Richmond Equitable Development Initiative
The Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (REDI) works to empower, inform and share ideas with Richmond residents about land use and development issues and how these decisions can impact low-income communities and communities of color in their city. REDI’s aim is to protect neighborhoods and communities against the potential for displacement or gentrification. 
REDI actively supports the need for quality, living-wage jobs and job training programs linked to growth industries and sectors as well as quality, affordable housing options, effective and connected public transportation networks and an overall healthier and cleaner environment. REDI conducts research and policy analysis, organizes community stakeholders and advocates for public policy and development that benefits instead of burdens low-income communities and communities of color.
Who we are
REDI is a collaborative of advocacy, research and grassroots community based organizations working together in Richmond and throughout the Bay Area on environmental justice and social justice issues. Our organizations represent thousands of Richmond’s diverse residents. As a coalition, REDI collaborative partners lead campaigns and projects, provide research and technical assistance, and organize community stakeholders around REDI’s key campaigns and projects.
REDI Collaborative Partners are leading REDI campaigns and projects in Richmond that support our vision for Richmond.
- ACORN
- Contra Costa Faith Works
- Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO)
- East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
- Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP)
- Urban Habitat
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network Laotian Organizing Project (LOP)
- Communities for a Better Environment (CBE)
- Community Benefits Law Center
- Human Impact Partners
- Public Advocates
- UC Berkeley Center for Community Innovation
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Richmond News via RP&E
Chevron Threatens To Leave Longtime Home
Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET
The biggest producer of greenhouse gases in California is the Chevron Corp.'s oil refinery in the Bay Area town of Richmond, just east of San Francisco.
The refinery opened more than a century ago, and in spite of the bad air, Richmond has always been a loyal company town.
Until lately.
The refinery is nestled on a bank of hills right next to the San Francisco Bay. It's a Byzantine complex of tanks, steam boilers and 8,000 miles of piping. The refinery produces jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.
Over the past century, the Richmond refinery has prospered, helping Chevron make billions in profits.
Chilly Climate for Oil Refiners
Only a few years ago, a cry went up that the United States needed more oil refineries. The perceived shortage was so acute that George W. Bush, president at the time, even offered disused military bases as sites for building them.
Not only did that never come to pass, but the reverse is now happening. The business of oil refining is mired in a deep crisis, with five refineries having shut down this year, including plants in Delaware, New Jersey, California and New Mexico.
