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News   -   May 25, 2024 On the agenda: Richmond facing staffing challenges, needs dozens of new employees, says report
Richmond City Hall

A workforce analysis by Raftelis Financial Consultants to be presented at the May 28 Richmond City Council meeting recommends filling vacancies and adding 74 new positions, including a dozen more police officers, to meet current service level expectations for all of the city’s existing programs and services for $12.

News   -   May 20, 2024 Richmond selects program manager for Community Crisis Response Program
Richmond selects program manager for Community Crisis Response Program

The City of Richmond has hired Michael Romero, who was part of the Huntington Beach mobile crisis response team, as manager for the city’s yet-to-be-launched Community Crisis Response Program. According to a biography supplied by the City of Richmond, Romero oversaw operations for the Huntington Beach 24-hour a day,

Rent Board Meeting
News   -   May 31, 2024 City to provide $440k subsidy to Richmond Rent Program to cover cost pool allocation

The City of Richmond will provide a $150,000 subsidy this year and a $290,390 subsidy next year to the Richmond Rent Program to cover services to the program provided by the city. The city allocates a portion of charges for liability insurance and administration charges for services provided

by Soren Hemmila
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News   -   May 31, 2024 City to provide $440k subsidy to Richmond Rent Program to cover cost pool allocation
Rent Board Meeting

The City of Richmond will provide a $150,000 subsidy this year and a $290,390 subsidy next year to the Richmond Rent Program to cover services to the program provided by the city. The city allocates a portion of charges for liability insurance and administration charges for services provided

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   May 25, 2024 On the agenda: Richmond facing staffing challenges, needs dozens of new employees, says report
Richmond City Hall

A workforce analysis by Raftelis Financial Consultants to be presented at the May 28 Richmond City Council meeting recommends filling vacancies and adding 74 new positions, including a dozen more police officers, to meet current service level expectations for all of the city’s existing programs and services for $12.

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   May 20, 2024 Richmond selects program manager for Community Crisis Response Program
Richmond selects program manager for Community Crisis Response Program

The City of Richmond has hired Michael Romero, who was part of the Huntington Beach mobile crisis response team, as manager for the city’s yet-to-be-launched Community Crisis Response Program. According to a biography supplied by the City of Richmond, Romero oversaw operations for the Huntington Beach 24-hour a day,

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   May 19, 2024 Richmond commemorates Pedie Perez with Cutting Boulevard art installation
Richmond commemorates Pedie Perez with Cutting Boulevard art installation

A dedication of receptacle art cans bearing the image of Richard "Pedie" Perez III, who died in a police shooting in 2014, was held Saturday in front of Uncle Sam's Liquor Store on Cutting Boulevard before a crowd of family, friends, and community members who came

by Linda Hemmila
News   -   May 18, 2024 RPD hires outside investigator after video surfaces of officer hitting man filming arrest
RPD hires outside investigator after video surfaces of officer hitting man filming arrest

The Richmond Police Department has hired an outside investigator after videos of an officer reportedly striking and handcuffing a man as he filmed an arrest near Joe’s Market at First Street and West Macdonald Avenue on May 5. On social media, Richmond Police Chief Bisa French said the police

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   May 17, 2024 On the agenda: Report calling for new Chevron tax warns of looming deficits
Chevron's Richmond refinery

Two community groups will propose raising new revenue from oil refining to improve Richmond’s financial health at the upcoming city council meeting on May 21.  The agenda item, proposed by Mayor Eduardo Martinez and Vice Mayor Claudia Jimenez, says oil refining negatively impacts the city. Communities for a Better

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   May 16, 2024 Richmond cyclists celebrate 30 years of Bike to Work Day
Richmond cyclists celebrate 30 years of Bike to Work Day

With energizer stations providing tote bags, coffee, and snacks, Richmond cyclists joined the Bay Area's largest biking event, marking 30 years of Bike to Work Day. On Thursday morning, participants at more than 300 energizer stations across all nine Bay Area counties, including several in Richmond, warmly greeted

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   May 13, 2024 California's population on the rise, Richmond's population continues to decline
Nevin Plaza

While new demographic data shows positive population growth in California for the first time since 2020, Richmond’s population continued to shrink last year. The California Department of Finance released a report last week revealing California experienced an estimated population increase of more than 67,000 individuals in the past

by Soren Hemmila
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