Tag Archives: taxes

Richmond protesters descend on Chevron executive’s Lafayette home

By Robert Rogers Posted April 11, 2012 9:28 am

Where do you go to protest wealth inequality? For about 30 people, many Richmond residents, the answer was simple on Tuesday: Go to the million-dollar-plus Lafayette estate of Chevron Corp. CEO John Watson. About 30...

eduardo martinez and henry clark protest chevron

Protesters descend on Chevron tax hearings

By Robert Rogers Posted December 15, 2011 6:02 pm

About 50 protesters, including some top Richmond elected officials, demonstrated outside county government buildings in Martinez Thursday before filing into a hearing aimed at resolving a tax dispute between Chevron and the Contra Costa County...

Monday was the first day of the hearing on Chevron's refinery property taxes. The session was closed to the public whenever the refinery's income was discussed. (photo by: Rachel Waldholz)

Chevron blames Richmond regulations, calls the county inept, as property tax hearing opens

By Rachel Waldholz Posted October 25, 2011 12:20 pm

The last time Chevron and Contra Costa County clashed over property taxes, the hearing took two years. The question then was how much the refinery owed in taxes from 2004-2006. And now, here we are...

From left: Councilmembers Corky Booze, Jovanka Beckles; Mayor Gayle McLaughlin

Council to put sales tax hike to voters in June

By Robert Rogers Posted March 9, 2011 2:28 pm

With no dissenting votes, the council on Tuesday decided to ask local voters to approve a half-cent raise in their sales tax.

In the fiscal year 2006/7, Chevron contributed $14.3 million, about 20 percent of the total property tax revenue received by the city that year. (Source: The Pacific Institute)

City may owe Chevron $26 million

By Julia Landau Posted October 22, 2010 11:00 am

The oil company filed a lawsuit to reduce the property tax paid over three years.

Board President Peter Minkwitz, standing, tells members about a tour of Chevron Corp's. local refinery.

Local civic group discusses Chevron’s role in community

By Robert Rogers Posted January 6, 2010 6:00 am

The Point Richmond Neighborhood Council is a small but well-informed civic association. On Dec. 30, they took on the biggest topic in town: Chevron Corp.

Chevron has maintained major facilities in Richmond for more than a century. (courtesy U.S. Department of Energy)

Struggle between Chevron and city intensifies

By Robert Rogers Posted December 31, 2009 6:01 am

As a political and legal standoff between the city and its biggest taxpayer deepens, Chevron Corp. officials are hinting that their 107-year stay in Richmond may be in jeopardy.

Fire Chief Michael Banks listens in on the council. (Photo by Robert Rogers)

Property tax proposed for June ballot

By Josh Wolf Posted November 4, 2009 6:04 am

Richmond is the only city in Contra Costa County without its own paramedics, and council members said Tuesday that it will remain that way unless residents are willing to pay for greater services.

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