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"content": "\u003cp>On June 7, Richmond voters will decide the winner of a tough political battle between city leaders and a powerful developer. At the heart of the fight: What kind of housing does the city need, and where should it be built?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Poe, who developed much of Richmond’s Marina Bay area, sees a 5-acre plot of land along Richmond’s Marina Bay shoreline as the perfect spot for his \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/2956/Richmond-Riviera\">Riviera project\u003c/a>. Pamphlets show his vision as an idyllic neighborhood of 59 generously proportioned single-family homes along the waterfront. But city leaders say Poe’s plan would do little to meet the Bay Area’s housing shortage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/267143810″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really an inappropriate project,” Richmond Mayor Tom Butt said. “It’s built at a suburban density, and it’s on a site that’s right next to the highest intensity use on the waterfront.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://votersedge.kqed.org/ca/en/ballot/election/area/39/measures/measure/1889?election_authority_id=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure N Development Proposal\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The land is right next to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/rori/index.htm\">Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center,\u003c/a> a planned ferry terminal, and it has awesome views of the bay stretching out to San Francisco, the Bay Bridge and Oakland. In this area, city planners see the potential for making Richmond a key transit hub in the East Bay, with restaurants, businesses and high-density housing near the ferry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So after getting pushback from the Planning Commission, Poe decided to put his proposal on the ballot. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/36831\">Measure N\u003c/a> would alter the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/2608/General-Plan-2030\">general plan\u003c/a> to accommodate his development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people in Richmond want affordable single-family homes and lower-density buildings on our shoreline, which Measure N provides.” Poe said. “If Measure N passes it will also benefit Richmond by new revenue for crucial local and county services such as our schools, and will stop high-rises on the shoreline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To sweeten the deal, Poe has also offered up an acre of land to build housing for teachers at \u003ca href=\"http://amps-ca.schoolloop.com/\">Amethod Public Schools\u003c/a>, which operates 3 charter schools in Marina Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local resident Stephen Beard, who lives five minutes away from the proposed site, said he’s talked with community members who are both for and against Measure N. The specter of high-rises along the shoreline does worry some residents, he said. But Beard said he will be voting no on the project. What worries him most is Poe’s end-run around city oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I myself personally am more concerned about the precedent it would set around development and how development goes through Richmond,” Beard said. “I hope that that part of it doesn’t get lost in the whole conversation about grabbing some instant tax revenue or I don’t care cause it’s not in my neighborhood kind of thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://votersedge.kqed.org/ca/en/ballot/election/area/39/measures/measure/1890?election_authority_id=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure O Limits City Manager Pay\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, some see a connection between this fight over housing and the other measure on Richmond’s ballot. Mayor Butt says \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/36833\">Measure O\u003c/a> is purely a spite measure put on the ballot by Richard Poe to get back at the city for blocking his project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure O seeks to limit the city manager’s pay. “Measure O will expose the compensation paid to high-level officials in the City of Richmond and impose a sensible limit on the compensation paid to the City Manager,” writes initiative author Fritz Kunze in defense of his measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Lindsay, who’s managed Richmond for over a decade, makes around \u003ca href=\"http://publicpay.ca.gov/Reports/Cities/City.aspx?entityid=101&fiscalyear=2014\">$380,000 \u003c/a>a year including benefits. And while that’s on the high end of city manager compensation in the East Bay, it’s not the highest. The city manager of Vallejo makes about more than \u003ca href=\"http://publicpay.ca.gov/Reports/Cities/City.aspx?entityid=491&fiscalyear=2014\">$400,000\u003c/a> including benefits. Berkeley’s manager makes a little over \u003ca href=\"http://publicpay.ca.gov/Reports/Cities/City.aspx?entityid=61&fiscalyear=2014\">$300,000\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it passes, Measure O won’t impact Lindsay’s current contract, which lasts until 2020. But, after that, the city manager’s pay would be limited to five times the median income for the city — or about \u003ca href=\"http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/0660620\">$275,000\u003c/a>. Mayor Butt said this would hamstring the council in its ability to hire an effective manager for Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poe, for his part, has denied his involvement with Measure O, but campaign filings show that he and his father Robert Poe are the major donors backing it.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gail Anderson is driving around her Richmond neighborhood, checking out all the best spots -- for potholes. She says they’re actually not very hard to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"See these cracks in here. ... A whole line just tore up. ... They go anywhere from 2 to 3 inches deep,\" Anderson explains, as she swerves to stay on flat ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anderson is frustrated about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/29481\" target=\"_blank\">state of the streets\u003c/a>, but she’s even more upset about the mattresses, furniture and other trash piled up on the sidewalks, and a tree branch that fell on her house last year -- she’s afraid the whole tree will fall soon. On all of these issues, the city has not given this life-long Richmond resident the help she thinks citizens deserve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not taking care of the citizens of this city. The graffiti, the holes in the road, the dumping which is just outrageous. It just makes the city look unclean, “ says Anderson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10969635\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10969635 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Gail Anderson and a pothole in front of her house.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-960x541.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Anderson and a pothole in front of her house. \u003ccite>(Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is embarrassing to me that we can’t keep our city together. They call it a city of pride and purpose, but it’s pathetic and pitiful to me,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Richmond’s crime rate has significantly improved in the last few years, it’s not necessarily sharing in the Bay Area's economic boom. New businesses have been slow to invest, and wealthy newcomers have been gravitating toward other East Bay cities, like Berkeley and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, Richmond came up with a potential new revenue source: a half-cent sales tax called \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/City_of_Richmond_Sales_Tax,_Measure_U_(November_2014)\" target=\"_blank\">Measure U\u003c/a>. In \u003ca href=\"http://www.tombutt.com/forum/2014/e-forum%20template%202014_clip_image038_0004.jpg\">informational mailers paid for by the city\u003c/a>, Measure U was promoted as a way to help fund improvements to roads, as well as public safety and youth programs. However, Mayor Tom Butt says it didn’t quite turn out as planned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Measure U was actually born with the idea that it would provide additional revenue, some of which could be \u003ca href=\"http://www.tombutt.com/forum/2014/14-11-01a.html\" target=\"_blank\">used for streets\u003c/a>. And as it developed, we came to realize that it probably