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Elections BC's register gives no date of registration. Richmond News called it a \"newly formed slate\" on October 18, 2026.",[261,262,263],"ar-about","ebc-register","rn-2026-10-18-elects","The organization formed in 2025 out of the campaign against a supervised drug use site, which elected three councillors and three school trustees in 2026",{"entries":266,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":305,"gaps":310},[267,273,280,285,291,297],{"date":268,"title":269,"body":270,"cites":271},"2024-02-05","Council votes to explore a supervised consumption site","Richmond News reported that eight of nine councillors voted to explore a site at the hospital grounds where drug users could test and consume drugs, with only Chak Au against. Sheldon Starrett held a press conference against it with former MP Kenny Chiu. The organization's About page dates its beginnings to this hearing, and says more than 120 residents registered to speak and 20,000 signed a petition. Those figures are its own.",[272,261],"rn-2024-02-05",{"date":274,"title":275,"body":276,"cites":277},"2025-02-17","Rally at City Hall against supportive housing and drug policy","Global News reported that more than 100 people rallied at City Hall days after the City dropped a supportive housing project. Sheldon Starrett spoke for Keep Richmond Safe, which his statement to the City says he founded. The organization's About page says residents moved \"from protest to organization\" in 2024 and 2025.",[278,279,261],"gn-2025-02-17","city-profile-starrett",{"date":281,"title":282,"body":283,"cites":284},"2025-07-01","Registered with Elections BC, by its own account in mid-2025","The organization's About page says it formally adopted the name Advance Richmond Community Alliance and registered as an elector organization with Elections BC in mid-2025. Elections BC's register lists it as the Advance Richmond Community Association and gives no date. The exact day is not known to voche.me; this entry is placed in mid-2025.",[261,262],{"date":286,"title":287,"body":288,"cites":289},"2026-09-09","Four candidates join the slate","Richmond News reported that Sheldon Starrett, Jizhou (William) Wang, Wallace Pong and Grace Tsang joined at a press conference, alongside Kevin Lai, Gary Law, Sam Wang and six trustee candidates. Starrett, who had announced a run for mayor with the Conservative Electors Association in May, ran for council instead. Steven Qian withdrew from the election and endorsed the organization.",[290],"rn-2026-09-09",{"date":292,"title":293,"body":294,"cites":295},"2026-09-21","Thirteen candidates on the ballot","The City's declaration of election by voting lists seven Advance Richmond candidates for Councillor and six for School Trustee, the most of any organization in Richmond. It ran no candidate for mayor.",[296],"city-declaration-voting",{"date":298,"title":299,"body":300,"cites":301},"2026-10-17","2026 election: six of thirteen candidates elected","The City's official results of October 21, 2026 show Gary Law first among council candidates with 15,759 votes, Sheldon Starrett fourth with 13,576 and Kevin Lai eighth with 12,006. Sam Wang (11,709) and Grace Tsang (10,254) finished ninth and tenth, just outside the eight seats. For School Trustee, Rod Belleza (17,762), Danny Chang (16,773) and Dean Billings (16,475) were elected; Sophia Woo (15,459) finished eighth, one place short.",[302,263],"city-declaration-results","researched",true,[306,307,308,309],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026","The City of Richmond's declarations of September 21 and October 21, 2026","Richmond News reports of February 5, 2024 and September and October 2026, and Global News of February 17, 2025","Advance Richmond's About and Latest News pages",[311,312],"The date of registration with Elections BC is the organization's own account (mid-2025); the register gives none.","The petition, rally and hearing figures on the organization's About page are its own, and voche.me has not checked them.",[314,318],{"role":315,"name":316,"cites":317},"Authorized principal official, as registered with Elections BC","Yen Hung Lai",[262],{"role":319,"name":144,"cites":320},"Founder, by the organization's own account; president, as Richmond News describes him",[321,322,290],"ar-lai","city-profile-lai",{},{"searchUrl":325,"filings":326,"notes":327,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":334,"gaps":338},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLESearch.aspx",[],[328,329,330,331,332],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its register, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Advance Richmond Community Association for Richmond and the Richmond School District.","Elections BC says an elector organization must file a financial report within 90 days after general voting day for each election it takes part in, and by March 31 for each calendar year. General voting day was October 17, 2026, so no report on this election is published yet.","By its own account the organization registered in 2025, so it has no filing from the 2022 election.","On October 17, 2026 the organization published a statement on its site answering photos and videos that it says were circulated online and in messaging groups, alleging that it refused to pay bills and lacked funds. The statement says it has continued to make payments to suppliers and that the claim is false. voche.me found no report of the allegation by a news outlet and no complaint on Elections BC's site. The people who circulated the material are not named.","Its site asks for donations to each candidate's campaign.","none-published",[306,335,336,337],"Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, local elections search","Elections BC's page on elector organizations","Advance Richmond's About and Latest News pages and its donation links",[339,340],"Elections BC has published no financial report from Advance Richmond. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after general voting day.","The register gives no date of registration, so voche.me does not know whether an annual report for 2025 was due.",{"entries":342,"state":303,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":371,"gaps":376},[343,349,354,358,362,367],{"date":344,"publisher":345,"title":346,"url":347,"summary":348},"2026-10-19","Richmond News","Richmond Votes: Municipal election turnout rises by 15K in 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-bc-votes-municipal-election-turnout-rises-by-15k-in-2026-12911501","Maria Rantanen writes that outside the mayor's race the clear winner was Advance Richmond, \"the 'pink' group as they refer to themselves\", with three new councillors and three trustees. Turnout was 40 percent of eligible voters, up from 25 percent in 2022.",{"date":350,"publisher":345,"title":351,"url":352,"summary":353},"2026-10-18","Richmond Votes: Five fresh faces on Richmond city council","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-bc-votes-four-fresh-faces-on-richmond-council-12908027","Gary Law credits his first-place finish to his team's social media work and says he wants more auxiliary constables, a CCTV pilot and regular safety meetings. Sheldon Starrett says his first item will be to rescind the 2024 motion on a consumption site at Richmond Hospital, and that he wants to end the Alderbridge supportive housing.",{"date":350,"publisher":345,"title":355,"url":356,"summary":357},"Richmond Votes: Newly formed slate Advance Richmond elects three councillors","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Frichmond-votes-advance-richmond-elects-three-councillors-12907463","At the Advance Richmond watch party, Starrett told the crowd he would make Richmond end \"all these drug sites\". RITE Richmond's Laura Gillanders said some new councillors campaigned on \"misinformation\" about existing councillors wanting drug sites, and that council does not deal with drugs, health care or treatment.",{"date":286,"publisher":345,"title":359,"url":360,"summary":361},"Advance Richmond adds four more candidates to slate","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Fadvance-richmond-adds-four-more-candidates-to-slate-12760189","Sheldon Starrett, Jizhou (William) Wang, Wallace Pong and Grace Tsang joined the slate at a press conference. Starrett dropped his run for mayor; the Conservative Electors Association had said it removed him as its mayoral candidate. Kevin Lai, named as the organization's president, listed four focuses: public safety, accountability at city hall, support for families, seniors and small businesses, and education above politics.",{"date":274,"publisher":363,"title":364,"url":365,"summary":366},"Global News","Scores rally against supportive housing, B.C. drug policy in Richmond","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F11022267\u002Frichmond-rally-drug-housing\u002F","More than 100 people rallied at Richmond City Hall against the Province's drug and public safety policies, days after the City dropped a supportive housing project. Sheldon Starrett spoke for a group called Keep Richmond Safe. The report does not name Advance Richmond.",{"date":268,"publisher":345,"title":368,"url":369,"summary":370},"Richmond council votes 8-1 to