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Video: REDI Community Forum Highlight Reel

Editor2 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:08:47 -0500

Richmond Planning Commission to Require a Comprehensive Cap on Chevron's Crude Oil

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:52:32 -0500

Community applauds the decision as necessary to prevent more pollution and related health ailments in the Bay Area

The Richmond Planning Commission voted to require a "comprehensive crude cap" as a part of Chevron's proposed expansion of its Richmond oil refinery. "This was a significant step fotward for environmental justice in the city of Richmond and beyond," said Dr. Henry Clark, executive director of the West County Toxics Coalition. Hundreds of community members with the Richmond Alliance for Environmental Justice, a coalition of community-based organizations, packed the hearing and urged Richmond's Planning Commission to stop Chevron from expanding the refinery's capacity to process heavier and dirtier crude oil.

A Healthy Richmond, California Endowment looks at REDI

Editor2 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:18:17 -0500

Boom-and-bust cycles have shaped the city of Richmond’s history. Its population quadrupled between 1940 and 1943; later, with the closing of its World War II shipyards, the population shrank dramatically. From 1970 to 2000, it grew at only half the rate of the rest of the East Bay. Today, Richmond remains an important industrial center for the Bay Area, home to nearly a third of all jobs in the manufacturing, wholesale and transportation sectors. Because of Richmond’s reliance on industrial economies, much of the city’s land is zoned for industrial and commercial use.

Beset by decades of economic, social and environmental challenges, Richmond faced significant financial shortfalls. “Historically it was unable to access its fair share of regional resources and was a city dealing with disinvestment,” recalls Juliet Ellis, executive director of the environmental justice organization Urban Habitat. “And for a combination of reasons the relationship between the City Council and community members was extremely tense, at an all-time low.”

REDI Document Archive

Editor2 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:39:03 -0600

The Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (REDI) has produced documents which support its projects and campaigns in core focus areas which include, equitable land use and planning, quality jobs and workforce training, affordable, safe and reliable public transit, greater community ownership and creating a healthy environment.

The documents are listed in reverse chronological order.

Policy Implementation for Richmond General Plan

admin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:24:25 -0600

REDI developed a series of policy recommendations and implementation measures in the areas of land use, housing, transportation, economic development and health. The goal of these policies is to discourage displacement, segregation and gentrification practices that have occurred in cities that are undergoing similar change. When implemented, these policies can provide community benefits for all residents, specifically low-income communities and communities of color.

REDI Policy Recommendations

admin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:15:15 -0600

The following policies and implementation plans are designed to give life to the Richmond Equitable Development Initiative's (REDI) core principles and goals and to provide needed clarity and specificity to our shared goal of a stronger, healthier and more equitable Richmond. For additional information, please review REDI's Policy Brief document.

Community Commits to Campaign

admin — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:07:03 -0500

Richmond Leaders and Community Members Commit to "Equitable" Policies for Richmond General Plan

Equitable Development Institute

UH Staff — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:49:14 -0600

REDI Events Archive

UH Staff — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:07:29 -0600

REDI held a Community Forum and Action on July 26, 2007.

Vision, Goals and Principles

UH Staff — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:40:09 -0600

Vision and Goals

The Partners’ vision for Richmond is a community in which every resident has access to affordable housing, and safe, reliable public transit that connects them to living-wage jobs, quality education, a clean environment, health care and other essential services. A place where community-driven economic development puts existing residents’ needs first, where urban revitalization provides opportunities for local businesses to thrive, and where local policies are part of a regional plan for achieving an equitable and sustainable Bay Area.