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City Council Updates   -   Feb 27, 2026 On the agenda: The return of Flock, immigration updates & park improvements
A Flock Safety automated license plate reader

The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday for a packed session that includes updates on immigration enforcement protections, a police surveillance contract renewal, and a series of park improvements, alongside routine budget reviews and consent calendar business. The fight over Flock cameras returns Richmond police are asking the city

City Council Updates   -   Feb 21, 2026 On the agenda: Tobacco license limits and a new 23rd Street enforcement zone
On the agenda: Tobacco license limits and a new 23rd Street enforcement zone

The Richmond City Council will consider capping tobacco retailer licenses at 50, while also weighing a new enforcement zone along 23rd Street, adopting the 2025 state building code with an amnesty program for unpermitted home additions, honoring a national champion dance team, and approving contracts and cleanup reports at the

Supporters and opponents of Flock automated license plate reader cameras
City Council Updates   -   Mar 04, 2026 Richmond council runs out of time on Flock Safety vote

The Richmond City Council meeting ended Tuesday night before members could vote on whether to renew a contract with Flock Safety, a surveillance camera company, as a missing trafficking victim's case cast a shadow over the debate. The meeting ran out of time before a vote could be

by Soren Hemmila
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City Council Updates   -   Mar 04, 2026 Richmond council runs out of time on Flock Safety vote
Supporters and opponents of Flock automated license plate reader cameras

The Richmond City Council meeting ended Tuesday night before members could vote on whether to renew a contract with Flock Safety, a surveillance camera company, as a missing trafficking victim's case cast a shadow over the debate. The meeting ran out of time before a vote could be

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Feb 27, 2026 On the agenda: The return of Flock, immigration updates & park improvements
A Flock Safety automated license plate reader

The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday for a packed session that includes updates on immigration enforcement protections, a police surveillance contract renewal, and a series of park improvements, alongside routine budget reviews and consent calendar business. The fight over Flock cameras returns Richmond police are asking the city

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Feb 21, 2026 On the agenda: Tobacco license limits and a new 23rd Street enforcement zone
On the agenda: Tobacco license limits and a new 23rd Street enforcement zone

The Richmond City Council will consider capping tobacco retailer licenses at 50, while also weighing a new enforcement zone along 23rd Street, adopting the 2025 state building code with an amnesty program for unpermitted home additions, honoring a national champion dance team, and approving contracts and cleanup reports at the

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Feb 13, 2026 On the agenda: $2 million for Motel 6 project, Chevron funds for nonprofits, Venezuela resolution
Exterior view of the former Motel 6 in Richmond under construction for a homeless housing conversion project

The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday to consider a $2 million funding increase for the Motel 6 housing project, $1.2 million in youth grants to eight nonprofits, and a resolution opposing U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, along with legal services contracts, fleet vehicle purchases, and sister

by Soren Hemmila
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
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