explore safe drug consumption site","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Flocal-opioid-crisis-news\u002Frichmond-council-votes-8-1-to-explore-safe-drug-consumption-site-8214640","Eight of nine councillors voted to explore a site at the hospital grounds. Sheldon Starrett, who ran for council in 2022 on Chak Au's slate, held a press conference against the motion with former MP Kenny Chiu. The report predates the organization and does not name it.",[372,373,374,375],"Richmond News reports of September 9 and 11 and October 17 to 19, 2026, and of February 5, 2024","Global News report of February 17, 2025","Web searches for Advance Richmond, ARCA and its candidates at the Richmond Sentinel, Daily Hive, CBC, Global News, CityNews, the Vancouver Sun and Business in Vancouver","VoteMate's page for Advance Richmond",[377,378,379],"voche.me found no independent report on when the organization was formed or on its platform as a whole before the September 9, 2026 press conference.","Richmond News's search and section pages answer 403 to scripts, so its reports were found through web searches and may not be complete.","No outlet reported the online allegation about unpaid bills that the organization answered on October 17, 2026.",[381,382,383,384,385,386],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Advance Richmond Community Association for Richmond and for the Richmond School District, with the other names ARCA and Advance Richmond and the ballot name \"ARCA Advance Richmond Community Association\". It names Yen Hung Lai as the authorized principal official. The City's declaration of election by voting prints the organization as \"Advance Richmond\".","The City's declaration of September 21, 2026 lists 13 Advance Richmond candidates: Kevin Lai, Gary Law, Wallace Pong, Sheldon Starrett, Grace Tsang, Jizhou William Wang and Sam Wang for Councillor, and Rod Belleza, Dean Billings, Danny Chang, Willy Sinconegue, Phyllis Tang and Sophia Woo for School Trustee. It ran no candidate for mayor.","The City's official results of October 21, 2026 show six of them elected. Gary Law had 15,759 votes, the most of any council candidate, 207 more than Carol Day. Sheldon Starrett had 13,576 and Kevin Lai 12,006, the eighth and last council seat. For School Trustee, Rod Belleza had 17,762 votes, Danny Chang 16,773 and Dean Billings 16,475.","The organization's own pages say Kevin Lai founded it, and Richmond News describes him as its president. voche.me has not confirmed whether Yen Hung Lai, the principal official named in Elections BC's register, is the same person.","Its site lists five values: fight drugs, create prosperity, strengthen unity, improve safety and take responsibility. Its About page says it \"grew from community concern about drug policy and poorly planned housing proposals\". Richmond News wrote on October 19, 2026 that the group refers to itself as the \"pink\" group, after its campaign colour.","Grace Tsang's statement to the City says that for the full platform, readers should refer to the statements of its councillor and school trustee candidates. Those statements, together with the organization's site and its October 2026 social media posts, are what voche.me read as the platform.",{"accent":388,"onAccent":389,"tint":390,"ink":391},"#B45309","#FFFFFF","#FBEEDC","#1F2933",[393,434,480,525],{"issue":394,"headline":395,"summary":396,"paragraphs":397,"proposals":402,"questions":426,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":427,"gaps":431},"housing","Faster permits, a \"3-3-3-1\" approval timeline, and no publicly funded housing that allows illicit drug use","Advance Richmond's candidates promised faster renovation and housing permits, with Grace Tsang's statement setting a target of three days for minor renovations and one year for high-rises. Kevin Lai's statement promised to use every lawful municipal power to oppose publicly funded housing that permits illicit drug use. The organization gives no number of homes and no cost.",[398,399,400,401],"The organization's fifth value, \"take responsibility\", promises \"better solutions for housing, youth, and social services\". Its About page says it grew in part from concern about \"poorly planned housing proposals\", and its site lists a campaign called Stop CPH that asked for housing plans with consultation and oversight. The site names the project only by those letters.","Kevin Lai's statement to the City says City Hall delays increase renovation and housing costs, and that he helped organize opposition to the Cambie and Sexsmith Permanent Supportive Housing project. It promises to fast-track renovation permits