Tag Archives: Economy

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Public salaries outpace residents’ income levels

Richmond public employees earn a yearly average salary almost twice the median household income of the city’s residents, leading to a drain of wealth and resources as many of those employees choose to live outside...
Lela Turner, 20, got a job as a solar installer because of her training at RichmondBUILD.

RichmondBUILD boosts local green industry, but can’t carry economy

At 19 years old, Lela Turner found herself homeless, jobless and struggling. Two years earlier, the San Leandro High School graduate had tried working part-time at McDonald’s and attending Chabot Community College in Hayward. But...
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Gavin Newsom to speak, Chevron to donate at Richmond green job training program

Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and state Assembly Member Nancy Skinner will be featured speakers at Friday's RichmondBUILD Graduation ceremony.
YouthWORKS case manager Chris Karnsouvong helps a Richmond youth write a resume. (photo courtesy City of Richmond)

Youth employment program on the rise

Richmond's YouthWORKS, a city-run youth-employment program, employed 705 local teens and young adults ages 16-21 last summer at 140 Bay Area public and private work sites. The civic youth jobs program is one the nation's...