wasn’t all gonna be used for streets,” Butt explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the money raised through the tax \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_28339604/richmond-looks-use-road-fund-money-balance-budget\" target=\"_blank\">has gone straight into the city’s general fund\u003c/a>. The way the initiative was worded, that's \u003ca href=\"http://www.smartvoter.org/2014/11/04/ca/cc/meas/U/\" target=\"_blank\">completely within the law\u003c/a>. But Jack Weir, president of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwij14nS_frMAhVK8GMKHd5uCRkQFggdMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cocotax.org%2F&usg=AFQjCNGGQqH9_gKkK9MM5C67mkd_66uILg&sig2=IQaNa4veVMV7BfalWXX2TA\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Taxpayers Association, \u003c/a>said it’s a bad way to run city government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The whole controversy about Measure U. It's not just about that they didn’t use the money the way they said,\" said Weir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10969638\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 774px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10969638 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/measure-u-flyer-best.jpg\" alt=\"An 2014 election season mailer, touting how measure U would improve Richmond's streets and other city servives.\" width=\"774\" height=\"914\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/measure-u-flyer-best.jpg 774w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/measure-u-flyer-best-400x472.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 2014 election season mailer, touting how Measure U would improve Richmond's streets and other city services.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If the roads aren’t properly maintained over time, taxpayers wind up having to pay way more to keep the infrastructure capable of fulfilling its expected useful life. And that’s bad management, both from a policy perspective and from a fiscal perspective,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond is \u003ca href=\"http://richmondstandard.com/2016/04/31289/\" target=\"_blank\">in a tough place\u003c/a>. It's been facing budget deficits for years. Last year \u003ca href=\"https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-downgrades-Richmond-CA-issuer-rating-to-Baa1-from-A1--PR_325368\" target=\"_blank\">Moody’s downgraded Richmond’s bond rating\u003c/a>, and the California State Controller’s Office \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_29188200/richmond-list-california-cities-rated-at-high-risk?source=infinite-up\" target=\"_blank\">briefly opened an investigation into the city’s finances\u003c/a>. To try and keep its financial reputation afloat, the city's 2016-17 draft budget again routes all the Measure U revenue, almost $8 million, into the city’s general fund. Nothing is earmarked for streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond City Manager Bill Lindsay admits no one is tracking how the Measure U money is being spent, but says, \"The Measure U story really isn't done yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsay says population growth should lead to more sales tax revenue in the next few years, which could free up the City Council to fund things that the Measure U campaign promised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two, three years, four years down the road, looking back, I expect our pavement condition index is going to be better, and my hope is that the voters feel like it was a good investment,” said Lindsay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the meantime, there may be more new taxes coming soon. \u003ca href=\"http://richmondstandard.com/2016/01/richmond-mayor-to-pursue-taxes-and-fees-on-soda-litter-marijuana/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Butt is pursuing a hike in the city's real estate transfer tax and a “litter” fee on cigarettes\u003c/a>, to appear on the November ballot. Both of those pots of money, he says, would go to the general fund as well.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Gail Anderson is driving around her Richmond neighborhood, checking out all the best spots -- for potholes. She says they’re actually not very hard to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"See these cracks in here. ... A whole line just tore up. ... They go anywhere from 2 to 3 inches deep,\" Anderson explains, as she swerves to stay on flat ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anderson is frustrated about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/29481\" target=\"_blank\">state of the streets\u003c/a>, but she’s even more upset about the mattresses, furniture and other trash piled up on the sidewalks, and a tree branch that fell on her house last year -- she’s afraid the whole tree will fall soon. On all of these issues, the city has not given this life-long Richmond resident the help she thinks citizens deserve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not taking care of the citizens of this city. The graffiti, the holes in the road, the dumping which is just outrageous. It just makes the city look unclean, “ says Anderson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10969635\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10969635 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Gail Anderson and a pothole in front of her house.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Anderson-and-pothole-960x541.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Anderson and a pothole in front of her house. \u003ccite>(Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is embarrassing to me that we can’t keep our city together. They call it a city of pride and purpose, but it’s pathetic and pitiful to me,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Richmond’s crime rate has significantly improved in the last few years, it’s not necessarily sharing in the Bay Area's economic boom. New businesses have been slow to invest, and wealthy newcomers have been gravitating toward other East Bay cities, like Berkeley and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, Richmond came up with a potential new revenue source: a half-cent sales tax called \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/City_of_Richmond_Sales_Tax,_Measure_U_(November_2014)\" target=\"_blank\">Measure U\u003c/a>. In \u003ca href=\"http://www.tombutt.com/forum/2014/e-forum%20template%202014_clip_image038_0004.jpg\">informational mailers paid for by the city\u003c/a>, Measure U was promoted as a way to help fund improvements to roads, as well as public safety and youth programs. However, Mayor Tom Butt says it didn’t quite turn out as planned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Measure U was actually born with the idea that it would provide additional revenue, some of which could be \u003ca href=\"http://www.tombutt.com/forum/2014/14-11-01a.html\" target=\"_blank\">used for streets\u003c/a>. And as it developed, we came to realize that it probably wasn’t all gonna be used for streets,” Butt explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the money raised through the tax \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_28339604/richmond-looks-use-road-fund-money-balance-budget\" target=\"_blank\">has gone straight into the city’s general fund\u003c/a>. The way the initiative was worded, that's \u003ca href=\"http://www.smartvoter.org/2014/11/04/ca/cc/meas/U/\" target=\"_blank\">completely within the law\u003c/a>. But Jack Weir, president of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwij14nS_frMAhVK8GMKHd5uCRkQFggdMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cocotax.org%2F&usg=AFQjCNGGQqH9_gKkK9MM5C67mkd_66uILg&sig2=IQaNa4veVMV7BfalWXX2TA\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Taxpayers Association, \u003c/a>said it’s a bad way to run city government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The whole controversy about Measure U. It's not just about that they didn’t use the money the way they said,\" said Weir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10969638\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 774px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10969638 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/measure-u-flyer-best.jpg\" alt=\"An 2014 election season mailer, touting how measure U would improve Richmond's streets and other city servives.\" width=\"774\" height=\"914\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/measure-u-flyer-best.jpg 774w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/measure-u-flyer-best-400x472.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 2014 election season mailer, touting how Measure U would improve Richmond's streets and other city services.