Richmond ( RICH -m? nd ) is a city in the west Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city is founded on August 7, 1905. Located in the East Bay area of ​​the San Francisco Bay Area, Richmond is bordered by the towns of San Pablo, Albany, El Cerrito and Pinole in addition to the unincorporated communities of North Richmond, Hasford Heights, Kensington, El Sobrante, Bayview- Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, and East Richmond Heights, and for short distance San Francisco on Red Rock Island in San Francisco Bay. Richmond is one of two cities, the other being San Rafael, California, located on the coast of San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay simultaneously.
Under the McLaughlin Administration, Richmond is the largest city in the United States served by a Green Party mayor. In the US Census 2010, the city's population reached 103,710, making it the second largest city in the United States named Richmond. The largest, Richmond, Virginia, is a California city name.
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History
The Ohlone was the first inhabitant of the Richmond area, settling around 5,000 years ago. They speak Chochenyo, and live as hunter-gatherers and harvesters.
The name "Richmond" seems to precede actual merger by more than fifty years. Edmund Randolph, originally from Richmond, Virginia, represents the city of San Francisco when California's first legislature met in San Jose in December 1849, and he became a state lawmaker from San Francisco. His loyalty to his hometown caused him to persuade the federal survey to map the San Francisco Bay to put the names of "Richmond Point" and "Richmond" on the geographic coastal map of 1854, which is a geodetic map at terminals selected by San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad; and in 1899 a map made by a train carrying the name "Point Richmond Avenue", pointed to a county road which later became Barrett Avenue, a main street in Richmond.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad have terminals in Richmond. The first post office opened in 1900.
Richmond was founded and founded in 1905, carved from Rancho San Pablo, from which nearby San Pablo city inherited its name. Until the imposition of a ban in 1919, the city had the greatest wine in the world; the small village left in Winehaven remains fenced along Western Drive at Point Molate Area. Beginning in 1917, and continuing through the 1920s, Ku Klux Klan was active in the city. In 1930 Ford Motor Company opened an assembly plant called Richmond Assembly Plant which moved to Milpitas in 1956. The old Ford factory has been a National Historic Place since 1988, and in 2004 was bought by developer Eddie Orton and has been turned into an event. center (Ford Point Building - The Craneway). It was a small town at the time, until the start of World War II, which brought migrants and industrial explosions. Standard Oil established operations here in 1901, including what is now the Chevron Richmond Refinery and tank farm, which is still operated by Chevron. There is a pier to the San Francisco Bay south of Point Molate for oil tankers. The west end of Santa Fe Railroad was established in Richmond with a ferry connection at Ferry Point in the Brickyard Cove area at Point Richmond to San Francisco.
At the beginning of World War II, four Richmond Shipyards were built along the coast of Richmond, employing thousands of workers, many recruited from across the United States, including many African-Americans and women entering the workforce for the first time. Many of these workers live in specially constructed houses scattered throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including Richmond, Berkeley and Albany. A specially constructed rail line, the Ship Railway, transports the workers to the shipyard. Kaiser's Kaiser ships built 747 Victory and Liberty ships for war effort, more than any other site in the US. The city broke many records and even built a Liberty ship in a five-day record. The average yard can build the ship in thirty days. The established medical system for shipyard workers at Richmond Field Hospital eventually became Kaiser Permanente HMO today. It remained in operation until 1993 when it was replaced by the modern Richmond Medical Center hospital, which was later extended to the campus of many large buildings.
Richmond Point was originally the commercial center of the city, but a new downtown emerged in the city center. It's inhabited by many department stores like Kress, J.C. Penney, Sears, Macy's, and Woolworth's. During the war population increased dramatically and peaked around 120,000 at the end of the war. After the war ended, shipyard workers were no longer needed, starting a decline in population for decades. The Census recorded 99,545 inhabitants in 1950. In 1960 many temporary housing built for shipyard workers was demolished, and the population fell to around 71,000. Many people who moved to Richmond were black and came from the Midwest and South. Most of the whites are abroad while fighting, and this opens up new opportunities for ethnic minorities and women. This era also brings child care innovations to children, as some women can care for several dozen girls, while most mothers go to work in factories and shipyards.
In the 1970s, the Hilltop area included a large shopping center developed in the northern suburbs of the city; this is increasingly pressing downtown area as it attracts retail clients and tenants. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Richmond Parkway was built along the western and northwestern industrial areas of the city connecting Interstates 80 and 580.
In the early 1900s, the Santa Fe train set up a major rail yard adjacent to Point Richmond. The train builds a tunnel through the Potrero San Pablo ridge to run the passage from their yard to the ferry landing where the freight car can be moved to San Francisco. Where the track crosses the main street at Point Richmond, there are still two intersections of the last operational wigwag class in the United States, and the only surviving example of an "inverted" type. The wigwags are an ancient type of train junction signals that were removed in the 1970s and 80s throughout the country. There was controversy in 2005 when the State Transport Authority ordered the BNSF railway company to improve the train junction signal. A compromise is achieved including installing new modern gate gates, red lights and bells while not erasing, but just turning off the historic ones and preserving their functionality for special occasions.
The Pullman Company also established a major facility in Richmond in the early 20th century. The facility is connected with Santa Fe and the South Pacific and serves their passenger coach equipment. The Pullman Company is a large African-American male company, mostly working as a porter in Pullman cars. Many of them settled in the East Bay, from Richmond to Oakland, before World War II.
Martin Luther King, Jr. had planned to visit Richmond shortly before his murder.
In 2006, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary. This coincided with the repaving and streetscaping project on Macdonald Avenue. The city's old slum commercial district along Macdonald has been designated a "Main Street" of the city by the state of California. This has led to funding of improvements in the form of state grants.
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Geography
Richmond is located on 37Ã, Â ° 56? 09? N 122Ã, Â ° 20? 52? W .
