Richmond Police Commission to Get New Investigator
The Richmond City Council approved a $50,000 contract for an interim investigator for the Community Police Review Commission. ...
02
Jun
05
May
Richmond Says It Wants to Reduce Illegal Fireworks, but It’s a Slow Burn
Instead of moving closer to tripling fines for illegal fireworks in high-risk areas, Richmond City Council opted to first get input on ways to reduce usage. ...
28
Apr
Richmond Wants SEIU, Not Police Union, to Represent Community Intervention Specialists
The Richmond City Council on April 22 rejected an appeal by the Richmond Police Officers Association to place Community Intervention Specialists in the union. ...
04
Apr
Richmond Wants Healthy Options at Grocery Checkouts; Enforcement Could Be an Issue
Richmond City Council moved forward Tuesday with a proposed ordinance that could require grocery retailers to stock healthy options at checkouts....
02
Apr
Richmond Extends Moratorium on Smoke Shop Licenses, Permits
Richmond will continue to not issue new licenses or permits to smoke shops because of issues including underage employees and marketing to minors....
01
Apr
Richmond Could Use Chevron Settlement Money to Help Pay Off Debt
Richmond City Council inched forward on a proposal that would use $535.7 million in Chevron settlement funds to pay off unfunded pension liabilities. ...
27
Mar
WCCUSD Superintendent Tells Richmond Council Union Budget Claims Are Untrue
WCCUSD Superintendent Kim Moses denied claims it's mismanaging its finances after the teachers' union asked Richmond City Council to look into them....
05
Mar
Richmond Allocates $1 Million in Support for Immigrants
The Richmond City Council agreed to allocate $1 million from the city’s surplus fund for immigrant legal services, including a public education campaign. ...
27
Feb
Teachers Union Asks Richmond to Look at WCCUSD Finances; Richmond Honors ‘Black Nine’ Officers
Richmond City Council on Tuesday heard from the WCCUSD teachers union and honored the "Black Nine" officers who challenged racism in the Police Department....
26
Feb
Richmond Could Push Up City Council Meeting Start Times
The Richmond City Council is considering a six-month trial period in which meetings would start at 5 p.m. for open session and have to end by 11....
22
Jan
Richmond Chooses New Vice Mayor, Not to Buy Products Made With Prison Labor
Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to make Cesar Zepeda vice mayor, to not buy items made wholly or partly by prisoners, and to work on fire preparedness....
18
Jan
Richmond Council Gets First Female Supermajority, Loses RPA Majority
Richmond’s swearing-in ceremony this week welcomed three incoming City Council members, two of which take the place of some of the city’s leading progressives....
09
Jan
Richmond Wants Police to Further Document Use of Military Weapons; RPD Says It Doesn’t Have the Time
Richmond City Council moved forward Tuesday with changes to the city's policy on police use of military equipment, as well as its own pay structure....
23
Dec
Richmond Mayor Addresses Public Safety in ‘State of the City’ Days After Police Chief Decries Defunding
At 2024's last Richmond City Council meeting, Mayor Eduardo Martinez delivered the "State of the City" and Richmond became a sanctuary city for trans people....
27
Nov
Richmond Earmarks Funds in Effort to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence
Richmond City Council on Tuesday voted 6-0 to appropriate $6,000 to support staffing for the Task Force to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence....
