Martinez, Butt, Robinson, Bana take slight leads in early Richmond City Council election results
After council members known as the Richmond Progressive Alliance held a political majority for the past eight years, voters have been divided on whether the city is still on track or should change course on how elected leaders have voted during city council meetings to reallocate police budgets, increase corporate taxes, approve housing developments and manage encampments.
Mark Wassberg, a retired auto mechanic and former Chevron employee who lives in his truck in El Sobrante, was trailing in last place., where hot debate has often placed natural open spaces, commercial industries and residential development at odds. Nearly 2,000 ballots had been counted in the district.
Zepeda is not an RPA member but was endorsed by the polarizing bloc. He campaigned on his ability to balance diverse perspectives and bring people together, after working within the West County Wastewater District, several Hilltop District neighborhood associations, the Contra Costa Community College Foundation and the GRIP homeless resource center.— only a hair ahead of fellow candidates Corky Boozé and Oscar Garcia. As of Tuesday evening, 1,335 district votes were counted.
Robinson is a third-generation resident of Richmond’s southside and the executive director of Urban Tilth, a nonprofit dedicated to community-based agriculture education.
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