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​52.5 square miles (136 km 2 ), of which 30.1 square miles (78 km 2 ) is ground and 22.4 square miles (58 km 2 ) (42.71%) is water. It is located at 32 miles (51 km) from the waterfront, more than any other city in the Bay Area. The city is bordered by San Francisco Bay in the southwest and San Pablo Bay to the northwest, and includes Brooks Island and the Brother Islands completely, and half of Red Rock Island.
There are several unincorporated cities and communities around or bordering Richmond. To the south is the city of Albany located in Alameda County and the city of El Cerrito. Unrelated communities in East Richmond Heights, Rollingwood, Hasford Heights, and El Sobrante are located east. North Richmond to the west and San Pablo to the east are almost entirely surrounded by Richmond city limits. To the north, Richmond is bordered by the town of Pinole and the sheltered areas of Bayview, Montalvin Manor, Hilltop Green, Tara Hills. Richmond is bordered by the Alameda, San Francisco, and Marin areas of Bay and Red Rock Island.
This city is in ZIP Code 94801, 94803, 94804, 94805, and 94806.
Climate
Richmond, like most of the East Bay coast, enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate all year round. The climate is slightly warmer than the coastal areas of San Francisco, the Peninsula, and Marin County; But it is warmer than the farther inland. Average heights range from 57 to 73 Â ° F (14 to 23 Â ° C) and lowest between 43 to 56 Â ° F (6 to 13 Â ° C) throughout the year. Richmond usually enjoys the "Indian summer", and September, on average, is the warmest month. January is the coldest month of the month.
The highest temperature recorded in Richmond was 107Ã,  ° F (42Ã,  ° C) in September 1971 while the coldest was 24Ã, ° F (-4Ã, ° C) in January 1990.
The rainy season begins in late October and ends in April with rain in May. Much of the rain occurred during stronger storms that occurred between November and March and dropped 3.3-4.91 inches (84-125 mm) of rain per month. January and February are the most rainy months.
Like most of the Bay Area, Richmond is made up of several micro-climates. The southern part of town and its back received more fog than the northern regions. Summer temperatures are higher in rural areas, where the influence of moderation of San Francisco Bay is reduced. The average wind speed is 6-9 miles per hour (10-14 km/h) with high winds from March to August; the strongest winds are in June. The city also enjoys over 80% sunshine seven months a year and 10 with 60% or more. December and January are the darkest months with about 45% average brightness. The city hardly has snowfall, and short hail every year. The city is very humid in the morning with the lowest humidity being in the range of 70%. This may be due to the famous fog San Francisco Bay as well as the fact that most of Richmond is located on flat coastal plains composed mostly of reclaimed tidal swamps, tidal plains, and seeps. The morning moisture is 75% to 92% throughout the year; the afternoon humidity is more varied. This percentage is in the 20s to mid 30s (%) of May to October (summer months) and rises or falls through 40% to 70% during the winter.
Environment
Richmond is home to many species of animals. Canadian geese visit the city on their annual migration. The harbor seals live on Castro Rocks, and pigeons and seagulls fill the sidewalks and parking lots. Tadpoles and frogs can be found in tributaries and local swimming pools. Mice and field lizards were also found. Herons and herons nest in a protected area on Brooks Island. Deer, hawks, raccoons, ducks, foxes, owls, and mountain lions live in the Wildcat Canyon and Point Pinole Regional Shoreline.
Licenses are required for fishing in the waters or city waters but not on the dock, where in addition to crabs, many sturgeons and manta rays can also be found. Striped bass, bat, leopard shark, surfing perch, jacksmelt, sturgeon, white croaker, and flounders are also found. Richmond is one of the few places where you can find rare Olympia oysters on the west coast, in contaminated waters along the coastline of the refinery. Rainbow trout has recently returned to San Pablo and the Wildcat River Children.
Red-tailed eagles patrol the sky. Monarch butterflies migrate through the city on their way between Mexico and Canada. Wildcat Marsh has two pools where Canadian geese often rest, and is also home to mice harvesting endangered salt marshes and California railroad tracks. Another endangered species in the city is the Santa Cruz tarweed that survives along Interstate 80. Wildcat Canyon also has eagles and vultures. Threatened black rails also live in municipal swamps.
After a gray whale washed ashore on the beach of Point Richmond in May 2007, its rotting corpse bothered neighbors. It took a while to delete it because agencies were arguing over which to pay.
Richmond is also home to one of the last genuine moist mead habitats in the entire Bay Area on the former UC Berkeley Field Station Campus near Meeker Slough. Richmond residents, however, have limited access to other environmental benefits. Due to the oil refineries located in Richmond, the air quality is very low, and the population is particularly at risk of health problems related to air pollution.
In 2006, the city was sued by environmental groups to dump raw wastes into the Gulf. Councilor Tom Butt is very vocal in the matter of accusing the city council of turning a blind eye to the problem.
Mayor McLaughlin has set a goal to install five megawatts of solar photovoltaic generation in Richmond.
Crime
Cities in the past suffered high crime rates; at one point, the city council requested an emergency statement and requested the intervention of the Contra Costa County Sheriff and the California Highway Patrol. Murder, vehicle theft and theft rates remain high, although they tend to be concentrated in the Iron Triangle and adjacent to North Richmond, which is outside the jurisdiction of the Richmond Police Department.
Although the city is experiencing extreme progress in crime reduction and prevention, Richmond received widespread attention in 2009 when a girl was raped at a dance party at Richmond High School.
In 2007, Richmond opened a program to prevent gun violence, the Office of Environmental Security. The program collects information and analyzes public records to determine "50 people in Richmond will most likely shoot someone and be shot themselves." Then offer selected individuals a "place within the program that includes salaries to change their lives". "Over a period of 18 months, if men show better behavior, ONS offers them up to $ 1,000 per month in cash, plus opportunities to travel beyond Richmond."
In 2004, Richmond was ranked 12th most dangerous city in America. The ratings have changed, and Richmond is no longer classified as the "most dangerous" city, either in California or the United States. This is largely due to the efforts of Police Chief Chris Magnus, who founded "community policing", involving police officers involved with the affected crime community.
