The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday to adopt the city's final budget for fiscal year 2026-27, review polling on a potential November ballot measure to fund paramedic-level fire service, and revisit five items continued from its June 16 meeting. Those include a proposed permanent

Union leaders told the Richmond City Council Tuesday that the city's persistent staffing shortages are the result of a deliberate choice, not a hiring pipeline problem, escalating a public dispute over whether Richmond is using vacant positions as a budget tool at the expense of city services. The

The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday taking up a full budget session ahead of a June 23 adoption deadline, an annual review of the police department's military equipment inventory, a potential November tax measure tucked into the consent calendar, a $2.6 million homeless services contract, and direction

City Manager Shasa Curl told the Richmond City Council on Tuesday that the city can no longer afford to hire new employees unless an existing employee retires first due to increasing workforce costs. “In the absence of retirements, we are at a point where new personnel cannot be added because

Richmond’s citywide electric bike share program could be shut down by the end of the month after city staff recommended the council move to conclude it and redirect remaining funding to a competing e-bike lending library. According to Richmond public works staff, the Today bike share program has

The Richmond City Council will meet Tuesday afternoon for a special budget session focused on the proposed 2026-27 operating budget, rising costs tied to park renovations, and the future of the city’s electric bikeshare program ahead of final budget adoption on June 23. The session allows council members

The Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to draft tougher penalties for illegal fireworks, including holding party hosts liable for fireworks set off on their property. The item, sponsored by Councilmembers Cesar Zepeda, Jamelia Brown, and Soheila Bana, passed on the consent calendar with only Councilmember Sue Wilson voting no. It

The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday for two back-to-back meetings, opening at 3:30 p.m. with a special budget study session before shifting to a packed regular meeting at 6 p.m. that includes a push to crack down on illegal fireworks, housing density changes, and a