Richmond Equitable Development Initiative
The Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (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. 
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. REDI’s aim is to protect neighborhoods and communities against the potential for displacement or gentrification.
Who we are
REDI organizations and its community members represent thousand of Richmond families that are representative of Richmond’s rich diversity in age, culture, and ethnicity. 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.
- Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
- 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)
Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (REDI) Updates
Press Release: Richmond General Plan Passes!
For Immediate Release
Richmond General Plan Passes!
RICHMOND, Calif. –On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 12:44 am, the Richmond City Council voted to pass the General Plan 2030 (GP) with a vote of 5-2—Councilmembers Booze and Bates voted ‘no’. Nearly 30 members of the REDI (Richmond Equitable Development Initiative) collaborative filed into an already packed City Council chamber around 8pm Tuesday evening for the second and final round of the GP adoption hearing. The GP agenda item didn’t begin until 10:45pm. Roughly two hours into deliberations, the Council voted unanimously to approve the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), then minutes later to approve the Plan.
REDI's Christy Leffall on KPFA's Morning Mix - April 19, 2012
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Listen to Christy Leffall, land-use program coordinator and coordinator of the Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (REDI) at Urban Habitat, on KPFA's Morning Mix hosted by Richmond Planning Commissioner Andres Soto that aired on April 19, 2012 at 8:00 am. Leffall gives a recap of the General Plan Rally at the Richmond City Council Chambers on April 17th and subsequent adoption hearing of the General Plan with the Environmental Impact Report, which REDI has been working on for over six years.
REDI members turned out in significant numbers to this meeting. The vote was tabled until next week because the general plan agenda took over four hours, one hour for the staff’s presentation, and another three hours for public testimony where 111 speakers had signed in to speak. The upcoming City council vote on Tuesday, April 24th, 6:30pm at Richmond City Hall. Listen to an edited version of the segment here (or download). Visit, KPFA to hear the full version.
Christy Leffall is currently a Land Use Program Coordinator working in Contra Costa County. Leffall is coordinator of the Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (REDI) in Richmond, CA, which advocates for the adoption and implementation of equitable elements within the city’s updated General Plan.Support the Richmond General Plan on Tuesday, April 17
Dear Richmond Community Allies: Finally, after six years of community-based planning, education, and advocacy efforts, the Richmond City Council will vote to adopt the General Plan.
We, the Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (REDI) are excited to attend the General Plan Adoption Hearing to support and urge our allies to put community health and the quality-of-life of city residents first!
When: Tuesday, April 17, 6:30pm
Where: Community Services Building 440 Civic Center Plaza Richmond, CA
We are optimistic that our allies on the City Council will pass the Planning Commission’s recommendations to the General Plan, but We Still Need Your Help!
We ask that you please commit to supporting REDI’s General Plan campaign by doing one or more of the following:
• Call and email our allies on the City Council to adopt the General Plan
• Bring your friends and family to the April 17th adoption hearing
• Speak in support of the General Plan at the adoption hearing
• Forward this attached letter to all of your community allies (Download the PDF here)