Disaster
Richmond is located in a volatile California region with potentially devastating earthquakes. Many buildings were damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The city also has at least one small tornado. The Chevron Richmond Refinery often releases gas and has many very high chemical leaks in the 1990s. The company has been fined thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars. The chemicals most commonly released are chlorine and sulfur trioxide. On July 26, 1993, an industrial crash, a General Chemical rail tanker company containing oleum overheating and exploding in General Chemical's railyard. This resulted in an area of ​​17 miles (27 km) contaminated with toxic gas, and caused 25,000 people to land in the hospital. The incident led to a lawsuit, and has been referred to as a mini-Bhopal.
Coastlines and wildlife in the city were heavily influenced by the San Francisco Bay oil spill of 2007. Coast and coastline were closed, but then reopened. Keller Beach is closed for public access for swimmers.
On April 15, 2010, a sinkhole (about 30 feet (9.1 m) deep) appears at the intersection of El Portal Drive and Via Verdi. Although no one was hurt, a car crashed into a drain.
On August 6, 2012, a fire broke out at the Chevron refinery, resulting in 15,000 residents in the surrounding area seeking medical treatment.
There are 17 emergency warning sirens in town, they are tested every Wednesday and are usually used to warn toxic chemical releases from Chevron Richmond Refinery.
Demographics
2010
The US Census 2010 reported that Richmond had a population of 103,701. Population density was 1976.0 inhabitants per square mile (762.9/km 2 ). Richmond's racial makeup is 32,590 (31.4%) White, 27.542 (26.6%) African American, 662 (0.6%) Native Americans, 13.984 (13.5%) Asian (4.0% Chinese, 3 , 5% Philippines, 1.6% Laos, 1.2% India, 0.7% Vietnam, 0.6% Japan, 0.4% Korea, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.1% Thailand), 537 ( 0.5%) Pacific Islands, 22,573 (21.8%) of the other races, and 5,813 (5.6%) of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin from any race is 40,921 people (39.5%). Among Hispanic populations, 27.3% are from Mexico, 4.7% Salvador, Guatemala 1.7%, and 1.2% Nicaraguan heritage.
The Census reported that 102,118 people (98.5% of the population) live in households, 670 (0.6%) live in unembienced groups, and 913 (0.9%) instituted.
There were 36,093 households, of which 13,487 (37.4%) had children under 18 living in them, 14,502 (40.2%) were married couples living together, 6,931 (19.2% ) had a female household without a husband present, 2,585 (7.2%) had a householder male in the absence of a wife. There are 2,538 (7.0%) unmarried partnerships of the opposite sex, and 427 (1,2%) married couples or couples of the same sex. 9,546 households (26.4%) consisted of individuals and 2,707 (7.5%) had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.83. There are 24,018 families (66.5% of all households); the average family size is 3.43.
The age distribution of the population showed 25,800 people (24.9%) under the age of 18, 10,364 people (10.0%) aged 18 to 24, 30,846 people (29.7%) aged 25 to 44, 26,109 people (25.2% ) aged 45 to 64, and 10,582 people (10.2%) aged 65 years or older. The median age was 34.8 years. For every 100 females, there are 94.8 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 92.0 men.
There are 39,328 units of houses with an average density of 749.4 per square mile (289.3/km 2 ), of which 18,659 (51.7%) are owner-occupied, and 17.434 (48.3 %) is occupied by the tenant. Homeowner vacancy rate is 2.5%; the lease rate is 8.1%. 52,683 people (50.8% of the population) live in housing units occupied by owners and 49,435 people (47.7%) live in rented houses.
The African-American population in Richmond is 22% African-American by 2015, while 44% is African-American in 1990.
2000
At the 2000 census, there were 99,216 people, 34,625 households, and 23,025 families in the city. Population density is 3,309.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,277.8/km 2 ). There are 36,044 housing units with an average density of 1,202.3 per square mile (464.2/km 2 ). City's racial makeup is 36.06% black or African American, 21.36% white, 0.64% Native American, 12.29% Asian, 0.50% Pacific Island, 13.86% of other races, and 5 , 27% of two or more races. 26.53% of the population are Hispanic or Latino, of any race.
Of 34,625 households, 33.7% had children under 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples living together, 20.1% had non-husbands female households, and 33.5% were not family. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.44.
In the city, the age distribution of the population showed 27.7% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% 65 years or older. The mean age is 33 years. For every 100 females, there are 94.6 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 91.2 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 44,210, and the average income for families is $ 46,659. Men have an average income of $ 37,389 compared to $ 34,204 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 19,788. Approximately 13.4% of families and 16.2% of the population are below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under the age of 18 and 11.8% of those aged 65 and older.
75.4% of the population over the age of 25 are high school graduates, while 22.4% have college degrees, and 8.3% have bachelor's or professional degrees. 7.7% of the population is unemployed and those who work on average require 34.3 minutes to leave for their workplace.
33.2% of the population aged 15 years and over were never married, while 46.3% are currently married. 11.1% are divorced, 3.1% are currently separated, and 6.4% have been widowed.
20.6% of the population were born outside the US, where 15.4% were born in Latin America and 8.7% in Asia.
During the day the population shrank 6.2% as it traveled while 23.3% of the population worked within the city limits. 20.5% of urban occupations are in education, health and social, while 10.9% are professional, scientific, management, administration, and waste disposal, and 10.4% are in retail.
7.0% of Richmonder is a US Army veteran compared to 10.9% nationally. 33.2% are foreign births while 12.4% are national. 48.1% of men and 43.2% of women married with 55.9 and 51% of Americans respectively. Nearly half (46.7%) speak a language other than English at home. 65.3% were employed even with the national average. The average household income is US $ 52,794; $ 6,552 higher than the national average. The average family generated 57,931 dollars while the average American household generated 55,832 dollars. Income per capita is 22,326 compared to 25,035 federal.
Among Richmond residents, 64.56% of the population speak English, 23.13% speak Spanish, 2.11% speak Tagalog, 1.75% speak Chinese, 1.20% speak Miao-Mien, 1.12% speak Laos, 0.72% speak Punjabi, 0.54% speak Cantonese, 0.51% speak French, 0.5% speak Vietnamese, 3.49% speak in other languages ​​none represents more than half of one percent of the population.