that meet safety and building code requirements.","Grace Tsang's statement to the City sets out a \"3-3-3-1\" approval policy and a rule for rental suites and short-term rentals. She was not elected. Her statement says the organization's full platform is in the statements of all its candidates, so voche.me reads her points as part of that platform.","A post of October 15, 2026 on the organization's site shows a housing project advertised as \"coming 2019\" that it says is still an empty lot, and asks for a council that \"cuts through red tape, makes housing truly affordable, and gets it built\". Sheldon Starrett's statement to the City lists \"affordable and aspirational home ownership\" among his priorities.",[403,407,412,416,421],{"title":404,"detail":405,"cites":406},"Fast-track renovation permits that meet the building code","Kevin Lai's statement to the City promises to stop making homeowners pay for City Hall delays, and to fast-track renovation permits that meet safety and building code requirements. It sets no target time.",[322,321],{"title":408,"detail":409,"cites":410},"A \"3-3-3-1\" housing approval policy","Grace Tsang's statement to the City proposes three days for minor renovations, three weeks for detached homes, three months for multi-family and mid-rise projects, and one year for high-rises. She was not elected, and her statement says the organization's platform is the sum of its candidates' statements.",[411],"city-profile-tsang",{"title":413,"detail":414,"cites":415},"Legal rental suites and owner-occupied short-term rentals under a \"neighbourhood-protection rule\"","Grace Tsang's statement to the City promises support for safe, legal rental suites and owner-occupied short-term rentals under a \"neighbourhood-protection rule\". It does not say what the rule would contain.",[411],{"title":417,"detail":418,"cites":419},"Oppose publicly funded housing that permits illicit drug use","Kevin Lai's statement to the City promises to use every lawful municipal power to oppose supervised consumption sites and publicly funded housing that permits illicit drug use, and to enforce no-drug rules in public spaces and taxpayer-funded facilities. Sheldon Starrett told Richmond News after the vote that ending the Alderbridge modular supportive housing is on his agenda.",[322,420],"rn-2026-10-18-faces",{"title":422,"detail":423,"cites":424},"Affordable home ownership for younger families","Sheldon Starrett's statement to the City lists \"champion affordable and aspirational home ownership\" among his priorities, and his page on the organization's site says the same for younger families. Neither names a program or a number of homes.",[279,425],"ar-starrett",[],[428,429,430],"Advance Richmond's home, About, Election 2026 and Latest News pages, including its October 2026 social media posts","The statements to the City of Kevin Lai, Gary Law, Sheldon Starrett and Grace Tsang","The pages for each elected candidate on the organization's site",[432,433],"The organization gives no number of homes, no cost and no change to a named bylaw.","Its site names the Stop CPH campaign only by those letters and does not say what project it means.",{"issue":435,"headline":436,"summary":437,"paragraphs":438,"proposals":442,"questions":468,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":473,"gaps":477},"taxes-and-budget","A property tax freeze for restaurants and grocery stores, free City parking for residents, and cost reporting on City projects","In October 2026 posts the organization promised to freeze municipal property taxes for restaurants and grocery stores, to make all City-run parking free for Richmond residents while visitors keep paying, and to publish timelines and costs for City projects. Kevin Lai's statement promised \"a builder's discipline\" on municipal projects. The posts give no cost for any of these.",[439,440,441],"The organization's second value, \"create prosperity\", promises to grow the economy so middle-class families and small businesses can thrive. Kevin Lai's statement to the City promises clear plans, realistic budgets, firm timelines and accountability for delays and cost overruns on municipal projects.","A post of October 15, 2026 says 85 cents of every parking dollar goes back into running the City's parking program, and promises free City-run parking for residents. voche.me has not checked that figure against the City's budget. Another post the same day promises a property tax freeze for restaurants and grocery stores. A post of October 13 on the Gilbert Road sewer project demands transparent timelines and public cost reporting.","Sheldon Starrett's statement