News Reports

April 22, 2005, Berkeley Daily Planet: Point Molate Casino Foes, Fans Testify At Hearing Foes and fans of a developer’s plans for a casino resort pleaded their cases before federal and Richmond officials in a scoping session to gather concerns to be addressed in deciding if Point Molate should become a tribal reservation eligible for Indian gaming.

Two RPA-endorsed candidates won city council seats in the November 2004 election. Gayle McLaughlin was voted onto the Richmond City Council, and Leonard Mc Neil onto the San Pablo City Council. For more local election results and RPA-endorsed candidates' post-election comments, click here.

Read the July 12, 2004 San Francisco Chronicle article, "Asleep at the wheel in Richmond," by Chip Johnson. The columnist explains how the ineffective Richmond City Council has significantly contributed to the city's financial crisis, and how the RPA may provide the "complete governmental overhaul" that is needed.

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that all slaves were now free.

Progressives have joined Richmond's home-grown Juneteenth Celebration with the timeless message: "No struggle, no progress. " Click here to see photos of this event. Click on the following links to read the RPA press release and the Contra Costa Times article on this June 19, 2004 celebration.

The Richmond Progressive Alliance was a co-sponsor and co-organizer of the March 4 Education (www.march4education.org). Read about this "March 4 Education," from Downer Elementary School in San Pablo to the state capitol in Sacramento in the April 04 Contra Costa Times article, Schools Boosters to March on Capitol and in the March 18 Oakland Tribune.

A profile of RPA supporter and Downer Elementary School's conflict management teacher, Cesar Cruz, can be read in the March 24, 2004, Contra Costa Times.

RPA-endorsed Candidates for Richmond City Council
Gayle McLaughlin	Andres Soto

To read the Contra Costa Times news report on the first Richmond Progressive Alliance Public Forum, held January 31, 2004, click here. This forum, titled A Dialogue on Richmond, presented Matt Gonzalez, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and other community leaders. The RPA candidates publicly announced their candidacy for Richmond City Council at this meeting.

To read the Contra Costa Times and the Tom Butt E-Forum reports on the second Richmond Progressive Alliance Public Forum, held February 23, 2004, click here. Held at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium, this form presented Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, RPA candidates for Richmond City Council, Gayle McLaughlin and Andres Soto, as well as other well-known community leaders.

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