Economy
Many industries have been and are still located in Richmond. It has dynamite and gunpowder work (the Giant Powder Company, closed in 1960, now the Point Shoreline Regional Pinol site), the last active fishing station in the country at Point Molate (closed in 1971), and one of the largest in the world winery (Winehaven), closed by Ban in 1919.
During World War II, Richmond thrived as a heavily industrial city, especially devoted to shipbuilding. Its main activity now is as a port, with 26 million tons of goods shipped through Port Richmond in 1993, mostly petroleum and petroleum products. Chevron USA has a major oil refinery in the city, with a storage capacity of 15 million barrels (2,400 m 3 ). The Social Security Administration employs over 1,000 at its regional offices and service center in Downtown Richmond. Richmond Medical Center Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Downtown Richmond is one of the largest companies in the city. Galaxy Desserts are run and operated in the city. Vetrazzo, an award-winning green business that produces Recycled Glass Recycling from used glass such as beer bottles and old traffic lights, is located in the updated Ford Assembly Plant. Treeskunk Productions a video game animation studio based in the city. The recording studio Bay View is located in the city, and has worked with artists such as Smash Mouth. Photon Films, LLC, a production and video editing studio, is located in the Harborfront area along the southeast coastline.
Shopping
The Hilltop District includes Hilltop Mall which has Sears, Macy's, and Wal-Mart stores as anchors. In addition, this area is home to Hilltop Auto Mall, the 16th Century Cinema screen next to it, Hilltop Plaza Shopping Center.
The 23rd Street business district has evolved into a Latino-dominated environment for the last twenty years for having a shop window.
In Downtown Richmond District, Richmond Shopping Center was built as part of the city's "main road" revitalization effort. It's anchored by supermarket Food Co. and Walgreens pharmacies.
Macdonald 80 Shopping Center is a commercial plot along the main Macdonald Avenue route that has been designated as the city's main street under the previously mentioned program. It was once anchored by Montgomery Wards now and Toy "R" Us. The demolition of used buildings and the construction of a new shopping center was completed in 2006 and its center is now moored by a Target store.
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The "Big-box" store is already in town including Costco in the Point Isabel and Home Depot areas partly in Richmond. A controversial Kohl department store has been proposed for Point Isabel. (See Point Isabel)
Redevelopment
The former Richmond Shipyard was transformed from the late 1980s into a multiunit residential area, Marina Bay. Beginning in the early 2000s, the city embarked on an aggressive redevelopment effort spurring housing, condominiums, townhomes, transit villages, and subdivisions of hillside terraces. The city also created a redevelopment agency that has updated Macdonald Avenue, funded the Metro Walk transit village, revived the Macdonald 80 Shopping Center, and created the Richmond Greenway railway and urban farm projects. Since 1996, new homes have risen in price by 32%, and there has been a 65.6% increase in the total number of new residences built each year.
Country Club Vista is a development around Richmond Country Club in the south and north. These include suburban-style sidewalk houses with a cul-de-sac court and a small courtyard. Seacliff, at Point Richmond, is the development of seaside mansions built on the hillside terraces. San Marcos is a chain of about ten condominium-storey buildings between Hilltop Mall and Country Club Vista. Richmond Transit Village has been built in the former western parking lot and adjacent empty lot of Richmond BART and Amtrak combined stations. This development is part of the revitalization of the city center.
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On September 11, 2013, the Richmond City Council of seven people, with four to three votes, decided to pursue a scheme to use a reputable domain to buy mortgages. The vote was on "[setting] a Powers Joint Authority to bring more cities into the plan". However, at least five votes will be needed before a mortgage can actually be bought. The governments of North Las Vegas, Nevada and California including El Monte Fontana, the city of Ontario and San Bernardino County have considered the plan but decided not to pursue them. The sound made Richmond the first to accept the idea. The plan has been opposed by the deputy mayor and some members of the city council, who say it will "compromise" the city's finances.
Critics of the plan note that the Mortgage Resolution Partners company has potential benefits: it will receive $ 4500 from new lenders for each refinanced mortgage to arrange financing for the purchase of the original loan and to handle all legal, administrative, and refinancing operations (a the amount that matches what creditors are compensated by the HARP Federal loan modification program). Critics also questioned the entry of the wealthy neighborhoods such as "the area near Richmond Country Club". The Western Contra Costa Association of Realtors hires public relations agents and sends mass mail alerts to the scheme; its advertising "is funded, in part, by more than $ 70,000 from the California Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors."
Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo sued, claiming the program was unconstitutional. "[T] he National Housing Law Project, Housing and Economic Rights Lawyers, Gulf Legal Aid, Silicon Valley Law Foundation and California Reinvestment Coalition" opposed the lawsuit, calling the bank's request for an order against the city "discrimination in violation of the Act Fair Housing ".
Proponents of the plan include the Californians for Community Empowerment Alliance and Robert Hockett, a professor of law at Cornell University.
Casino
Many casinos have been proposed for the West Contra Costa region. Point Molate will have a casino, resort and luxury shopping center. Sugar Bowl Casino proposes a casino, steakhouse and buffet promoted by the Scotts Valley Band Pomo Tribe near the border between North Richmond and the city of Richmond's Parchester Village, whose inhabitants have praised it as an advantage to fighting crime by adding more police presence and creating jobs for youth who can not move, but residents from the newly developed sub-division along the Richmond Country Club are strongly opposed based on potential losses on property values. The San Pablo Casino has been built near San Pablo, with 2,500 slots. Projects have been the subject of civil debate; Advocates argue that often cash-strapped governments will gain new sources of income, while opponents voiced their concern for the consequences, including an increase in already high crime rates, degrading property values, and worsening the quality of the environment.
The Molate Point is currently scheduled to become a residential and conference center, a casino resort shopping area, or even a large regional park.
