A community-informed plan identifying prioritized projects that can create 1,000 blue-green sector jobs in Richmond as part of a broader just transition strategy. This work comes out of the 2021 Resolution 88-21 to create a Richmond Green-Blue New Deal.

The plan was developed in partnership between the city, outside consultants, and over 40 community partners. A nine-month community engagement process identified community priorities, barriers, and opportunities for Richmond's green-blue economy through surveys, interviews, stakeholder meetings, and workshops. Findings from this process informed the plan's recommendations and implementation materials.

Nine-month engagement period; plan published between May 2023 and February 2025. First Opportunities Report: July 2024. Updated Opportunities Report: February 2025. Top 5 Priority Projects identified: June 2025.

As of June 2025, five priority projects have been identified through city staff surveys, with defined next steps to guide implementation over the next five years. These five projects have been approved by the City Council.

A community-informed plan to set in motion policies and action items around biking from the General Plan, identifying prioritized projects, a blueprint for completing a 145-mile system of bikeways, design standards, and education and safety programs for the city of Richmond.

Regular meetings with Richmond Planning, Engineering, and Redevelopment staff, coordination with the Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee, a day-long public workshop, an interactive online community map, and coordination with Richmond Pedestrian Plan outreach efforts to engage the public.

Plan published October 2011.

Implementation status is currently unclear.

This report serves as a Just Transition framework for workers and policy recommendations for Contra Costa County, in order to prepare for refinery closure while protecting workers and frontline communities, and to guide equitable economic development, land reuse, and public investment.

Developed over three years in partnership between labor and environmental justice groups. Consisted of commissioned research, worker and community engagement, working groups, workshops, and stakeholder briefings. The planning and engagement process centered refinery workers, frontline communities, and local labor and community organizations in shaping the recommendations produced.

Research carried out over three years. Report published January 2025.

A California State Senate hearing on Environmental Impacts of and Considerations for Refinery Closures has taken place. The California State Senate and Contra Costa County are advancing some of the policy recommendations through new legislation targeting facility closures, environmental cleanup, and worker safety.

A proposal to create a Richmond Public Benefits Development Authority (PBDA) to implement large-scale, community-accountable economic development and just transition projects, including Green-Blue New Deal implementation, port development, and other large-scale capital projects beyond current city capacity.

Presented as a proposal and discussion framework grounded in the Richmond just transition context — existing community/public plans, priorities, and increases in public funding from settlements. Outlines the problem, governance options, infrastructure models, a hypothetical prototype PBDA, legal and staffing requirements, and key next steps for city and community input.

Plan published November 2024.

Unsure where this proposal has landed. Next steps identified in the proposal included developing legal language, mission, governance, staffing, and budget; securing input from the city manager and city attorney; advancing a council ordinance; appointing board members; and identifying initial funding sources.

A utility-focused climate action plan that evaluates climate risks and identifies mitigation and adaptation strategies to ensure reliable, high-quality water and wastewater services across Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The plan addresses system-wide vulnerabilities, greenhouse gas reduction targets, renewable energy strategies, and long-term infrastructure resilience.

The plan builds on prior EBMUD policies and planning efforts, including the Climate Change Monitoring & Response Plan (2014), Wastewater Climate Change Plan (2019), and Urban Water Management Plan. It incorporates climate projections, system vulnerability assessments, and operational analyses to identify mitigation and adaptation strategies across EBMUD services.

Plan published January 2021.

The plan outlines both completed actions and ongoing initiatives, including targets to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions in the water system by 2030 and reduce emissions in the wastewater system by 2040. Implementation is ongoing through infrastructure investments, renewable energy expansion, and regional partnerships.

Plan Part 1 — a regional baseline assessment of Bay Area economic, environmental, public health, labor market, and industry conditions to support an equitable, climate-resilient economic development strategy.

Plan Part 2 — a Regional Economic Strategic Plan based on Part 1, identifying 5 key sectors with activation plans and Sector Investment Coordinators to lead implementation.