to the City lists \"freeze tax increases\" and \"stop wasteful spending\" among his priorities. After the vote, Gary Law told Richmond News that raising taxes would not be the best way to add police officers, and that he hopes to increase the number of unpaid auxiliary constables instead.",[443,448,452,456,460,464],{"title":444,"detail":445,"cites":446},"Freeze municipal property taxes for restaurants and grocery stores","A post of October 15, 2026 on the organization's site promises to freeze municipal property taxes for restaurants and grocery stores. It gives no cost and does not say how those businesses would be identified under the Community Charter's property classes.",[447],"ar-news",{"title":449,"detail":450,"cites":451},"Free City-run parking for Richmond residents","A post of October 15, 2026 promises to make all City-run parking free for local residents while visitors from outside Richmond continue to pay. It gives no cost and no way of telling residents from visitors.",[447],{"title":453,"detail":454,"cites":455},"Clear plans, realistic budgets and firm timelines on municipal projects","Kevin Lai's statement to the City promises to bring a builder's discipline to municipal projects, with accountability for delays and cost overruns. A post of October 14, 2026 repeats the promise for the whole team.",[322,447],{"title":457,"detail":458,"cites":459},"Public timelines and cost reporting on City projects","A post of October 13, 2026 on the Gilbert Road sewer project, which it says took 13 years, demands transparent timelines and public cost reporting. voche.me has not checked the project's dates.",[447],{"title":461,"detail":462,"cites":463},"Freeze tax increases","Sheldon Starrett's statement to the City lists \"freeze tax increases\" and \"stop wasteful spending\" among his five priorities. It gives no year and no amount.",[279],{"title":465,"detail":466,"cites":467},"More auxiliary constables instead of a tax increase for policing","Gary Law told Richmond News on October 18, 2026 that he hopes to ask the officer in charge of Richmond RCMP to increase the number of auxiliary constables, who are unpaid, so the City pays only for training and uniforms. He also named a pilot CCTV project in high-crime areas as a short-term goal.",[420],[469],{"question":470,"answer":471,"cites":472},"Does Advance Richmond promise a property tax freeze?","Its October 15, 2026 post promises a freeze on municipal property taxes for restaurants and grocery stores only. Sheldon Starrett's own statement to the City lists \"freeze tax increases\" with no year or amount. The organization has three of the eight council seats.",[447,279,302],[474,475,476],"Advance Richmond's home, About and Latest News pages, including its October 2026 social media posts","The statements to the City of Kevin Lai, Gary Law and Sheldon Starrett","Richmond News reports of October 17 to 19, 2026",[478,479],"No post or statement gives a cost, a saving or a year for any of these promises.","The organization's figures on parking revenue and on the Gilbert Road project are its own, and voche.me has not checked them.",{"issue":481,"headline":482,"summary":483,"paragraphs":484,"proposals":489,"questions":519,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":520,"gaps":522},"governance","Use the City's powers against drug use sites, meet residents monthly, and push senior governments for a new bridge and City-employed doctors","Advance Richmond's mission statement says \"major decisions change with residents, not without them\". Its candidates promised to use every lawful municipal power against supervised consumption sites, monthly meetings between councillors and residents, a one-stop hub for business licences and permits, a new bridge between Richmond and Burnaby paid for with senior governments, and family doctors hired by the City on the Colwood model.",[485,486,487,488],"The organization's home page says its mission is that \"major decisions change with residents, not without them\". Its About page says that in early 2024 more than 120 residents registered to speak against a supervised consumption site and council still voted to approve a study motion. Richmond News reported on February 5, 2024 that eight of nine councillors voted to explore a site at the hospital grounds, and that Sheldon Starrett held a press conference against it that morning with former MP Kenny Chiu.","After the vote, Starrett told Richmond News that his first item will be to rescind that 2024 motion, and that he wants the City to work with Vancouver Coastal Health on a secure detox and treatment centre and to write a homelessness policy. Gary Law