City of Richmond – Minimum Wage Ordinance

Are you an employer looking for more information on Richmond’s Minimum Wage Ordinance? Are you an employee interested in finding out more information about Richmond’s NEW minimum wage ordinance?   MWO – Employee Know Your Rights MWO – Employer Know Your Rights MWO – Official Notice   Click HERE to...

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EBMUD – Drought Updates

        NOTICE: California remains in a severe drought and EBMUD has declared a water shortage emergency that prohibits certain uses in the EBMUD service area. Statewide mandatory limits on outdoor water use went into effect July 28th and will remain in effect until further notice. EBMUD applauds...

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No Pain, No Gain

A monthly update from the Richmond Chamber Government Relations Committee. Written by Michelle Blackwell, Chair. June is busting out all over with construction projects that will ultimately improve traffic problems in the area.  Hisham Noeimi of the Contra Costa Transit Agency (CCTA) gave a presentation to the committee at the...

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I-80 San Pablo Dam Road Interchange Reconstruction

Press Release, Contra Costa Transportation Authority, June 2014  Temporary roadway closures on El Portal Drive June 23, 2014 Please click “more” at the bottom of this page for road closure information and detour maps.  Questions and concerns can be answered by calling the project hotline at (510) 277-0444.The California Department...

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Minimum Wage II, Sales Tax Increase and much more as Richmond Government ramps up for the election season.

A monthly update from the Richmond Chamber Government Relations Committee. Written by Michelle Blackwell, Chair. Councilmember Jim Rogers joined the Chamber at the May Government Relations Committee meeting to give us updates on several issues that are of importance to the business community including the minimum wage, a proposed 1/5 cent...

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All Signs LED to Richmond

A monthly update from the Richmond Chamber Government Relations Committee. Written by Michelle Blackwell, Chair. At the March Government Relations Committee meeting we were fortunate to have two guests join us to talk about the new sign ordinance that the City is crafting. Kieron Slaughter from the City of Richmond...

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Richmond Holds Up New Garbage Agreement

A monthly update by Michelle Blackwell, Chair, Richmond Chamber Government Relations Committee. Go Go Garbage! More Service – Less Money In November, Chris Lehon from RecycleMore gave the Government Relations Committee an update on the new garbage franchise deal that is under consideration for West County Cities and unincorporated West...

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Fresh Air and Sewers

A monthly update by Michelle Blackwell, Chair, Richmond Chamber Government Relations Committee. At the October 15th Government Relations Committee meeting, Chad Davisson from the City’s Wastewater Department and Sonam Sha-Paul from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) gave us an update on their programs, plans and projects. Richmond’s...

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Imminent – Eminent It’s a Tongue Twister

A monthly update by Michelle Blackwell, Chair, Richmond Chamber Government Relations Committee. The September meeting of the Government Relations Committee was lively and focused on two major issues that will impact the Richmond Business community if they come to fruition.  BART Board member Zakhary Mallett came to the meeting to...

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Boxes, Doctors and Air Time

A monthly update by Michelle Blackwell, Chair, Richmond Chamber Government Relations Committee. Government Relations took a break in July so we held two meetings in August. Jael Myrick was a guest at our regularly scheduled GA meeting on August 20th. He got an earful from a wide variety of businesses...

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