In 2010, the city approved an environmental review of the plan in which the tribe agreed to load the casino development to the building site at the former depot of the navy. The lobby and reports needed by Richmond had cost the tribe $ 15,000,000. This Agreement has won rigorous environmental activists in the region and many council members. Later in the year, residents were given the opportunity to consider the issue and vote on non-binding measures to determine their agreement on the project. 58% of voters oppose the 1 billion dollar project. Citing the opposition of the people and the inability to negotiate several key points with the developer, the city council rejected the project in 2011. Board member Nat Bates remained supporters of the plan with a projection of 17,000 jobs, while the rest of the council disappointed at the fact that there was no guarantee that the work would go to Richmonders. The town of San Pablo, whose lifeline is their card club, the San Pablo Casino, is very excited. The Guideville Band Indian Pomo is given a 150-day opportunity to create non-casino plans for such alternative sites in environmental reports for convention centers, conference centers, hotels, spas, and homes.
Politics
The Richmond city administration operates under a seven-member board-manager system (including the mayor and deputy mayor) chosen for a period of four years alternately. Politically, this city is a stronghold of Democrats. In the early 1990s, there was not a single Republican left in the council. The city council has four African Americans, four whites and two Latinos.
The Mayor position was rotated between Richmond City Council members until 1981, when the office became the elected position. George D. Carroll, elected by the City Council to become Mayor on July 6, 1964, was described at the time as "the first Negro mayor in California and first in America with the exception of a small community, scattered throughout the Negro in the Deep South." George Livingston Sr. was the first African American mayor to be elected. He served from 1985 to 1993. Rosemary Corbin served as mayor from 1993 to 2001.
The year of political domination by the local firefighters union subsided after an FBI corruption investigation. In the early 2000s, Gayle McLaughlin was the first elected Greens on the board, with the support of the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA), a liberal Democratic coalition, progressive independents, and the Green Party. In November 2006, McLaughlin was elected mayor, defeating the first incumbent mayor Irma Anderson.
In 2006 the city implemented a computer program it ordered from a German company that provides cities with interactive maps of statistics. These maps include areas such as signs, roads, crime sites, and zoning information. In 2007, the city won a contest in which its previously under-standard website was upgraded and upgraded to make it more modern and functional. Prizes include two years of free webmastering.
Recently there has been controversy over the appointment of board members of Sandhu and Thurmond who are not widely elected or appointed to the ballot on a Yes/No basis.
Recently, Mayor McGlaughlin and Councilperson Butt have opposed the Chevron Renewal Project that will replace the 1950s Hydrogen Manufacturing plant with a more efficient new plant will increase pollution by using gross, thicker but cheaper crude oil.
The city of Richmond has eight community centers located within the city park. Many of the city's community centers were closed in the early 2000s after miscalculated budgets and financial difficulties. In the 2006 city elections many candidates are using promising platforms to reopen these community centers, most of which have been closed due to budget cuts. The election also featured an increase in the city's sales tax, Measure Q, which failed.
There are 53 electoral districts in Richmond. During the regular election on 7 November 2006, 21,575 of 37,605 (57.37%) registered voters cast their votes.
Richmond has previously been home to a black culture and activist movement, especially the Black Panther Party.
Dope Dispenser
The city has eight marijuana clinics, and although the city has passed a law that approves them and has legalized their existence, city management does not accept their legality. In fact, the city has sued to close it. It tries to enforce an order that will suspend their operating license. Although the city council has issued regulations allowing pharmacies, city management refused to cooperate with the spirit of the law because it is not yet applicable. The question remains whether the club will be closed before the law allows them to open in force.
Government
Richmond is governed by the Richmond City Council.
Richmond is served by Richmond Police Department and Richmond Fire Department. Dozens of parks are run by Richmond Park & ​​amp; Department of Recreation. The Richmond Civic Center is currently undergoing a seismic improvement and renovation program. Some buildings are being renovated while other buildings will be replaced.
The current mayor Thomas K. Butt was elected Mayor of Richmond in 2015 with more than 50 percent of the vote. Before winning the mayoral election, he served in Richmond City Council for 20 years (from 1995 to 2015) and served as deputy mayor of the city in 2002 and 2012.
Richmond is also home to the West County Detention Center in the Point Pinole area. This is a men's and women's county prison.
RichmondWorks and Richmond Summer YouthWorks is a city program that aims to reduce unemployment and crime and has led to hundreds of jobs in the region's retail business.
Fire, medical emergencies, and other disasters are handled by Richmond Fire Department which has seven fire stations in the city. Medical and traumatic patients are transported by American Medical Response Paramedics and EMT.
Waste is largely handed over by the Richmond Sewage Treatment Plant at Point Richmond.
Education
The public schools in Richmond are run by the Integrated School District in West Contra Costa, formerly Richmond District School District. There are also many private schools, mostly Catholic schools under the authority of Oakland diocese.
The city has four high schools: De Anza High School, Salesian College, Richmond High School, and Kennedy High School. In addition, there are three charter high schools, Making Waves Academy, Leadership Public Schools: Richmond and West County Community High School, although the West County Community School is closed in 2012. In 2012, Richmond Charter Academy, part of the Amethod Public School System, opening high school charter. There are also three secondary schools, 16 primary schools, and seven elementary-secondary schools. Richmond also has three adult education schools.
The Contra Costa Community College District serves all the Contra Costa County, and Richmonders who decide to attend a community college usually go to Contra Costa College, located in the neighboring town of San Pablo.
79.8% of Richmond has a high school diploma or equivalent, compared to 84.2% nationally. But 27.1% have a bachelor's degree compared with 27.2% statistically the same nationally.
Because the exit exam requirement is applied to a California high school, CAHSEE, some Richmond High School students have protested. Some students sued the district in an attempt to remove the requirement. In July 2007, a compromise was reached in which the district would provide two additional years of educational assistance for the purpose of passing the exam. That year, only 28% of Richmond High School students passed CAHSEE, a prerequisite for graduation.
