My Plan for Richmond

Richmond has come a long way. Homicides are at the lowest level in our history, and the city has resources we need to invest in our people and our shared future. What we do next will shape Richmond for a generation. 

I do not take money from companies that do business with City Hall, or corporate contributions of any kind. That means I won’t be bought or influenced by corporate interests, that means I answer to you. 

Let's keep Richmond moving forward together. Here is what I will do as your mayor.

Make the Chevron money count

I helped win $550 million from Chevron. I will make sure it builds our future instead of quietly disappearing into everyday costs. My plan splits the money three ways:

• Grow our economy. Invest in new industries that bring jobs and tax dollars, so Richmond no longer depends on one company.

• Make sure residents share in the growth. Fund housing, training, and other help so the people who live here now can stay and so their families can do better.

• Quick results you can see. Pay for improvements that show up on your block in months, not years.

• Residents will help decide how the money is spent, and the city will report every year on where it went.

Good jobs for Richmond

Any Richmond resident who is looking for a good job should be able to find one close to home. That's why as mayor I will:

• Invest in our port facilities and industrial areas so we can rent space to new, clean businesses.

• Train residents for in-demand jobs, like ship maintenance and repair, with paid programs that lead to union careers.

• Help formerly incarcerated residents start their own businesses and employ more Richmond residents.

• Support small business owners by improving city permitting processes and making our city bureaucracy easier to navigate.

Results you will see soon

City leaders of the past faced financial crises that left them unable to fulfill basic city functions. Having already helped stabilize our budget as a Councilmember, I will as mayor direct more of that money towards catching up with neighboring cities on quality of life issues. That means:

• Clean up trash and illegal dumping, and fix sidewalks and roads in every neighborhood.

• Give grants to small businesses to grow and fix up their storefronts.

• Plant thousands of new street trees for shade and cleaner air.

• Keep improving parks, libraries, and community centers.

• Help families access solar for their homes, electric car charging, and other energy efficiency upgrades.

Keep our city safe

Our approach is working. We have invested in stopping violence before it happens, and the results speak for themselves. We have a strategy, but there is more to be done!

• Keep funding the Office of Neighborhood Safety and its violence prevention work.

• Grow the ROCK team, so trained responders handle mental health calls.

• Keep making streets safer for drivers, walkers, and kids.

• Continue to prioritize filling police vacancies by keeping officer salaries, benefits and working conditions competitive.

Clean air and a protected shoreline

Families near the refinery and the freeways have breathed dirty air for too long. And as the bay rises, our shoreline needs protection.

•  Clean up polluted land and turn it into parks, homes, and manufacturing locations.

•  Build natural shoreline barriers that protect homes and roads from flooding.

•  Add solar and backup batteries to fire stations, schools, and community centers, so they stay open in emergencies.

A city that welcomes everyone

Richmond is home to people from all over the world and every one of them belongs here.

• Keep protecting immigrant families from federal overreach.

• Invest more in Black residents and the neighborhoods they've built.

• Provide help in many languages, so everyone can reach city services.

• Prevent displacement by strengthening rent control, expanding tenant protections and building more homes working families can afford.

–Claudia Jiménez