Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County,California,United States. The city was incorporated on August 3,1905,and has a city council. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region,Richmond borders 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 a short distance San Francisco on Red Rock Island in the San Francisco Bay.
The Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) is a progressive political group in Richmond and western Contra Costa County,California,United States. RPA formed in 2003 by local progressives.
Irma Louise Anderson was an American politician who was the elected mayor of the city of Richmond,California,serving between 2001 and 2006. She ran for re-election as the incumbent Democrat in the 2006 mayoral race and lost to Green Party challenger councilperson Gayle McLaughlin by 192 votes.
Jim Rogers is an American politician. He served on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors in the 1990s,and was a city council member for the city of Richmond,California for three terms. He was first elected to the city council in 2002,and his final term expired in January 2015. He is a Democrat,considered a moderate,and has also been referred to as a progressive. He was called the San Francisco Bay Area's most famous lawyer because of television ads in which he dubbed himself as "The People's Lawyer".
The Richmond City Council is the governing body for the city of Richmond,California. The council consists of the Mayor of Richmond and six other city council members,one designated Vice Mayor. The council members are all elected from the whole city;no members are elected by district or ward. The council members are elected to four-year terms,as opposed to the previous six-year terms. They are not all elected at once. The council members meet every first and third Tuesday of the month and,if necessary,hold special meetings on the remaining Tuesdays. Presently the entire city council is Democratic.
The Richmond,California 2006 city election decided the mayor,four council members,and one measure submitted to the voters of Richmond,California on November 7,2007. The election also elected the first Green Party mayor of this city,and made Richmond the largest city in the United States to have a Green mayor. Furthermore,it unseated an incumbent mayor from a major political party by one from a minor third party.
John E. Márquez is an American politician and activist who has held various positions in Richmond,California city government. For eighteen years,Márquez served as a city councilman. He was the first Latino to serve on the Richmond City Council. Originally he was an appointee to the council in 1985 and won an election to that seat in 1987;he subsequently lost his second bid in 1991. He was elected again in 1993 and twice more in 1997 and 2004. In 1990 and 1998,he served as vice mayor. Márquez was defeated for re-election in 2008,and lost a mayoral bid in 2001 to Gayle McLaughlin. In addition to his elected offices in the city of Richmond,he has held various other positions in Contra Costa County,California on various commissions.
Rosemary Corbin is a longstanding Democratic public figure and former mayor of Richmond,California.
Thomas King Butt is an American politician and architect and the former mayor of Richmond,California. He was vice-mayor in 2002 and 2012 and a member of the Richmond City Council for over 20 years before being elected mayor. He is the longest continuously serving council member in Richmond's history.
Harpreet Singh Sandhu is an Indian American politician and community activist from Richmond,California and one of the most prominent ones of the Sikh religion. He was the first Asian and the first Sikh city councilman in Richmond,and one of only a few Sikhs to hold office in the United States.
The Chevron Richmond Refinery is a 2,900-acre (1,200 ha) petroleum refinery in Richmond,California,on San Francisco Bay. It is owned and operated by Chevron Corporation and employs more than 1,200 workers,making it the city's largest employer. The refinery processes approximately 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil a day in the manufacture of petroleum products and other chemicals. The refinery's primary products are motor gasoline,jet fuel,diesel fuel and lubricants.
The Richmond,California 2014 city election decided the mayor,three council members,and one measure submitted to the voters of Richmond,California on November 4,2014. The election attracted national attention due to the amount of money spent by Chevron both for and against various candidates. Chevron created two political action committees and contributed $2,933,363.90 to them amounting to a total of about $30 per city resident. The only other source of money for them was $5000 each from the Richmond Police Officers Association and the local Firefighter's union. As of October 10,they spent $1.4 Million supporting Nat Bates for mayor and Donna Powers,Charles Ramsey and Al Martinez for the city council. They spent a further $500,000 on negative campaigning against council candidates Gayle McLaughlin,Jovanka Beckles and Eduardo Martinez. The other major candidate for mayor,Tom Butt,had a campaign budget of just over $22,000.
The 2018 United States Senate election in California took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent California,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election,as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5,2018.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 6,2018,with the primary elections being held on June 5,2018. Voters elected the 53 U.S. representatives from the state of California,one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including a gubernatorial election,other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
The 2018 California Secretary of State election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the California Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary Alex Padilla won re-election to a second term.
Jovanka Beckles is an American politician serving as a member of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Board for Ward 1. She previously served as a member of the Richmond City Council.
The Richmond Standard is a news site for Richmond,California that functions as the city's only local news outlet. Opened in 2014,It is funded by the Chevron Corporation,which owns the Chevron Richmond Refinery. The site has been criticized for its lack of coverage of stories that are negative toward Chevron.