Obesity
All Richmond schools have banned junk food, such as candy, soda, Twinkies, pizza, and other similar items in an effort to curb obesity and change children's eating habits. It has been speculated that this is done preemptively, as some believe that the state will soon mandate such restrictions. Despite this effort, soda consumption at Richmond schools has not diminished. In addition, currently 32% of Richmond children who are obese will increase their current adult 24% obesity rate to 42% according to Contra Costa County Health Services. This led to the city council to approve a referendum at 1 cent per ounce tax on drinks with high sugar content for 2012 elections, the first in the country. The move was opposed by council members Corky Boozà ©  © and Nat Bates, who stated that he knew "many perfectly healthy chubby people" and that it was "elitist" and "targeted blacks" respectively. Members of Jovanka Beckles and Jeff Ritterman - the latter a cardiologist - expressed horror at the level of obesity. Beckles punishes other blacks (Bates and Boozà ©  ©) for not supporting that action, as he finds that the epidemic most affects people from colors like themselves. Revenue will be used to fight obesity through campaigns and health and fitness expenditures. The referendum was defeated by voters in the November 2012 election.
Attractions and landmarks
The city of Richmond has dozens of parks, national parks, and 10 sites listed under the National Register of Historic Places.
Point Richmond, the neighborhood in Richmond, is known for its small town appearance. The Point , as it is known by locals, offers owner-operated stores, coffee shops, and historic stools, and streetlights. The Masquers Playhouse is a performing arts center that offers performances and production throughout the year. Hotel Mac is one of the oldest buildings in the area and has the early 20th century classical architecture, like many other buildings in the area. There is also The Plunge, a natatorium that has been closed due to seismic security issues but reopened in August 2010 after retrofitting is completed. The city expressed a desire to destroy the building at one point, but this was stopped by the action of environmental conservation campaign which continues its mission to " Save the Plunge! ".
The Ferry Point Tunnel is one of California's oldest tunnels. Built in 1899, this structure still provides access to many attractions and neighborhoods in Brickyard Cove. The tunnel leads to the Golden State Railroad Museum, the Red Oak Victory, and many beaches and parks, and to Ferry Point where the abandoned ferry-rail pier still stands with a historic ferry slip still standing, though somewhat damaged by fire. This can be seen from the adjacent fishing dock.
USSÃ, Red Oak Victory is a restored WWII Victory ship, ship 558 made in Richmond. The Liberty and Victory ships transported troops and supplies during World War II.
During World War II the city was dormant and its population increased dramatically. This led to city leaders building the Richmond Civic Center in 1957. The center houses a town hall, a small convention center, a library, a court of justice, a police headquarters, and an art center.
The Richmond Public Library, the only stand-alone public library of the Contra Costa County Public Library system, is located in the heart of the civilian center. It houses more than 204,686 books, 4,014 audio materials, 5,277 video materials, and 491 serial subscriptions.
The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge stretches 5.5 miles (8.9 km) in San Pablo Bay. This bridge is the origin of the rollercoaster range, because its curves, bumps, and appearance have also acquired a bridge with the nickname The Rollercoaster Bridge . It was built in 1957, and connects Contra Costa County with Marin County. Car charged $ 5 toll in the west (towards Marin) only.
The Golden State Railroad Museum is a complex series of railroad models in a museum in the Brickyard Cove area of ​​Point Richmond. Visitors can operate trains from different eras, and there are miniature shipping and passenger terminals, trestles, tunnels, and very detailed city and city views, many of which are copied from the real-life scene of the 1950s.
The Santa Fe Railroad Terminal is operated as a western terminal for trains from the late 19th century to the end of the 20th century. It has now turned into a museum to model the sense of the terminal in that era.
Rosie the Riveter/World War II National Park is located in Richmond, and commemorates the construction of female vessels and support for war effort in the 1940s.
Keller Beach is one of the city's beaches, located in Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline, a park in Brickyard Cove. It offers picnics, sunbathing, wading, and swimming. The beach is overlooked by the vehicles that go out of the way of Brickyard Cove, the Ferry Point tunnel, and the houses on the steep cliff above. The beach, like most bays, offers spectacular views of the bay panorama of the Oakland hills, bridges, the San Francisco skyline, and the Golden Gate.
Point Molate Beach Park is a park on Richmond's west coast along Western Drive. Originally a Chinese prawn camp in the 1870s.
Point San Pablo's yacht harbor accommodates hundreds of private boats.
East Brother Light Station at East Brother Island (one of the Brothers Islands) is the host for exclusive bed and breakfast. It is only accessible by private boat. Visitors come and stay for the day and have a free picnic or they can pay for a room.
The city is also home to a radio-controlled airport airplane model, Breuner Airfield located in Breuner Marsh, a contested land and near Point Pinole Regional Park in the Parchester Village neighborhood.
City cemeteries include Rolling Hills Memorial Park and St. Joseph Cemetery.
Leisure and culture
Some of the regional parks managed by the East Bay Regional Park District are located within the city, including the Miller/Knox Beach Line and the Shoreline Regional Point Pinole Line. They are linked by the San Francisco Bay Trail. Part of the former shipyard is now a marina.
The Richmond Art Center, founded by Hazel Salmi in 1936, is one of the oldest non-profit art centers operating throughout the West Coast of the United States. The program includes exhibitions, adult and adolescent education, and community initiatives. The current center (in 2005) provides several arts education programs only in Richmond City School District, relying primarily on public donations and private grants as a means of support.
There is also the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, Hilltop Multiplex, or Masquers Theater at Richmond Point.
The Richmond Progressive Alliance and California Green Party are active political parties in Richmond. The House Rabbit Society has its national headquarters in Richmond.
Art
Richmond is home to the National Art and Disability Arts Center, also known locally as the NIAD Art Center. NIAD is a non-profit organization that houses over sixty client artists every week. The work of NIAD client artists can be seen in the NIAD gallery on-site, Florence Gallery Ludins-Katz. NIAD has a souvenir shop.
