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City Council Updates   -   Jan 25, 2026 On the agenda: Chevron money, civil-rights litigation and crime trends
On the agenda: Chevron money, civil-rights litigation and crime trends

The Richmond City Council will meet Tuesday to debate competing proposals for spending millions in Chevron settlement funds, consider changes to how council liaisons are appointed to boards and commissions, and weigh a $4 million contract amendment for sewer rehabilitation, while also conferring in closed session on a federal civil

City Council Updates   -   Jan 21, 2026 Richmond City Council accepts mayor’s apology, approves antisemitism training
Richmond City Council accepts mayor’s apology, approves antisemitism training

Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez publicly apologized Tuesday night for reposting social media content that included antisemitic tropes, as the council voted to recognize his participation in antisemitism training but rejected an effort to censure the mayor after hours of contentious debate. “It’s difficult to apologize, not because one is

On the agenda: cannabis relief, ICE-free zones and Craneway negotiations
City Council Updates   -   Jan 30, 2026 On the agenda: cannabis relief, ICE-free zones and Craneway negotiations

Richmond’s City Council will consider measures on Tuesday to support struggling cannabis businesses and ban federal immigration enforcement from city property, discuss relocating the historic SS Red Oak Victory, and receive a presentation on corporate land acquisitions. The agenda also includes closed-session negotiations regarding the Craneway Pavilion, commission appointments,

by Soren Hemmila
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City Council Updates   -   Jan 30, 2026 On the agenda: cannabis relief, ICE-free zones and Craneway negotiations
On the agenda: cannabis relief, ICE-free zones and Craneway negotiations

Richmond’s City Council will consider measures on Tuesday to support struggling cannabis businesses and ban federal immigration enforcement from city property, discuss relocating the historic SS Red Oak Victory, and receive a presentation on corporate land acquisitions. The agenda also includes closed-session negotiations regarding the Craneway Pavilion, commission appointments,

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jan 25, 2026 On the agenda: Chevron money, civil-rights litigation and crime trends
On the agenda: Chevron money, civil-rights litigation and crime trends

The Richmond City Council will meet Tuesday to debate competing proposals for spending millions in Chevron settlement funds, consider changes to how council liaisons are appointed to boards and commissions, and weigh a $4 million contract amendment for sewer rehabilitation, while also conferring in closed session on a federal civil

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jan 21, 2026 Richmond City Council accepts mayor’s apology, approves antisemitism training
Richmond City Council accepts mayor’s apology, approves antisemitism training

Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez publicly apologized Tuesday night for reposting social media content that included antisemitic tropes, as the council voted to recognize his participation in antisemitism training but rejected an effort to censure the mayor after hours of contentious debate. “It’s difficult to apologize, not because one is

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jan 17, 2026 On the agenda: Censuring the mayor, youth programs, a new vice mayor, and how to make the polluter's payment count
On the agenda: Censuring the mayor,  youth programs, a new vice mayor, and how to make the polluter's payment count

The Richmond City Council faces a contentious agenda Tuesday, including a formal censure resolution against Mayor Eduardo Martinez, competing proposals for how to allocate $550 million in Chevron settlement funds, and the election of a new vice mayor. Vice Mayor Cesar Zepeda and Councilmember Jamelia Brown are sponsoring a resolution

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Dec 13, 2025 Richmond City Council to take up city attorney transition, budget adjustments & major capital projects
Richmond City Council to take up city attorney transition, budget adjustments & major capital projects

The Richmond City Council will meet Tuesday, December 16, for a lengthy session that includes closed-door labor negotiations, a major change in city legal leadership, budget actions, and approval of multimillion-dollar public works and port projects, as well as the mayor's State of the City Address. Richmond city

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Dec 03, 2025 WCCUSD says schools will be open as teachers plan Thursday strike
WCCUSD says schools will be open as teachers plan Thursday strike

Teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District plan to begin striking Thursday after months of failed contract negotiations, even as district officials pledge to keep all schools open. The United Teachers of Richmond will begin picketing 45 minutes before the first bell at every school site, union President

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Nov 28, 2025 On the agenda: Taking back the keys to Craneway, Riggers Loft leases, and garbage strike credits
On the agenda: Taking back the keys to Craneway, Riggers Loft leases, and garbage strike credits

The Richmond City Council will consider an inspection of the historic Craneway Pavilion as the city prepares to regain control of the waterfront venue, approve 12-month leases with three beverage producers at the Riggers Loft Building, and vote on a settlement providing billing credits to residents affected by July’s

by Soren Hemmila
Housing   -   Nov 07, 2025 Richmond moves to tighten oversight on tenant buyout deals
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The Richmond City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with regulating "cash for keys" agreements between landlords and tenants, directing staff to draft an ordinance with the strictest oversight measures. The council approved a recommendation from the Richmond Rent Board to adopt a "high level of

by Soren Hemmila
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