Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County,California,United States. The city was incorporated on August 7,1905,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 community/political group in Richmond,western Contra Costa County,California,United States. Its mission is to unite the left regardless of political party and was founded by Gayle McLaughlin and Marilyn Langlois.
Gayle McLaughlin is an American politician from Richmond,California. She was first elected to the Richmond City Council in 2004 when she was a member of the Green Party of California. She won two consecutive four-year terms as the city's mayor in 2006 and 2010. After reaching the mayoral term limit,she was reelected to the City Council in 2014. In June 2017,she announced her candidacy for lieutenant governor of California in the 2018 election.
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.
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.
Mindell Lewis Penn is an American politician from Richmond,California. She served on the Richmond City Council from 1999 and 2005. She is a graduate of the UC Davis Financial School of Management,and is affiliated with the "powerful" Bay Area group Black Women Organized For Political Action. She was an executive for PG&E working in community relations and finance,and was elected twice as the chairwoman of the Sacramento Urban League board of directors. She served on the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park project committee.
Kevin Alexander Leon,known professionally as Kevin de León and colloquially as KDL,is an American politician serving as the Los Angeles City Council member for District 14 since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party,he was defeated in the 2018 United States Senate election in California against incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein and came in third place in the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election.
Rebecca Dawn Kaplan is a Canadian-born American attorney and politician who has served as an at-large member of the Oakland City Council since 2009. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) is a trade association for the real estate industry in New York City. Formed in 1896,it has been dubbed "the leading trade group advocating on policy changes in the real estate industry". Its current president is James Whelan.
Nathaniel Bates is a former mayor and eight-term city councilman of Richmond,California in addition to being a former professional baseball player in the Canadian League in his earlier years.
Samuel Theodore Liccardo is an American politician from California who served as the 65th mayor of San Joséfrom 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Liccardo was elected mayor in November 2014. He was reelected in 2018 with 75.8% of the vote. As the leader of the California Big City Mayors Coalition,Liccardo advocated on statewide issues including homelessness and COVID-19 response.
Buffy Jo Christina Wicks is an American politician who serves in the California State Assembly. A Democrat,she represents the 14th Assembly District,which includes the cities of Berkeley,Piedmont,Richmond,San Pablo,and El Cerrito in the East Bay.
Dan Kalb is an American politician. He represents District 1 on the Oakland City Council,a position he has held since January 2013.
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.
Nithya V. Raman is an American urban planner,activist,and politician serving as the Los Angeles City Councilmember for the 4th District since 2020. Raman,a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America,defeated incumbent Councilmember David Ryu in 2020.
The 2024 California State Senate election will be held on Tuesday,November 5,2024,with the primary election being held on March 5,2024. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate will elect their representatives. The elections will coincide with the elections for other offices,including the state Assembly.
Sheng Thao is an American politician and the 51st mayor of Oakland,California. She is the first Hmong American mayor of a major city in the United States.
The 2023 Los Angeles special election was held on April 4,2023 with a runoff occurring on June 27,2023. Voters will elect a candidate in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections potentially scheduled. One of the fifteen seats on the Los Angeles City Council was up for election due to the vacancy of one member,councilwoman Nury Martinez of District 6,who resigned in the wake of the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal. Sharon Tso was installed as a caretaker to the district,but no formal appointment was made. There was potential for a recall over Kevin de León's statements made during the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal as well,though due to the lack of signatures turned in by the deadline on April 1,2023,the petition to recall de León failed. Former City Attorney Mike Feuer also proposed that a special election be held on a referendum to replace the Council's ability to redraw the City Council districts with an independent commission before the 2024 elections.