told the same paper he wants regular meetings between the mayor, a councillor, the officer in charge of Richmond RCMP and citizen representatives.","Posts of October 15, 2026 promise to push Ottawa and Victoria for a new bridge linking Burnaby and Richmond, with the City paying \"its fair share\", and to follow what the organization calls the Colwood model, where a city hires family doctors as employees paid from provincial patient-care payments. voche.me has not checked how Colwood's program works.","Gary Law's statement to the City names transparent governance and decisions guided by current data. Dean Billings' statement, for the school board, makes the same point for that body.",[490,494,499,503,507,511,515],{"title":491,"detail":492,"cites":493},"Use every lawful municipal power against supervised consumption sites","Kevin Lai's statement to the City promises to use every lawful municipal power to oppose supervised consumption sites. Sheldon Starrett told Richmond News on October 18, 2026 that his first agenda item is to rescind the 2024 council motion on a consumption site at Richmond Hospital.",[322,420],{"title":495,"detail":496,"cites":497},"Monthly meetings between councillors and residents","Grace Tsang's statement to the City promises monthly meetings where councillors meet residents and give City updates. The organization's site promises forums and town halls.",[411,498],"ar-home",{"title":500,"detail":501,"cites":502},"A one-stop hub for business licences and permits","Grace Tsang's statement to the City promises a one-stop municipal hub to streamline business licences and permits. Kevin Lai's page on the organization's site lists \"small business and permitting reform\" as a priority.",[411,321],{"title":504,"detail":505,"cites":506},"Regular meetings of the mayor, a councillor, Richmond RCMP and citizens on safety","Gary Law told Richmond News on October 18, 2026 that regular meetings between the mayor, a city councillor, the officer in charge of Richmond RCMP and citizen representatives are among his short-term goals.",[420],{"title":508,"detail":509,"cites":510},"Push senior governments for a new bridge between Richmond and Burnaby","A post of October 15, 2026 promises to push Ottawa and Victoria to build a new bridge linking Burnaby and Richmond across the North Arm of the Fraser River, with the City committing to pay its fair share. It gives no cost and no share.",[447],{"title":512,"detail":513,"cites":514},"Family doctors hired by the City on the Colwood model","A post of October 15, 2026 proposes that the City hire family doctors as employees with a salary, benefits and a pension, funded, it says, by provincial patient-care payments. It calls this the Colwood model.",[447],{"title":516,"detail":517,"cites":518},"A secure detox and treatment centre, and a homelessness policy","Sheldon Starrett told Richmond News on October 18, 2026 that he wants the City to work with Vancouver Coastal Health on a \"secure detox and treatment centre\" and to come up with a more comprehensive homelessness policy. His statement to the City lists \"end the drug sites\" first among his priorities.",[420,279],[],[474,429,521],"Richmond News reports of February 5, 2024 and October 17 to 19, 2026",[523,524],"Drug treatment, detox and health care are provincial responsibilities. The organization does not say which of its health promises the City can carry out on its own.","The platform holds no commitment on council procedure, the conduct of members or the size of council.",{"issue":526,"headline":527,"summary":528,"paragraphs":529,"proposals":533,"questions":566,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":567,"gaps":571},"schools","Public delegations at board meetings, published data on bullying and drug use at schools, and work experience programs","Advance Richmond's trustee candidates promised to let the public speak on agenda items at board and committee meetings, to publish data on substance use, bullying and violence against staff, to set up a business advisory committee for the district, and to expand co-op and internship programs. All three elected trustees promised to advocate for adequate funding of public education.",[530,531,532],"Each trustee candidate's statement to the City says the organization's full education platform is in the statements of all its trustee candidates. Dean Billings' statement promises transparent and democratic decision-making and evidence-based decision-making, and sets a goal of first place in BC in literacy scores, math scores and graduation rates.","Danny Chang's statement promises a Richmond Business Community Advisory Committee, more