Items of note for #RichmondBusinesses in the upcoming #RichmondCityCouncil Meeting on Tuesday, July 5. H-20: A 0.005% Sales Tax to fund transportation improvements in Contra Costa County & Amendments to the Growth Management Program in the Measure J Transportation Expenditure Plan to match that found in the 2016 Proposed...
My Sweet Remedy By Jacob L Massler The cannabis industry is establishing itself as a legitimate business and the people who work in that industry are your neighbors, your brothers, your cousins, and your friends. Above all, we are members of the community who want to help make Richmond...
How Much Are Your HR Practices Really Costing You? You Could Be Losing Thousands Unnecessarily In today’s economy, protecting your performance and bottom line as a small business or nonprofit requires tough decisions—but sometimes, those decisions come with expensive hidden costs that aren’t exposed until much later. One such case is ignoring...
Opportunity Is Knocking. It’s Time for Richmond to Answer. By Darlene Rios Drapkin, Principal, Urban Transformation Over the course of the last 20 years, I have had the opportunity to work closely with economic development officials from cities across the country. Whether speaking to participants at national conferences at which...
Although libraries are continually reinventing themselves to meet the needs of the 21st century, serving as a high school has to be one of the most unique ideas yet. As part of the first program of its type anywhere, a growing number of libraries across the U.S. are offering their patrons...
New overtime exemption rules can be confusing, and the government is ramping up enforcement. by Bernadette Jones, SPHR, SHRM-SCP According to a recent poll by Visionova Human Resources Support Center, fifty-seven percent of respondents said that they have never conducted an audit of their organization’s HR functions. Understandably,...
By Danny Schmidt, Marin Independent Journal www.marinij.com With the team gathered in left field, San Marin High baseball coach Jamie Vattuone didn’t know exactly what to say following Tuesday’s North Coast Section Division III opener. His second-seeded Mustangs had just been upset at home by No. 15 De Anza (El...
The Richmond Chamber of Commerce opposes local ballot Measure N, which would amend the Richmond General Plan 2030 and allow for the development of a 59 unit single family home detached project at the site south of the intersection of Marina Way South. The local measure is called the Richmond...