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5. Better Environment

I will work to make Richmond a more sustainable city, by championing green energy and business practices to protect our scarce natural resources from further degradation by pollution and overuse, and make the city a healthy place for all of its residents. The formula for a better environment in Richmond is relatively simple: Do not build on toxic sites, mandate appropriate clean-ups under rigorous supervision; preserve the remaining open spaces; enforce the pollution control regulations both on industry and residents; promote and expand Richmond’s urban forest, parks and gardens; and promote environmental awareness in all residents.

As mayor, I will:
Convert city vehicles to cleaner fuels or electric power, which reduce noise and air
pollution and lower operating costs.
Promote the city’s participation in Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) (AB117),
and encourage residents and businesses to join. CCA will result in Richmond residents,
business and government having more local control, lower energy rates and more
renewable and alternative energy sources.
Promote the generation of electricity cleanly and efficiently through solar and tidal power,
and significantly expand energy conservation programs.
Restore and expand urban parks, plazas, and open space, convert unused city land to
parks and open space, protect and restore natural areas, and expand access to the
shoreline.
Make Richmond a model city for sustainable development by promoting a Sustainability
Plan and the implementation of green designs in City buildings.
Promote the emergence of a truly community-planned Richmond Greenway.
Protect the natural and use values of our water system by making use of recycled water,
opposing expansion of the system to support suburban sprawl in the hills, promote water
conservation, and manage watershed lands with sustainability.
Protect the surrounding bay and waterfront by preventing the loss of the remaining open
space and marshlands; protecting the waterfront from redevelopment; reducing sewage
spills; and reducing urban runoff.
Fix Richmond’s failing sewer system to stop the high rate of raw sewage flowing into the
San Francisco Bay.
Promote the safe removal of toxins from our environment.
Reduce noise pollution by implementing quiet zones and enforcing City ordinances.
Institute significant Shelter in Place fines to be charged to the industry responsible for
the alert.
Create a Richmond Environmental Commission.
Establish an Environmental Justice Policy.
Support smart growth, infill housing and neighborhood character preservation.
Keep Richmond's hills open, accessible and public.
Keep Richmond's shorelines open, accessible, clean and public.

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