fundraising, easier rental of school facilities by community groups, and more co-op, internship and job shadowing programs. Rod Belleza, who was a trustee before the vote, promises adequate funding, safe and inclusive schools, life skills, financial literacy and a stronger student voice.","A post of October 14, 2026 asks who oversees the district's meal card spending, which it says rose from $627,000 in 2022-2023 to $1.23 million in 2024-2025. voche.me has not checked those figures against the district's financial statements. Danny Chang's page on the organization's site says children can be vulnerable to \"misguided policies, especially around drug use and school safety\".",[534,539,543,547,552,556,561],{"title":535,"detail":536,"cites":537},"Let the public speak on agenda items at board and committee meetings","Dean Billings' statement to the City promises to allow delegations from the public on agenda items and at public committee meetings, and to open Indigenous and other board advisory committees to the public.",[538],"city-profile-billings",{"title":540,"detail":541,"cites":542},"Publish data on substance use, bullying and violence at schools","Dean Billings' statement to the City promises to publish data on substance use on school grounds, racism, bullying, class evacuations and violence against staff, and to evaluate changes, pilots and outside vendors in a systematic way.",[538],{"title":544,"detail":545,"cites":546},"First in BC in literacy, math and graduation rates","Dean Billings' statement to the City sets the goal of getting Richmond to first place in BC in literacy scores, math scores and graduation rates. It names no measure and no date.",[538],{"title":548,"detail":549,"cites":550},"A Richmond Business Community Advisory Committee","Danny Chang's statement to the City promises a Richmond Business Community Advisory Committee, more fundraising opportunities, and school facilities that are easier for community organizations to rent.",[551],"city-profile-chang",{"title":553,"detail":554,"cites":555},"More co-op, internship and job shadowing programs","Danny Chang's statement to the City promises to expand co-op programs, internships, job shadowing, business field trips and volunteer opportunities, and to strengthen financial literacy and preparation for an AI-driven economy.",[551],{"title":557,"detail":558,"cites":559},"Advocate for adequate funding of public education","The statements to the City of Rod Belleza, Dean Billings and Danny Chang each promise to advocate for adequate funding of public education. Belleza's adds mental health funding.",[560,538,551],"city-profile-belleza",{"title":562,"detail":563,"cites":564},"Safe and inclusive schools, life skills and financial literacy","Rod Belleza's statement to the City promises a safe and inclusive learning environment, life skills to improve students' well-being, financial literacy and a stronger student voice. His page on the organization's site says he raised substance use awareness and child poverty as a trustee.",[560,565],"ar-belleza",[],[568,569,570],"The statements to the City of Rod Belleza, Dean Billings and Danny Chang","The pages for each elected trustee on the organization's site","Advance Richmond's Latest News page, including its October 2026 social media posts on schools",[572,573],"The organization has no single school platform page. The promises are spread over its six trustee candidates' statements, and voche.me read those of the three elected.","The meal card figures in its October 14, 2026 post are its own, and voche.me has not checked them.",[575,579,584,588,592,596,600,604,608,613],{"question":576,"answer":577,"cites":578},"How many seats did Advance Richmond win in 2026?","Six. Gary Law, Sheldon Starrett and Kevin Lai were elected to City Council, and Rod Belleza, Danny Chang and Dean Billings to the Board of Education. Its other four council candidates and three trustee candidates were not elected.",[302,296],{"question":580,"answer":581,"cites":582},"Who were Advance Richmond's candidates?","The City's declaration lists Kevin Lai, Gary Law, Wallace Pong, Sheldon Starrett, Grace Tsang, Jizhou William Wang and Sam Wang for Councillor, and Rod Belleza, Dean Billings, Danny Chang, Willy Sinconegue, Phyllis Tang and Sophia Woo for School Trustee. It ran no candidate for mayor.",[296,583],"ar-election",{"question":585,"answer":586,"cites":587},"Who leads Advance Richmond?","Its site names Kevin Lai as its founder, and Richmond News calls him its president. Elections BC's register names Yen Hung Lai as the authorized principal official. voche.me has not confirmed that these are the same