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If the roads aren’t properly maintained over time, taxpayers wind up having to pay way more to keep the infrastructure capable of fulfilling its expected useful life. And that’s bad management, both from a policy perspective and from a fiscal perspective,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond is \u003ca href=\"http://richmondstandard.com/2016/04/31289/\" target=\"_blank\">in a tough place\u003c/a>. It's been facing budget deficits for years. Last year \u003ca href=\"https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-downgrades-Richmond-CA-issuer-rating-to-Baa1-from-A1--PR_325368\" target=\"_blank\">Moody’s downgraded Richmond’s bond rating\u003c/a>, and the California State Controller’s Office \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_29188200/richmond-list-california-cities-rated-at-high-risk?source=infinite-up\" target=\"_blank\">briefly opened an investigation into the city’s finances\u003c/a>. To try and keep its financial reputation afloat, the city's 2016-17 draft budget again routes all the Measure U revenue, almost $8 million, into the city’s general fund. Nothing is earmarked for streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond City Manager Bill Lindsay admits no one is tracking how the Measure U money is being spent, but says, \"The Measure U story really isn't done yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsay says population growth should lead to more sales tax revenue in the next few years, which could free up the City Council to fund things that the Measure U campaign promised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two, three years, four years down the road, looking back, I expect our pavement condition index is going to be better, and my hope is that the voters feel like it was a good investment,” said Lindsay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the meantime, there may be more new taxes coming soon. \u003ca href=\"http://richmondstandard.com/2016/01/richmond-mayor-to-pursue-taxes-and-fees-on-soda-litter-marijuana/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Butt is pursuing a hike in the city's real estate transfer tax and a “litter” fee on cigarettes\u003c/a>, to appear on the November ballot. 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"content": "\u003cp>Richmond is next up in looking at \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/19/fresno-passes-groundbreaking-tiny-house-rules\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">tiny houses\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for temporary relief to rising homelessness. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea is modeled after two similar ongoing projects in Washington and Oregon, where residents live in village-style houses ranging from 60-80 square feet for $30 a month and communal work shifts, according to a Richmond City Council staff report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles introduced the idea to the City Council in January, hoping it would serve as temporary housing for families who are homeless or transitioning into affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I’ve seen is the effect that it has on the children’s ability to learn in school,” says Beckles, “When children are displaced so often with nothing stable -- not a stable place to live -- it creates a lot of anxiety and trauma for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"jAy5x9aNpaa2I93HKrTBK6YNyIY1mpWs\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a meeting Tuesday night, the Richmond City Council voted unanimously to direct the city manager to research the feasibility of developing tiny houses in the city, after reviewing a \u003ca href=\"http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/cache/2/0ux3ch1vlaaotwkx1hahq5te/4635420504201610125877.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">staff report\u003c/a> on similar projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report described them as an \"affordable\" and \"environmentally-friendly\" option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the cited projects was Oregon's “\u003ca href=\"http://www.squareonevillages.org/#!opportunity/c959\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opportunity Village Eugene\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” a 29-unit village that houses 30 formerly homeless adults. Village units are equipped with electricity and Wi-Fi, and a central building houses cooking, showering and laundry facilities. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project’s website lists operating costs as roughly $1,800 per month, with an initial $212,000 for building. Another project in \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://quixotevillage.com/history/\" target=\"_blank\">Olympia, Washington\u003c/a>, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">lists initial costs as $3.05 million, with both state and federal funding received. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beckles says she’s hoping to follow in Olympia’s footsteps in utilizing outside funding if the City Council approves a similar project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One supporter of a future tiny house village in Richmond is Yvonne Nair, founder and CEO of \u003ca href=\"http://www.saffronstrand.org/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saffron Strand Inc.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Richmond-based nonprofit works with homeless individuals in Contra Costa County to help them secure work and financial independence. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people don’t have housing and they don’t have a place to go, it’s hard for them to get a job,” says Nair. “Housing is such a critical part, and why not think creatively, such as the small houses?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if she believes the project is feasible for Richmond, she said she does, but emphasized the need for supportive services to go along with the houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can give them housing, you can give them a lot of resources, but if that psychological piece is not there, it creates more dependency [than] it does independence,” says Nair. “All they’ve been doing is surviving and they’ve lost a lot of their skills in integrating back into the community. And it’s for us to help them do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nair says Richmond \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">has \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the necessary programs and resources. It’s just a matter of connecting them together for a “continuum of supportive services.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If any city can do it, Richmond can,” says Nair.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He is one of about a half dozen \"neighborhood change agents\" who keep track, sometimes a couple times a day, of scores of known gun offenders or youths at risk of being shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"ATqBbnEW2TdCvuOgKz9un8P6FNuOnWdw\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it is a shooting, we definitely go to check out see what's going on, because we try to create a pause on the next shooting,\" he says. \"We're trying to figure out how to keep the next shooting from happening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agents are city employees and all ex-cons with serious street cred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right now we're out doing outreach. There was two young people that had an altercation yesterday; they're brothers, a fist fight. So I need to go out here and make sure they're OK,\" he says as he rolled up to a run-down housing project and talked to three young men ages 19 to 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He talked to them for a few minutes about brothers respecting each other, keeping the peace at home and on the street. It's understood that McCoy won't speak to the police about anything said here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do something real simple that folks just don't realize how, how powerful it is. We love on our youngsters! We come from a sincere place that we love each and every last one of the people we touch, and we try to touch as many people as possible,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More Than Just 'Cash for Criminals'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This street outreach is just one part of a \u003ca href=\"http://ca-richmond.civicplus.com/2410/More-about-ONS-Strategic-Initiatives\" target=\"_blank\">broader program\u003c/a> designed by DeVone Boggan, the former director of a city department called the Office of Neighborhood Safety. Boggan was a community activist when he was first hired to do something about gun violence in 2007. 