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City Council Updates   -   Oct 24, 2026 On the agenda: Chevron health risk findings, gun violence study and 23rd Street safety
On the agenda: Chevron health risk findings, gun violence study and 23rd Street safety

The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday, October 27, to hear the Bay Area Air District's health risk assessment of the Chevron refinery, consider competing traffic safety proposals after two pedestrian deaths on 23rd Street, and hear a presentation about the city's Office of Neighborhood Safety. A

City Council Updates   -   Oct 22, 2026 Richmond staff give council update on city finances, Chevron settlement
Richmond staff give council update on city finances, Chevron settlement

After city staff warned in September that Richmond's day-to-day operations ran $9.8 million in the red last year, City Council members asked for a second opinion. The report they got Tuesday left that year out. The presentation covered three years of audited results and told

On the agenda: Richmond’s next sewer operator, $550 million in Chevron money and faster buses
City Council Updates   -   Nov 07, 2026 On the agenda: Richmond’s next sewer operator, $550 million in Chevron money and faster buses

Veolia won’t bid to keep running Richmond’s wastewater treatment plant, leaving Jacobs and Inframark competing for the next 10-year contract. At a special meeting on Tuesday, November 10, the City Council will also consider hiring a consultant to ask residents how to spend the city’s $550

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City Council Updates   -   Nov 07, 2026 On the agenda: Richmond’s next sewer operator, $550 million in Chevron money and faster buses
On the agenda: Richmond’s next sewer operator, $550 million in Chevron money and faster buses

Veolia won’t bid to keep running Richmond’s wastewater treatment plant, leaving Jacobs and Inframark competing for the next 10-year contract. At a special meeting on Tuesday, November 10, the City Council will also consider hiring a consultant to ask residents how to spend the city’s $550

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Oct 24, 2026 On the agenda: Chevron health risk findings, gun violence study and 23rd Street safety
On the agenda: Chevron health risk findings, gun violence study and 23rd Street safety

The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday, October 27, to hear the Bay Area Air District's health risk assessment of the Chevron refinery, consider competing traffic safety proposals after two pedestrian deaths on 23rd Street, and hear a presentation about the city's Office of Neighborhood Safety. A

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Oct 22, 2026 Richmond staff give council update on city finances, Chevron settlement
Richmond staff give council update on city finances, Chevron settlement

After city staff warned in September that Richmond's day-to-day operations ran $9.8 million in the red last year, City Council members asked for a second opinion. The report they got Tuesday left that year out. The presentation covered three years of audited results and told

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Oct 19, 2026 On the agenda: 23rd Street fixes vs. a citywide safety plan, a two-year data center ban and $99.7 million in Chevron money
On the agenda: 23rd Street fixes vs. a citywide safety plan, a two-year data center ban and $99.7 million in Chevron money

Two pedestrian deaths near 23rd Street have produced two council proposals, and one author is asking whether the second is "coincidence or calculated politics." The council will also consider extending Richmond's data center ban to 2028 and hear a financial update that leaves out September'

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Oct 07, 2026 Richmond approves police drones and cameras, puts license plate readers on hold
Richmond approves police drones and cameras, puts license plate readers on hold

Richmond police got most of what they asked for Tuesday night. They didn't get the license plate readers. With minutes left before its 11 p.m. deadline, the Richmond City Council voted 5-2 to approve a new contract with Axon for police drones and surveillance cameras, along

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Oct 04, 2026 On the agenda: new police cameras, a license plate reader critic and a Chevron health study
On the agenda: new police cameras, a license plate reader critic and a Chevron health study

Richmond police are asking the City Council for a third time on Tuesday to approve a $3.5 million deal with Axon to replace the city's Flock license plate cameras. The council will also hear from a group opposed to the technology and will get its first look

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Sep 18, 2026 On the agenda: an interim city manager, more police cameras, and 168 tons of trash
On the agenda: an interim city manager, more police cameras, and 168 tons of trash

Richmond's City Council will formalize its choice of an interim city manager Tuesday, consider replacing the city's Flock license plate cameras with Axon technology and take up a proposal for an outside review of the city's financial numbers. The agenda also includes a resolution

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Sep 16, 2026 Staff reports deficit, council votes to start process on how to spend Chevron settlement funds
Staff reports deficit, council votes to start process on how to spend Chevron settlement funds

The Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with a public process for spending the city's $550 million settlement with Chevron, after city officials disclosed that Richmond's day-to-day operations ran $9.8 million in the red this year. The council also rejected a

by Soren Hemmila
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