Posts Tagged ‘Cesar Zepeda’
Q&A with Cesar Zepeda, new District 2 council member after tie-breaker with Andrew Butt
Editor’s note: After a tie, a tiebreaker and a recount, Cesar Zepeda won the District 2 City Council seat over Andrew Butt, becoming the first openly gay man elected to Richmond City Council. He will represent District 2, which includes Point Richmond and the Chevron refinery. Zepeda spoke to Richmond Pulse before the recount about public…
Read MoreRichmond improvement projects stalled
Neighborhood clean-up projects have galvanized the Richmond community with a strong resurgence of effort to make improvements, but has it been enough to rid 23rd Street of the pimps and prostitutes that plague the district at night?
Read MoreCesar Zepeda: Putting Hilltop back on the map
How Cesar Zepeda, the President of the Hilltop District Neighborhood Council, is putting Hilltop back on the map.
Read MoreCity council candidates clash over development, rent control and schools
Candidates’ strategies for development across Richmond—and especially downtown—varied greatly.
Read MoreRichmond dispensary sues over alleged monopoly on medical marijuana
After more than six years spent trying to open up shop, Richmond Compassionate Care Collective, a medical marijuana dispensary, has filed a lawsuit alleging that Richmond’s three existing dispensaries conspired with community organizers and a city council candidate to monopolize the local medical marijuana trade.
Read MoreDistrict elections proposal heads to city, aims to give neighborhoods a voice
A push to change the way City Council members are elected appears to have resurfaced in Richmond. If successful, the initiative would draw six new districts in the city, each with an elected representative.
Read MoreMayor highlights business, environment and council meeting improvements in his first 100 days
On April 23, new Richmond Mayor Tom Butt concluded his first 100 days in office. Butt, a longtime councilmember and Point Richmond architect, won the November election to replace termed-out former mayor Gayle McLaughlin, and took office in January. In politics, the first 100 days is considered an important period in which a new legislator…
Read MoreCity council rejects zoning revisions for a digital sign in Hilltop
A divided Richmond City Council has rejected a zoning amendment that would allow a digital advertising billboard on the I-80 corridor for the troubled Hilltop business district. Leaders in the Hilltop district have urged the city to allow a digital billboard to promote the businesses there since 2007, but the city’s sign ordinance currently doesn’t…
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