Richmond Art Center is a contemporary visual arts center, with galleries and art classes in the heart of Richmond. A display for newly established and established artists, Richmond Art Center hosts the annual "The Art of Living Black" show, an art show that is a work of art from Bay Area Black Artists. "Featuring over 50 local artists, his works include arts and crafts, paintings, sculptures, photography, prints, masks, stained glass, blankets, textile art, ceramics, jewelry and dolls." The beauty, pain, strength and eyes of these black artists are very touching souls. Founded in 1936 by local artist Hazel Salmi, Richmond Art Center is a Bay Area cultural institution.
In addition, the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts has retained its roots in the Richmond community since 1968. The center engages teenagers and young adults in envisioning and creating a new world for themselves and a new vision for their community through rigorous inspiration and discipline training. in the tradition of world performances.
The Hyphy subculture and rap subgenre come from Richmond and the surrounding towns.
From 1996 to 2002, a "geekfest" was held on the beach at Point Molate every few weeks or every month by S.P.A.M. Recording. This festival is a community service for children under 21 years old.
Religion
There are dozens of gathering places for various religions in the city, and some that are not represented in the city can be found nearby. Christian denominational churches include the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses; The Word of the Church of Faith; St. Peters C.M.E.; The Royal Baptist Church of the Land; Church of the Grace Baptist; Grace Lutheran Church; Temple Baptist Church; Richmond United Church; Holy Trinity Episcopal Church; First Mexican Baptist Church; Holy Christian Mission Center; St. Catholic Church David, Greater New Bethel Apostolic Ministries, formerly the New Bethel Church in Christ, founded by Bishop A.D. Bradley in 1945; Faith Temple C.O.G.I.C., and Faith Tabernacle A.O.H. Church of God; and the Greatest Church in Richmond, Hilltop Community Church which is the Assemblies of God. There is also a large Laos Buddhist temple that serves as a community center for the Lao community in East Bay. There is a synagogue in the Greentop Hill District.
Parks and recreation
The city has a land area of ​​292.6 hectares (1.2 km km), which is 1.5% of the city's land area. A new national park, National Park of National History The Rosie Riveter II War House is now under construction at the former Kaiser shipyard and other wartime industrial sites in Richmond. The park is a memorial to the six million women working at the front of the house, symbolized by the mythical figure "Rosie the Riveter". Richmond was chosen for the park because it has many intact buildings built for 56 wartime industries. Its four shipyards produce 747 incredible large ships and record production. The front of the house transformed Richmond from a predominantly rural community of 23,600 residents to a diverse population of more than 100,000 people in one year. Industry is operated around the clock and public housing, schools, childcare centers, health care and merchants are mobilized to support the new workforce arriving at the city gates. Fortunately, the future of volatile and productive homes in Richmond is well recorded and photographed. The Park Service provides interpretive services and operates the Visitor Center on the craneway of the Ford Assembly Building.
Richmond also has a number of local parks and two large area parks under the authority of the East Bay Regional Park District, a consortium of mostly Parks and Recreation areas as well as Alameda and Contra Costa County facilities.
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park is the largest urban park in 2,428 hectares (10 km 2 ). The park was once a dance hall and roller arena and has amazing stones all over, which is the reason for its placement in the National Register of Historic Places. It features San Pablo Creek, walkways, woods, horseback riding, picnic area, and playground structure for children, as well as horses for hire and mountain biking trails. High school students practice cross country in the park. It is located in the hills of east Richmond and stretches to Berkeley's Tilden Regional Park in Alameda County. The park has a variety of live animals and plants including large horned owls, opossum, king of snakes, boas, turkey and many others.
Point Isabel Regional Shoreline is the largest unlimited dog park in the United States.
Richmond Greenway is a project that spends millions of dollars on converting old railways into walking, jogging, and biking trails. It will stretch from east to west from the end of the Ohlone Trail following the BART line from El Cerrito to Berkeley. It will also follow the BART path to Richmond station and continue to Richmond Point. The pedestrian bridge will be used to cross major roads such as San Pablo Avenue and 23rd Street. An additional side project will add a bicycle/bike path between Richmond Greenway and the Ohlone line at Potrero Avenue through 23rd Street, Carlson Boulevard, Cutting Boulevard and Potrero. Still under repair.
Richmond is home to four marinas: the Brickyard Cove Yacht Club, the Point San Pablo Yacht Club, the Marina Bay Marina, and the Marina Channel on the Santa Fe channel. In addition, Richmond has "Richmond Plunge", a natatorium town dating back to 1926 and reopened August 14, 2010. The pool is located in the Richmond Point neighborhood.
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Celebrations and conferences
The city has the annual Juneteenth and Cinco de Mayo festivities. The Cinco de Mayo celebration sponsored by the 23rd Street Merchant's Association attracted thousands of people and closed the entire length of the road. Richmond Police Department, Fire Department, United States Marine Corps and other organizations participated in the parade. This is in addition to the fireworks show at Marina Bay which celebrates July 4th and the Ridiculous Parade, an event where people march on the street and generally act "weird" and silly. The city also participates in Earth Day activities. The city hosts annual and physical activities and nutrition forums to discuss health in the community, has been running since 2006. In 2010 the city began to celebrate Richmond Native American Pow-Wow at Nicholl Park, in 2012 this includes regional politicians and more members from 50 tribes from all over the country.
Media
Newspapers
There are two African American weeklies, one online public interest publication, and one multimedia news project that includes Richmond exclusively. The Richmond Post and Richmond Globe publish print and online editions. RichmondConfidential.org, run by the UC Berkeley Journalism Graduate School, is a dedicated online news publication serving the city of Richmond. Richmond Pulse is a print and online publication led by youth focusing on public health. The West County Times, run by Media News Group, includes the larger Contra Costa County.
Television
A local cable TV station, KCRT-TV, primarily plays historical archives but also airs Government Television Meetings (GATV) City Council Meetings and music videos.
Radio
KKSF (AM) transmits from towers at Point Isabel.
