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....
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Nov
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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...
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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...
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Apr
Richmond Lanza un Grupo de Trabajo Sobre la Cuestión de Personas sin Hogar
Richmond pronto tendrá un nuevo grupo de trabajo encargado de atender las necesidades de la población sin hogar de la ciudad. ...
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...
15
Sep
¿Quiénes Serán los Nuevos Miembros del Concejo?
Nueve personas han presentado y calificado para competir por tres puestos del Concejo de la Ciudad de Richmond en las elecciones generales del 8 de noviembre. ...
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....
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Apr
Claudia Jiménez – Perfil de una Activista
Read in English Por Edgardo Cervano-Soto En 2015, su nombre apareció de repente en los artículos de noticias acerca de la designación de un nuevo candidato para el Concejo de la Ciudad...
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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...
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Mar
Nuevo Concejal Discute Trabajar con la Comunidad Empresarial
Read in English Entrevista por Vernon Whitmore Nota del Editor: El nuevo miembro del concejo de la ciudad de Richmond es Vinay Pimple (pronunciado Pim-PLAY), un abogado de 47 años de edad...
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...
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Feb
Residents at Troubled Housing Complex to Soon Move Out
News Report, Malcolm Marshall During the first week of February, newly elected Mayor Tom Butt announced that residents of the dilapidated Hacienda public housing complex will receive federally funded Section 8...