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We can do something about that,\" Boggan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boggan and his team launched the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/27569\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Peacemaker Fellowship\u003c/a>. They identified those 17 people and several more and made them an offer. The fellowship will give them counseling, social services, a job and a chance to travel if they develop a \"life map,\" agree to stay in contact every day and stay out of trouble. Then the fellowship will pay them up to a $1,000 a month for nine months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result: Richmond has seen its murder rate cut in half since the fellowship began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boggan says the street patrols are paid by the city while the cash stipends come from private donors. 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But when the outreach workers came back to see him, Contreras says he was ready to listen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They helped me get a job. They helped me get my driver's license. They was pushing me, pushing me, helping me out. They helped me get back in school, which I wouldn't be able to do without them. I graduated high school thanks to them,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Replicating the Model Elsewhere\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond's Office of Neighborhood Safety borrows from similar models in Boston and Chicago. The difference is in Richmond's tight focus on a targeted group and the cash payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The approach is attracting interest from across the country. \u003ca href=\"http://www.njjn.org/article/d-c--bill-would-shift-focus-of-violent-crime-prevention-to-public-health-based-framework\" target=\"_blank\">Washington D.C.\u003c/a> is adopting a similar program, while Oakland and Toledo are among other cities considering the Richmond model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They always ask me, 'Is it going to work, and how much is it going to cost?'\" says Angela Wolf, a researcher for the Oakland-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency. 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"content": "\u003cp>Rasheed always knew there was a world beyond Richmond. But he wasn't sure he would live to see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Soon as I think outside the box, with attention going outside the box, it’s like shoot, I’m dead,” he said. “You see what I’m saying? Or I’m losing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasheed, who didn't want his last name published, said that by the time he was 18 he knew more than a dozen people who had been killed or were in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You go into survival mode,” he said. “You have to adapt. You don’t want nobody taking your food, you don’t want nobody killing you, you don’t want nobody using you, disrespecting you, so you gonna adapt to your situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then in 2008, Rasheed was hanging out with some friends when city workers offered him an \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/09/26/richmond-anti-crime-program-takes-enemies-on-free-trips-operation-peacemaker-fellowship/\">Operation Peacemaker Fellowship\u003c/a>. The program gives participants training and support to help them stay out of trouble -- and pays them up to $1,000 to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His first reaction to the offer: “OK, did the police send you out to us? Are you all trying to basically set us up in some way? That’s how we were thinking at first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After learning more about the fellowship, Rasheed decided to try it. After all, he had a 4-month-old son to support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s [parenthood] going to motivate you to be a better person,” he said. “It did me. 'Cause it was kind of like, it scare you, but then it make you happy at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond's fellowship program was part of a city-backed effort to treat gun violence as a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/history_violence-a.pdf\">public health problem\u003c/a>, not just as a crime issue, according to Mayor Tom Butt. The program began in 2007, when the city's homicide rate was soaring. Now cities around the country are considering similar strategies, using lessons learned from Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t know whether it was going to work or not,” said Butt, who was a city councilman in 2007. “But we were sort of desperate, and it was a governmental obligation that we had to address this gun violence issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeVone Boggan created the program, after analyzing city crime data. He found that a small percentage of the population committed most of the shootings in the city. By targeting that specific population -- the young men most likely to shoot or get shot -- Boggan believed he could have the greatest impact on reducing gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He convinced city officials to establish an \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/271/Office-of-Neighborhood-Safety\">Office of Neighborhood Safety\u003c/a> and let him run it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re the only agency in the city of Richmond that is engaging the one-percenters — those individuals who are the most lethal young men in our city, who continue to walk our streets,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boggan's office employs a number of approaches to reduce crime, of which the fellowship program is just one. But, owing to the stipend it pays participants, that program has received the most \u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/richmond-california-murder-rate-gun-death\">attention\u003c/a>. The stipends, however, are funded by foundation grants, not taxpayer dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The stipend is a gesture of saying you are valuable, your expertise is valuable, your contribution to this work of creating a healthier city is valuable,” Boggan said. “Hell, we should be giving you more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Boggan, the program succeeds because it helps participants forge relationships that aren’t based on fear or hate or grief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10889645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 658px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10889645\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.43.32-PM.png\" alt=\"ONS staff and fellows travel on a trip to Mexico.\" width=\"658\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.43.32-PM.png 658w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.43.32-PM-400x326.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ONS staff and fellows travel on a trip to Mexico. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Office of Neighborhood Safety)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rasheed, who completed his fellowship in 2010, calls the program staff “the lost positive fathers of Richmond.\" He said they gave him \"a model of what your mom would want you to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 25-year-old has since moved out of the city, recently earned his commercial driver's license, and is hoping to build a career in trucking. He lovingly described his 7-year-old son as a nerd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He reads and knows his math, and like, he’s like a kid. A real kid,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nccdglobal.org/sites/default/files/publication_pdf/ons-process-evaluation.pdf\">National Council on Crime and Delinquency\u003c/a> evaluated the success of the Office of Neighborhood Safety and found that the overwhelming majority of the program's 68 graduates haven't been involved in a shooting. According to its report, 94 percent of fellows are still alive, 84 percent haven’t been injured by a firearm, and 79 percent have not been arrested for any new, firearm-related offense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10889647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 505px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10889647\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.49.58-PM.png\" alt=\"NCCD evaluation report on Office of Neighborhood Safety\" width=\"505\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.49.58-PM.png 505w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.49.58-PM-400x304.