Richmond Hills Initiative Legal Defense

The Friends Of The Richmond Hills is proud to say that the Richmond Hills Initiative, which protects 430 acres of open space to the south of El Sobrante, was adopted unanimously by the Richmond City Council in 2017 and has since met several legal challenges successfully.

However, a third round of legal action has been initiated by the developers recently. We need to raise funds to pay legal fees so we can continue to defend this treasure from speculative interests.

For more than forty years, speculators have attempted to develop this beautiful, but notoriously unstable, area. Each time, the community has banded together to defeat these ill-considered attempts. Instead of continuing to fight these proposals one by one, a group of residents got together in 2015 and formed the Friends Of The Richmond Hills in order to look for a more permanent solution. This led to the creation of the Richmond Hills Initiative, which protects 430 acres from large-scale development.

Please consider helping us protect the hills by donating at this site, or by check (see below). They need you!

Donations made by check are tax deductible, but please note that donations made through Go Fund Me are not.

https://www.savetherichmondhills.org/

To check out our online store, click here.

To watch a short video* of the hills, click here.

To donate by check, follow the below instructions:

Make check payable to SPRAWLDEF

In memo line, write "Richmond Hills Case"

Mail to:

Norman La Force

802 Balra Drive

El Cerrito, CA 94530

In addition to your check, please include a separate note stating Name, Address and Phone Number even if this is already on the check! SPRAWLDEF has very kindly agreed to act as our financial agent, and these details are very helpful to them, and also enables them to send you a confirmation letter.

Donations to SPRAWLDEF, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, are tax-deductible.

All the above information, and more, is available online at:

https://www.savetherichmondhills.org/donate-to-defend-the-rhi/

Thanks!

The Friends Of The Richmond Hills

*Video by Cary Groner