Developed through a regional collaborative of government, labor, community, business, education, philanthropy, and Indigenous partners. The process included a Steering Committee, subregional tables, research and engagement committees, and stakeholder input through meetings, interviews, webinars, and draft review.

Planning phase 2023. Plan 1 published December 2023. Plan 2 published December 2024. Activation Plans published early 2025. Sector Investment Coordinators appointed early 2025.

In early 2025, the Bay Area Jobs First Collaborative appointed Sector Investment Coordinators to lead Activation Plans for five of the region's key sectors. These Activation Plans serve as roadmaps for investment and growth in the Bay Area, focused on increasing high-road job opportunities for disinvested communities, ensuring climate resilience, and realizing sustainable economic strategies.

A community-informed plan aiming to improve the safety, convenience, and appeal of walking throughout the city of Richmond. This plan identifies overall recommendations and design principles, specific site and project prioritization, crosswalk policy, and action steps.

The plan was developed in partnership between the city, consultants, and the Pedestrian Plan Advisory Committee. It is the result of a multi-month planning effort, including a series of Central Richmond–based meetings and neighborhood workshops.

Planning process ran over 2010 and the beginning of 2011, with a series of Central Richmond meetings and workshops. Plan published October 2011.

Implementation status is currently unclear.

A Transformative Climate Communities proposal for Richmond's project area that combines active transportation, home energy upgrades, water conservation, urban greening, food access, workforce development, and anti-displacement strategies. The proposal is framed around making Richmond "healthy, connected, and climate strong" while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building community resilience.

A years-long collaborative effort to empower Richmond's most impacted communities as they face climate change — connecting residents and strengthening community while generating renewable energy and providing affordable, active transportation options. The project includes youth leadership and community design input.

The UC Berkeley Center for Global Healthy Cities team has published its Year 1 Evaluation Report, documenting progress from August 2023 to July 2024 across transformative climate and community resilience projects in Richmond's Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, and Coronado neighborhoods, tracking the first year of implementation across 10 integrated projects.

See also the Richmond Rising Place-Based Workforce Development Findings Report (Dec 2024), the Richmond Rising Resilience Roadmap (2019), and further updates from the Richmond Rising website.

A vision for the city of Richmond in 2030, and a comprehensive policy framework and goals that move the city closer to that vision. This plan is divided into 15 "elements" that address land use, economic development, housing, transportation, climate change, public safety, arts and culture, and open space conservation strategies.

The plan was developed through the culmination of an extensive five-year community visioning and planning process that involved the participation of over 2,000 community members and representatives from local non-profit organizations, advocacy groups, public agencies, industry and business representatives, educational institutions, and nearby local governments.

Five-year community visioning and planning process. Plan adopted by the City Council on April 25, 2012.

All development projects approved in the City must be consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan.

A web-based climate planning and implementation tool that helps the City and community partners analyze and prioritize climate projects, drive local investments, and pursue climate funding. The tool combines technical data and community-informed criteria to identify areas most vulnerable to climate impacts and support multi-benefit projects.

Building on the City's policy and program alignment work focused on health and racial equity, from 2016 to 2017 the City of Richmond, Trust for Public Land, and an advisory group built this tool, incorporating local factors like unemployment, vehicle ownership, and public health indicators alongside environmental justice data to understand which communities may be most affected by flooding, sea level rise, and poor air quality.

The planning process also looked at which places are most important to protect during emergencies — hospitals, fire and police services, utilities, schools, recreation centers, and other community facilities — helping shape the tool to guide future climate investments where they're needed most.

A year-long advisory and tool-development process from 2016 to 2017. The tool was updated in September 2025.

As of September 2025, the tool has been updated in collaboration with the City of Richmond, Third Plateau, and other partners.

This is a citywide health equity assessment that brings together data on the social, economic, environmental, and health conditions shaping well-being in Richmond. The report presents relevant health indicators and outcomes to inform local programs and policies aimed at improving health outcomes and advancing equity, examining income, education, housing, neighborhood safety, environmental burdens, and access to services.