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NCCD evaluation report on Office of Neighborhood Safety\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cities across the country have taken notice of those stats. On March 1, the Council of the District of Columbia voted to establish an \u003ca href=\"http://www.njjn.org/article/d-c--bill-would-shift-focus-of-violent-crime-prevention-to-public-health-based-framework\">Office of Violence Prevention and Health Equity\u003c/a>, modeled after Richmond’s Office of Neighborhood Safety. Toledo, Ohio and Oakland are also considering similar programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boggan, who is stepping down from his post later this month to help other cities implement his ideas, warns there is no quick fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we do here requires that we appreciate and understand the anatomy of who these young men are,” he said. “And that’s work. It’s much more than paying a criminal not to shoot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And despite the success of the program, gun violence remains a problem in Richmond. 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The stipends, however, are funded by foundation grants, not taxpayer dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The stipend is a gesture of saying you are valuable, your expertise is valuable, your contribution to this work of creating a healthier city is valuable,” Boggan said. “Hell, we should be giving you more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Boggan, the program succeeds because it helps participants forge relationships that aren’t based on fear or hate or grief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10889645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 658px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10889645\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.43.32-PM.png\" alt=\"ONS staff and fellows travel on a trip to Mexico.\" width=\"658\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.43.32-PM.png 658w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.43.32-PM-400x326.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ONS staff and fellows travel on a trip to Mexico. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Office of Neighborhood Safety)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rasheed, who completed his fellowship in 2010, calls the program staff “the lost positive fathers of Richmond.\" He said they gave him \"a model of what your mom would want you to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 25-year-old has since moved out of the city, recently earned his commercial driver's license, and is hoping to build a career in trucking. 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According to its report, 94 percent of fellows are still alive, 84 percent haven’t been injured by a firearm, and 79 percent have not been arrested for any new, firearm-related offense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10889647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 505px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10889647\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.49.58-PM.png\" alt=\"NCCD evaluation report on Office of Neighborhood Safety\" width=\"505\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.49.58-PM.png 505w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-08-at-1.49.58-PM-400x304.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NCCD evaluation report on Office of Neighborhood Safety\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cities across the country have taken notice of those stats. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>f you take the last exit off westbound Interstate 580 before you hit the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, you’ll find yourself on a narrow, potholed road heading north along the shoreline. About a mile down, as you round a corner, an unusual little town will come into view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A massive red brick building capped with castlelike turrets sits on your left and a village of small, tidy homes, complete with a playground, hugs the hill to the right. All abandoned. High fences topped with barbed wire circle the property and signs saying \"Keep Out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/270/Point-Molate\">Point Molate\u003c/a>, once known as Winehaven. A federally recognized historic district, the red brick buildings here once housed the largest \u003ca href=\"http://richmondconfidential.org/2009/10/13/before-napa-there-was-winehaven/\">wine distribution center\u003c/a> in the United States, and some say the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10849082\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10849082\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18278_IMG_4434.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"This historic Winehaven building once housed the largest wine distribution center in the United States.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18278_IMG_4434.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18278_IMG_4434.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18278_IMG_4434.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18278_IMG_4434.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18278_IMG_4434.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18278_IMG_4434.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18278_IMG_4434.JPG-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This historic Winehaven building once housed the largest wine distribution center in the United States. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In California, when the San Francisco earthquake came in 1906, the California wine industry was much different than it is today,” Richmond Mayor Tom Butt said. “There were still wineries scattered all over the state, but about 80 percent of them were owned and controlled by an organization called the California Wine Growers Association. And this was not just a friendly bunch of people promoting wine -- this was basically a \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Vines-Obsession-Vineyards-California/dp/1250033225\">monopoly\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the earthquake destroyed storage and distribution centers in San Francisco, the growers built Winehaven in Richmond. But then came Prohibition, and ultimately the wine growers went out of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Navy used the site as a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Molate_Naval_Fuel_Depot\">fueling depot\u003c/a> from 1942 until the base closed 20 years ago. In 2003, the Navy handed the land over to the city of Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">N\u003c/span>ow, this prime real estate, right on the bay with views of Mount Tamalpais, has cleared a major hurdle to new development. Last week marked the completion of a massive remediation job -- cleaning up toxic fuel waste left by the Navy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, the majority of the site was underground ponds,” said Craig Murray, development project manager for the city of Richmond, gesturing toward what’s now an open green field. “So you’d look out and see these facilities that the Navy would dispose of not only waste-related products into the soil, and some were later lined, but also the materials coming from the homes were put there. So it was just this one large catchall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleaning up the 11.2-acre site cost the Navy about $11 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A total of 207,000 tons of hazardous and regulated waste were excavated and removed,” City Manager Bill Lindsay said. “That is a lot of dirt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10849083\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10849083\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10849083\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Green grass is starting to grow in what was once a fuel dump site at Point Molate.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green grass is starting to grow in what was once a fuel dump site at Point Molate. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the site is now clean enough for residential use, just how to develop it remains up for debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concept for the development hasn’t really been worked out yet -- it’s still being discussed,” Lindsay said. “I think there’s some great ideas out in terms of what it can become.