Infrastructure
Port of Richmond
Port of Richmond, located along the city's south coast beside Inner Port Richmond, handles the third largest shipping tonnage in California annually, a total of 19 million tonnes short. It ranks number one for the port of San Francisco Bay for vehicles and bulk liquid. In addition to these commodities, ports can also handle dry-bulk, break-bulk, and containers. Seven of the terminals belong to the city, in addition to five dry docks, while there are 11 private terminals. The port is served by a rail network operated by four major railway companies.
Highway
Highway and highway
- Interstate 80 cuts the eastern and northeastern parts of the city, through most residential areas, connects to Pinole, Hercules and then to Vallejo via Carquinez Bridge to the east, and through, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville and finally stops at San Francisco via Bay Bridge to the west. The morning trip west to west on I-80 via Richmond lies within the heaviest toll roads in the Bay Area, according to Caltrans, and has been classified as such since 2001.
- The Interstate 580 curves along the south side of Richmond and converge into I-80 at Albany in southern Oakland/San Francisco while cutting through medium and heavy industries and homes through Richmond Point and onto the Richmond-San Bridge Rafael above San Pablo Bay in San Francisco Bay in San Rafael and Marin County.
- The Richmond Parkway, built between the early 1990s and early 2000s connects I-580 in the Richmond Point area in the southwest to Hilltop Area and I-80, it runs along the western side of the heavy industrial city and through no related to North Richmond area. It has been proposed that it was upgraded to a state highway and redesigned: State Route 93 and transferred to Caltrans authorities.
- San Pablo Avenue (State Route 123) runs through Richmond and San Pablo to Pinole, Hercules and to its terminals in Crockett and south through El Cerrito, Albany, Emeryville and Berkeley, all the way to Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland.
Main streets
- Macdonald Avenue is Richmond's "main street", running east-west from Atchison Village through downtown to San Pablo Avenue in the North & amp; The eastern environment. In 2010 it was leveled and replaced with new lampposts, street furniture, business façade, landscaping and trees.
- Boulevard cuts are parallel to Macdonald Avenue in the south, from Point Richmond to Arlington Ave. near the top of the hill. This is a busy commuter and commuter route. In 1990, a major repair program was designed by the city that also involved Knox Freeway. It's named after the founder of Port of Richmond, Henry Cutting.
- 23rd Street stretches across the heart of the north-south city from which he turns onto Marina Bay Parkway at I-580 through this very Latin business district and neighborhood to San Pablo Avenue in the city of San Pablo.
- Barrett Avenue is parallel to Macdonald Ave two blocks north; it's a bit less traveled and has less activity than Macdonald.
- The Marina Bay Parkway serves as a link between the I-580 and the Marina Bay neighborhood, it changes to 23rd street after crossing 580.
- The Marina Way and Harbor Way/Harbor Way South (formerly 14th Street and 10th Street) run north-south.
- The Giant Highway, named for the Giant Powder Company, runs in the northern part of the city between San Pablo Avenue and the Leroy Heights neighborhood.
- Hilltop Drive is the main road that runs from Richmond Parkway, across San Pablo Avenue, past Hilltop Mall, and continues across Interstate 80 to neighboring El Sobrante.
- The Carlson Boulevard (formerly Pullman Avenue) is the main access from Downtown Richmond to the Richmond Annex neighborhood, starting from 23rd Street and ending on San Pablo Avenue just north of the Alameda-Contra Costa national border, feeding the El Cerrito Plaza shopping center.
Public transport
Rel
Amtrak provides intercity passenger train service from Richmond Station, intermodal connection shared with the BART system. The station is located in the city center and has a transit center with connections to Transit AC and Golden Gate Transit buses as well as taxis.
There are two Amtrak lines that serve this station. The regional San Joaquin route runs from nearby Oakland to the south via Richmond and Martinez to Central Valley through Stockton and Fresno, ending in Bakersfield. Passengers who travel to Los Angeles or other points in Southern California can move to Bakersfield to connect Amtrak Thruway bus services.
The second Amtrak line, Capitol Corridor runs from San Jose to the state capitol, Sacramento, through Richmond, Fairfield, and Davis; several trains continue to the outskirts of Sacramento north of Auburn. This route is the third most widely used Amtrak line in the United States.
BART has one station in the city of Richmond, mentioned above, which serves as the north terminal of Richmond-Millbrae and Richmond-Fremont. The other two stations are located near Richmond, El Cerrito del Norte and El Cerrito Plaza, both on El Cerrito. Richmond BART Station had more than 1.7 million passengers in 1998 while the Amtrak station carried 238,893 in 2006.
Prior to AC Transit and BART Lock System provides multiple rail links on the East Shore and Suburban Railway.
Bus
AC Transit provides 14 bus lines in the city including local services throughout the city including the BRT 72R line along San Pablo Avenue, "Transbay" commuter service across the Bay Bridge to San Francisco's Transbay Terminal as well as the "All-Nighter" service along the BART line. The lines are: 7, 29, 70, 71, 72, 72M, 72R, 74, 76, 376, 800, H, L, LC, LA. There is also a local service provided by Richmond Circular Shuttle apart from Point Pinole Shuttle and Kaiser Shuttle.
In June 2007, after engaging the community for feedback with a public hearing, AC Transit implemented a West Contra County County Service Plan that replaced existing services found to alter the route of certain parts, eliminating services to areas with low passengers, and replacing services in some areas with services from different routes provide services directly to areas that previously required tedious transfers. In addition, great efforts were made to provide better transfers at Richmond Station as well as the Richmond Parkway Transit Center. This change is covered by Phase I and does not use the new money needed to fully implement the plan: Phase II. Phase II will use J Regional Measure funds to expand the service of providing pathways along unworthy or underserved corridors, and increase hours and reduce headways. The two biggest changes will extend BRT service to the Richmond Parkway Transit Center and provide services along the Ohio Avenue corridor. These changes have affected the northern neighborhoods of nearby cities and communities of El Sobrante and San Pablo. Phase I was originally supposed to be implemented by the end of 2006, but its implementation was postponed to June 2007. Phase II had a target date of mid-2008.
Golden Gate Transit provides services from San Rafael in Marin County across Richmond Bridge-San Rafael to Ric station
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