The report was developed in collaboration through the Richmond Health Equity Partnership, which formed in March 2012 to implement the Community Health and Wellness Element of the Richmond General Plan 2030.

The report draws on data from roughly 2005–2014, including ACS 2010–2012 estimates, Richmond City Survey data through 2013, California Healthy Kids Survey data from 2009–2011, and school outcome data from 2014. The Richmond Health Equity Partnership formed in March 2012.

The report functions primarily as an assessment and policy tool rather than an implementation plan — see the Health in All Policies Progress Report for related updates.

A citywide progress report tracking how Richmond's Health in All Policies ordinance is advancing health equity across government. The report looks at how city policies, programs, and partnerships affect the social and environmental conditions that shape health, with a focus on reducing structural racism, toxic stressors, and long-standing inequities.

This progress report builds on Richmond's Health in All Policies ordinance, drafted by the Richmond Health Equity Partnership and adopted in 2014, and on a strategy document developed with city departments, community-based organizations, and health and social justice partners. For this 2020 report, the city and UC Berkeley used data and interviews — drawing on the American Community Survey, CalEnviroScreen, California Health Interview Survey, police data, Transparent Richmond, the Richmond Community Survey, and school district data, plus interviews with city staff, community organizations, and residents — to measure progress across the same six Health in All Policies intervention areas, comparing newer data with earlier years and paying particular attention to differences by neighborhood, race and ethnicity, and income.

The HiAP ordinance was adopted in April 2014. The report was published in 2020, mainly using data from roughly 2013–2019, with some longer trend comparisons reaching back to the 2000s and an overview of conditions as of February 2020, before COVID-19.

The report outlined next-step recommendations. A 2020 Evaluation from the Health in All Policies Interdepartmental Working Group defined further next steps for Richmond HiAP on the City's open data website, Transparent Richmond, in October 2022 — including strategic intervention areas, key findings from the most recent Progress Report, recommended next steps, and case studies highlighting the need for and importance of Health in All Policies.

A neighborhood-level plan outlining how resident-led advocacy and community priorities can shape equitable development in North Richmond, an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County. The plan addresses affordable housing, economic opportunity, youth and education, and community safety, with an explicit focus on preventing displacement and gentrification and ensuring longtime residents receive the benefits of new development.

The plan began after residents learned that the Housing Authority of Contra Costa County planned to redevelop Las Deltas, a historic affordable housing site in North Richmond. Residents organized to ensure redevelopment reflected community priorities and protected existing residents.

Healthy Richmond began organizing in May 2018, and the ten-member Resident Leadership Team launched in July 2018, conducting 127 relational interviews and eight stakeholder focus groups. In October 2018, more than 80 residents attended a community visioning event at Verde Elementary School, and five public planning sessions from November 2018 to March 2019 refined priorities into the plan. Institutional stakeholders were invited to join a "Leadership Circle" to identify sponsors, implementing partners, and resources.

Organizing began May 2018. The Resident Leadership Team launched July 2018, followed by interviews and focus groups over summer 2018. A community visioning event was held October 2018, and public planning sessions ran November 2018–March 2019. The plan was released March 30, 2019. Early action projects were scheduled for summer 2019, with longer-term priorities extending through 2029 and beyond.

The plan identifies early implementation work around housing advocacy, renter outreach, homeownership education, youth and community center planning, traffic safety, community benefits, public art, local history, and gateway signage. Key next steps include advocating for at least 50% affordable units in new development, outreach to renters, youth surveys for a future community center, traffic safety proposals, a resident-led community benefits campaign, and activation of a North Richmond Specific Plan aligned with Envision Contra Costa 2040.

Resident Leadership Team (at time of publication)

Karen Garcia — JumperGirl1991@gmail.com
Kapris James — Kapris.James@gmail.com
Sara Gurdian — Sara.Gurdian97@gmail.com