17 Nov

Q&A: Richmond Progressive Alliance Candidates Are ‘A Winning Combination’

BK Williams of the Richmond Progressive Alliance talked to the Pulse about its members' election victories, working with Mayor Tom Butt and more....

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10 Nov

The Richmond I Love: Powered by a Black Political Machine

Vernon Whitmore remembers coming to Richmond at a time when the city was led by its first Black elected mayor and African Americans in other positions of power....

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04 Nov

Richmond Voters Focus on Local Elections, Keep Eye on Presidency

Taxes, local politicians and beliefs about what Donald Trump means for the U.S. motivated Richmond voters of all ages....

03 Nov

Mail Ballots Give Richmond Progressive Alliance Candidates Early Leads

Early returns show Gayle McLaughlin, Claudia Jimenez and Melvin Willis, the three City Council candidates endorsed by the RPA, are leading in their districts....

Chart titled Overtime Report showing budget and expenditures by department. It says 43% of the overtime budget has bee expended, but it should be 25%.

29 Oct

Richmond on Course to Exhaust Overtime Budget in January

The city of Richmond has burned through almost half of its $5.4 million overtime budget just three months into the new fiscal year....

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23 Oct

Controversial Election Policy Won’t Go Forward

The City Council voted to indefinitely table a controversial policy that would have required council candidates to prove where they live to be eligible to run....

22 Oct

Election Roundup: Read Our Local, State and National Coverage

We've compiled coverage from the Pulse and our partners of the races for Richmond City Council and WCCUSD school board, the California propositions and more....

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13 Oct

Richmond Set for First District Council Elections

Richmond has moved from at-large to district elections for City Council, the result of a yearslong political debate over representation....

Slide that reads: "FY 2020-21 Budget Update. Current deficit = $6 million. Budget adopted with $3 million placeholder for accommodations. Deficit has increased by $2 million due to unfunded liability portion of CalPERS being under-budget with removal of vacancies. Deficit increased another $1 million for Richmond Housing Authority subsidy."

07 Oct

Richmond Facing $6 Million Deficit

The city also needs to budget for maintenance costs, improvements to the library and crosswalks and more, according to reports at Tuesday's City Council meeting....

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24 Sep

Community Group Tells City Council How to Re-imagine Police

Members suggested short- and long-term changes to policing to the Richmond City Council, among them strengthening investigations against officers....

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14 Sep

Q&A: Eleanor Thompson Advocates for Iron Triangle, Youth Entrepreneurs

Eleanor Thompson said she is running for Richmond City Council to do more for the community she has lived in for decades, in our series of interviews with the candidates....

Gayle McLaughlin, a smiling white woman with gray hair and glasses.

11 Sep

Q&A: Gayle McLaughlin Wants to Build on ‘Major Progress’

Former mayor Gayle McLaughlin explains why she is making a bid to add on to her more than a decade on the Richmond City Council in our interview series....

Melvin Willis, a light-skinned Black man with a goatee and light blue shirt.

10 Sep

Q&A: Melvin Willis: ‘We Can All Find Solutions’

Richmond City Council member Melvin Willis said in our Q&A series he is running to represent District 1 "because there still is a lot more work to be done."...

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09 Sep

City Council Moves Forward on Point Molate Development

A contentious plan to build residential and commercial properties at Point Molate will move forward after the Richmond City Council approved a deal with the project’s developer Tuesday....

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