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Richmond voters and the City Council \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/richmond/ci_17782324\" target=\"_blank\">rejected\u003c/a> a \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/1863/Point-Molate-Resort-and-Casino\">plan\u003c/a> to turn Winehaven and much of Point Molate into a casino development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don Gosney, former community co-chair of the Point Molate Restoration Advisory Board, said the property needs to bring in revenue for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It costs well over a million dollars a year just for bare-bones maintenance, fire control and security,” he said. “The city cannot afford to keep paying for that. So, if you go along with what so many in this community want, which is just parkland and open space, these are cost items -- they bring in no revenue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>lthough it \u003cem>looks\u003c/em> like a builder's dream, the site also has issues that make it less attractive for development than high-profile former military sites elsewhere, according to Charlie Duncan, chairman of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/2442/Point-Molate-Community-Advisory-Committe\" target=\"_blank\">Point Molate Community Advisory Committee\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem with Point Molate, and what makes it different from the Presidio and Fort Baker, is that there’s no water here -- there’s very little electricity,” he said. “There’s not enough incoming utilities to serve the kind of uses that we’d hope to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10849079\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10849079 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Winehaven's neighbor to the north is the Richmond Rod and Gun Club, where law enforcement personnel, often do target practice. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winehaven's neighbor to the north is the Richmond Rod and Gun Club, where law enforcement personnel often do target practice. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bringing in these utilities will take a lot of money. According to one report last year, it would cost about $15 million to bring in sewer service and another $15 million for gas and electric utilities. Potable water and telecommunications will cost even more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site also has a minor image problem. It's easy to forget, but Chevron's massive Richmond refinery is just over the hill from Point Molate. The facility's impact on local communities is an ongoing concern, as illustrated by \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fire-at-Chevron-refinery-in-Richmond-3767221.php\">a 2012 fire and smoke plume\u003c/a> that sent 15,000 people to seek medical attention. Safety concerns may still trouble potential residents or investors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, the site's historic designation also limits what type of development is possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Lindsay says the top priority is getting people back in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think what we really want to do, figuratively anyway, is swing open the gates and have people take advantage of the beauty here along San Francisco Bay,\" said the city manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murray, the city development project manager, said a design firm is already working with the East Bay Regional Park District to extend the Bay Trail into Point Molate. He said that building the trail could begin within the next year.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Navy used the site as a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Molate_Naval_Fuel_Depot\">fueling depot\u003c/a> from 1942 until the base closed 20 years ago. In 2003, the Navy handed the land over to the city of Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">N\u003c/span>ow, this prime real estate, right on the bay with views of Mount Tamalpais, has cleared a major hurdle to new development. Last week marked the completion of a massive remediation job -- cleaning up toxic fuel waste left by the Navy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, the majority of the site was underground ponds,” said Craig Murray, development project manager for the city of Richmond, gesturing toward what’s now an open green field. “So you’d look out and see these facilities that the Navy would dispose of not only waste-related products into the soil, and some were later lined, but also the materials coming from the homes were put there. So it was just this one large catchall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleaning up the 11.2-acre site cost the Navy about $11 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A total of 207,000 tons of hazardous and regulated waste were excavated and removed,” City Manager Bill Lindsay said. “That is a lot of dirt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10849083\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10849083\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10849083\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Green grass is starting to grow in what was once a fuel dump site at Point Molate.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18280_IMG_4447.JPG-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green grass is starting to grow in what was once a fuel dump site at Point Molate. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the site is now clean enough for residential use, just how to develop it remains up for debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concept for the development hasn’t really been worked out yet -- it’s still being discussed,” Lindsay said. “I think there’s some great ideas out in terms of what it can become.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Richmond voters and the City Council \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/richmond/ci_17782324\" target=\"_blank\">rejected\u003c/a> a \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/1863/Point-Molate-Resort-and-Casino\">plan\u003c/a> to turn Winehaven and much of Point Molate into a casino development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don Gosney, former community co-chair of the Point Molate Restoration Advisory Board, said the property needs to bring in revenue for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It costs well over a million dollars a year just for bare-bones maintenance, fire control and security,” he said. “The city cannot afford to keep paying for that. So, if you go along with what so many in this community want, which is just parkland and open space, these are cost items -- they bring in no revenue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>lthough it \u003cem>looks\u003c/em> like a builder's dream, the site also has issues that make it less attractive for development than high-profile former military sites elsewhere, according to Charlie Duncan, chairman of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/2442/Point-Molate-Community-Advisory-Committe\" target=\"_blank\">Point Molate Community Advisory Committee\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem with Point Molate, and what makes it different from the Presidio and Fort Baker, is that there’s no water here -- there’s very little electricity,” he said. “There’s not enough incoming utilities to serve the kind of uses that we’d hope to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10849079\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10849079 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Winehaven's neighbor to the north is the Richmond Rod and Gun Club, where law enforcement personnel, often do target practice. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS18273_IMG_4423.JPG-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winehaven's neighbor to the north is the Richmond Rod and Gun Club, where law enforcement personnel often do target practice. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bringing in these utilities will take a lot of money. According to one report last year, it would cost about $15 million to bring in sewer service and another $15 million for gas and electric utilities. Potable water and telecommunications will cost even more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site also has a minor image problem. It's easy to forget, but Chevron's massive Richmond refinery is just over the hill from Point Molate. The facility's impact on local communities is an ongoing concern, as illustrated by \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fire-at-Chevron-refinery-in-Richmond-3767221.php\">a 2012 fire and smoke plume\u003c/a> that sent 15,000 people to seek medical attention. Safety concerns may still trouble potential residents or investors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, the site's historic designation also limits what type of development is possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Lindsay says the top priority is getting people back in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think what we really want to do, figuratively anyway, is swing open the gates and have people take advantage of the beauty here along San Francisco Bay,\" said the city manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murray, the city development project manager, said a design firm is already working with the East Bay Regional Park District to extend the Bay Trail into Point Molate. He said that building the trail could begin within the next year.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Contra Costa County prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a man Richmond police say made death threats against Muslims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, police in the East Bay city are facing questions about why it took more than 10 days to respond to reports of the alleged threats by William Celli -- which allegedly included shouted vows to kill members of a mosque and a Facebook post suggesting he'd built a pipe bomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say they're charging Celli, 55, with making death threats and violating the state's hate crime law in a series of incidents that began two days after \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/02/many-casualties-in-mass-shooting-in-san-bernardino\" target=\"_blank\">the Dec. 2 San Bernardino terror attack\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celli was arrested at his Richmond home on Sunday, and a bomb squad was called in to dispose of the suspected bomb. The device turned out not to contain explosives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how Bay Area News Group reporters Matthias Gafni, Karina Ioffee and Thomas Peele described the start of the case in a story reporting on \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29294711/richmond-donald-trump-supporter-arrested-suspicion-threatening-muslims?source=pkg\" target=\"_blank\"> Celli's arrest\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>On Dec. 4, William Celli stood outside the Islamic Society of West Contra Costa County and yelled \"I'm going to kill you all\" at worshipers as they left a prayer service, the mosque's leader said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the mosque alerted police, and they launched an investigation into the local plumber and self-proclaimed Donald Trump supporter who posted on Facebook that he would follow the Republican presidential candidate \"to the end of the world.\" On Sunday, police said, they arrested Celli, 55, after learning he posted a photo of a pipe bomb on social media. Inside his Richmond home, investigators said they found a pipe bomb-type device that was not armed with explosives.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10805613\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 210px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/celli.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10805613\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10805613\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/celli.png\" alt=\"Booking photo of William Celli, 55, arrested for alleged death threats against members of a mosque in Richmond. \" width=\"210\" height=\"291\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Booking photo of William Celli, 55, arrested for alleged death threats against members of a mosque in Richmond. \u003ccite>(Richmond Police Department)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What police didn't say at the time of the arrest is that they'd apparently missed the initial tip that Celli had posted the pipe bomb photo. A Facebook friend of Celli was alarmed by the picture, \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/22/california-man-arrested-for-building-a-pipe-bomb-and-threats-to-muslims\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian reported Tuesday\u003c/a>, and alerted her local police department -- in Connecticut. According to the Guardian account:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Maria DiLoreto Banks, a childhood friend of Celli who took a screen grab of the postings when they appeared on her feed, has shared the images with the Guardian. She provided the same information to the police more than two weeks ago. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... Banks said she became “nervous” when she saw her old friend’s Facebook posts and took screenshots of them. Two days later, she handed them into her local police station in Wethersfield, Connecticut. “I know Billy, but I haven’t seen him in a while and I didn’t feel comfortable because God forbid something happened and I didn’t do anything about it,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that night, on 6 December, Banks said she received a phone call from a California police agency following up on her report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They got the post and they wanted to know if it was still there and if I wanted to remain anonymous and what I knew, and to verify that all the information from the Wethersfield police department was correct and I wasn’t some flake,” she said. That was the last she heard from law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celli was not arrested until Sunday, 16 days after police were warned that a man fitting his description had been threatening congregants at the mosque, and 14 days after Banks raised the alarm over his Facebook post of a bomb.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The California police agency that Banks referred to was apparently the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office -- which got involved because Celli has a vacation home in the foothills town of Copperopolis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the Richmond Police Department's account of what happened next, by way of\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29299850/richmond-police-knew-about-pipe-bomb-pic-two?source=pkg\" target=\"_blank\"> a Wednesday story\u003c/a> by Gafni:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>According to Richmond police, a Calaveras County investigator told them a sheriff's deputy relayed the tip to a [Richmond] dispatcher ... who transferred the call to a detective's voice mail. However, no tip was acted on, and the detective investigating the case only learned of the photo Dec. 17, when he reached out to Calaveras County officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls and emails to the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday were not returned, but Richmond police Capt. Mark Gagan said the agency told his department it contacted the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force and Richmond police on Dec. 7. Richmond police have launched an internal investigation, but Chief Chris Magnus said no voice mail has been discovered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They leave this supposed voice mail, I'm not sure where, and we don't even know what's on the voice mail as this point,\" Magnus said. \"I would think if you're calling on something with that degree of urgency, I don't know about you, but I'd talk to a real person.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... When asked Tuesday about the possible delay in learning of the bomb photo tip, Gagan said: \"I do feel it's concerning. 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The device turned out not to contain explosives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how Bay Area News Group reporters Matthias Gafni, Karina Ioffee and Thomas Peele described the start of the case in a story reporting on \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29294711/richmond-donald-trump-supporter-arrested-suspicion-threatening-muslims?source=pkg\" target=\"_blank\"> Celli's arrest\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>On Dec. 4, William Celli stood outside the Islamic Society of West Contra Costa County and yelled \"I'm going to kill you all\" at worshipers as they left a prayer service, the mosque's leader said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the mosque alerted police, and they launched an investigation into the local plumber and self-proclaimed Donald Trump supporter who posted on Facebook that he would follow the Republican presidential candidate \"to the end of the world.