Richmond General Plan

Energy and Climate Change Element Added to General Plan

The City of Richmond, California, is having a very large impact on how communities nationwide will plan for the future. Building on its breakthrough concept of including a Public Health element in its General Plan, the City has launched the development of an Energy and Climate Change (ECC) element, thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

Health Policy Element Added to General Plan

In a breakthrough concept that could improve the health of people in urban environments statewide, The California Endowment has provided a $255,000 grant to include Public Health in a new General Plan for the City of Richmond, California—the first plan in the State to include this element. The project will be led by MIG, Inc., the land use planning firm for the City of Richmond's General Plan Update, in consultation with Contra Costa Health Services.