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March 26, 2017

One feature of the new rent control law is that it protects the right of tenants to organize together.  The law provides that: Tenants have the right to organize. It is illegal for landlords to retaliate; Landlords must recognize and deal with an organization...

March 18, 2017

As you know, President Trump and Republican leaders are moving quickly to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid - threatening the healthcare and lives of millions of low to moderate income Americans while handing huge tax cuts to the rich and big...

March 01, 2017

Here are four observations for the City as it contemplates how to respond in the wake of Oakland's Ghost Ship fire.1.  When there is not a sufficient supply of cheap housing or when wages are not sufficient to support what housing is available, it...

April 25, 2015

Mayor Tom Butt put out one of his E-Forums with a couple with accusations that are very misleading and untrue in regard to some correspondence I made during my service as Richmond's mayor. In an attempt to divert public opinion away from his role...

April 24, 2015

After the Navy closed its fuel depot there and deeded the property to the City of Richmond, the City Council in 2004 (before Gayle McLaughlin was first elected to the City Council) voted to give the developer Upstream the right to purchase nearly all...