\" On Sunday, police said, they arrested Celli, 55, after learning he posted a photo of a pipe bomb on social media. 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And Barry Dugar is presumed innocent, and I expect as the case moves along we will be able to show he actually is innocent and for that very reason we are entering pleas of not guilty.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dugar’s arrest last week stunned many who \u003ca href=\"http://richmondstandard.com/2015/07/basketball-program-overcomes-neighborhood-feuds-to-win-as-team-needs-funds-for-vegas-trip/\">viewed him\u003c/a> as a force for good in the city despite his past troubles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all just want to pause and breathe, because it’s really unbelievable,” Richmond City Councilmember Jovanka Beckles said. “It’s really difficult to believe that this man that we’ve come to know as seemingly, you know, caring and kind and thoughtful and community-oriented and really wanting to make a difference in his community, like this is the man that we got to know and to hear what’s really been going on, it’s so, so shocking. It really is. 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He started a group called \u003ca href=\"https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/frmDetail.asp?CorpID=03776084\">The Remember Us People Project\u003c/a> dedicated to helping formerly incarcerated people in the city. Dugar planted trees on \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/20/bay-area-turns-out-to-honor-mlk-day/img_0801\">Martin Luther King\u003c/a> Day. He volunteered at events sponsored by NBA star \u003ca href=\"http://www.thedrewgooden.com/video/nba-player-drew-gooden-brings-school-supplies-advice-to-richmond-kids/\">Drew Gooden\u003c/a>, who grew up in Richmond and now plays for the Washington Wizards. Dugar fed the homeless at Thanksgiving. 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She worked with Dugar installing the North Richmond community garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police say that the positive things Dugar was doing in the community, specifically with young men — encouraging them to volunteer on Election Day and participate in community events — got the attention of some local parents and guardians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way that they found out about the home was by word of mouth,” Richmond police Sgt. Matt Stonebraker said. “Their guardians have dropped them off there and they’ve heard he’s doing positive things and they thought that it would be a safe place for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, Dugar had half a dozen boys living in his group home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stonebraker said Dugar was registered as a sex offender, but was not under any type of supervision because he had served out his sentence. 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She thinks new laws like \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/02/18/prop-47-sentencing-reform-reaps-savings/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 47\u003c/a> and public safety \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/realignment/\" target=\"_blank\">realignment\u003c/a> have put more low-level offenders on the streets. But there are very few statistics to rely on. One thing is known: Amid what it says is a shortage of police officers that's affecting many departments, Richmond is 11 officers short of being fully staffed, less 14 more who are injured, pregnant or otherwise not fit for active duty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/218999393\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On any given day you can have one team who is short four spots,” Abetkov says, “which has an effect on a whole bunch of things: response to calls, customer service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the department is in the process of hiring five officers and working with a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives task force to combat the robberies, Abetkov says there are still systemic problems in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re always going to have a drug problem,” she says. “You’re always going to have the problem where two factions of different areas aren’t going to get along, and that’s just history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Devone Boggan, the director of Richmond’s Office of Neighborhood Safety, agrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The greatest challenge in this city is history and time,” he says, sitting in the antechamber of his office, just above the City Council chambers. “You’ve got a lot of lost lives in this war.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Office of Neighborhood Safety is unique among city departments across the country in that it tries to break this cycle of violence and history. Boggan and his staff reach out to those who are most likely to commit gun violence and be killed by it. These young people are offered a stipend of $1,000 per month to put down their weapons and follow a \"life map\" created with the help of office staff. They're mentored and taken on trips far away from their struggles at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.nccdglobal.org/publications/process-evaluation-for-the-office-of-neighborhood-safety\" target=\"_blank\">evaluation\u003c/a> by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency found that the program seems to be working for most of the people that buy into it: They aren’t ending up dead or in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Boggan says for every 50 people he sits down with, “You have five to 10 folks who will say, ‘Mr. Boggan, man I love what you’re trying to do. I love what your team is trying to do, but quite frankly, I ain’t ready to change. And I got some people I want to take out. And the police are going to have to earn their living.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the robbery in progress, a few neighbors wander out of their houses to see what’s happening. Five police cars are blocking the end of the street. A man drives by on his bike. He doesn’t want to be identified but does have something to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All they [the police] do is drive around and harass poor people,” he says. “They don’t never do nothing to the rich people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just then Cortez comes jogging back and jumps into the car parked nearby. She’s out of breath from a foot chase with one of the robbery suspects -- a race she won. The suspect is now in custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another officer drives up alongside and rolls down his window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did you catch the guy that outran me?” he asks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, one,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s my girl.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But that’s because you cornered him out,” she says. “Flushed him out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10640979\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1632px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/photo-4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10640979\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/photo-4.jpg\" alt=\"Richmond Police Officer Jennifer Cortez.\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/photo-4.jpg 1632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/photo-4-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/photo-4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/photo-4-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/photo-4-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/photo-4-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richmond Police Officer Jennifer Cortez. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cortez explains that most of the time her job isn’t this dramatic. She isn’t a beat cop; she’s on special projects like keeping drunks out of the park, towing RVs that leave sewage in people’s yards, and checking on illegal dumping spots. She says this is what community policing means -- taking care of residents in a lot of small ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She rolls past a popular dump site that’s right next to a row of very tidy apartments. Three stained mattresses lie askew on the ground alongside a broken mirror and a busted headboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is pretty minimal,” she says. “Usually there’s a pile up there. I just feel bad for the people that live here.” Later, she’ll notify public works and get the trash hauled away. 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