person.",[321,290,262],{"question":589,"answer":590,"cites":591},"When was Advance Richmond formed?","By its own account it grew out of opposition to a supervised consumption site in 2024 and registered with Elections BC in mid-2025. Elections BC's register gives no date. Richmond News called it a newly formed slate in October 2026.",[261,262,263],{"question":593,"answer":594,"cites":595},"What does Advance Richmond promise on drug use sites?","Kevin Lai's statement to the City promises to use every lawful municipal power to oppose supervised consumption sites and publicly funded housing that permits illicit drug use. Sheldon Starrett told Richmond News his first item will be to rescind the 2024 council motion on a site at Richmond Hospital. Drug treatment and health care are provincial responsibilities.",[322,420],{"question":597,"answer":598,"cites":599},"What does Advance Richmond promise on taxes?","A property tax freeze for restaurants and grocery stores, free City-run parking for residents, and public cost reporting on City projects, all from its October 2026 posts. Sheldon Starrett's own statement lists \"freeze tax increases\". No post gives a cost.",[447,279],{"question":601,"answer":602,"cites":603},"What does Advance Richmond promise on housing?","Faster renovation permits, Grace Tsang's \"3-3-3-1\" approval timeline (three days for minor renovations up to one year for high-rises), legal rental suites under a neighbourhood-protection rule, and affordable home ownership for younger families. It gives no number of homes.",[322,411,279],{"question":605,"answer":606,"cites":607},"What does Advance Richmond promise for schools?","Public delegations at board and committee meetings, published data on substance use, bullying and violence at schools, a business advisory committee for the district, more co-op and internship programs, and advocacy for adequate funding. Each trustee candidate's statement says the full platform is the sum of all its trustee statements.",[538,551,560],{"question":609,"answer":610,"cites":611},"What did Advance Richmond say about the claim that it did not pay its bills?","On October 17, 2026 it published a statement saying photos and videos circulated online alleged it refused to pay bills and lacked funds, that it has continued to pay suppliers, and that the claim is false. The people behind the material are not named. voche.me found no news report of the allegation and no complaint on Elections BC's site.",[447,612],"ebc-filings",{"question":614,"answer":615,"cites":616},"Where can I see Advance Richmond's finances?","Elections BC has published no financial report from Advance Richmond so far. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after voting day, and it will appear in Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System.",[612,617],"ebc-org",{"entries":619,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":620,"gaps":622},[],[306,307,621,309],"Richmond News reports of February 5, 2024 and September and October 2026",[623,624,625],"The organization first ran candidates in 2026, so it has no record in office under its name. The new council and board take office in November 2026.","Rod Belleza sat on the Board of Education before the vote. The Richmond Sentinel reported in 2022 that he was elected then with the Richmond Community Coalition. His votes in that term are on his own page.","Richmond News reported in 2024 that Sheldon Starrett ran for council in 2022 on Chak Au's slate and was not elected.","Advance Richmond Community Association","advance-richmond",[629,634,637,639,642,646,649,652,655,658,661,664,668,671,674,677,681,683,687,689,691,694,697,699,704,705,706,708,709,710,716],{"id":262,"label":630,"url":631,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"publishedAt":255,"checkedAt":255},"Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, as of October 30, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FList-of-elector-organizations-by-jurisdiction.pdf","Elections BC","government",{"id":617,"label":635,"url":636,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":612,"label":638,"url":325,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Financial Reports and Political Contributions System: local elections search",{"id":296,"label":640,"url":641,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":292,"checkedAt":255},"Declaration of Election by Voting, September 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond.ca\u002F__shared\u002Fassets\u002FDeclaration_of_Election_by_Voting_-_September_21__202679778.pdf",{"id":302,"label":643,"url":644,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":645,"checkedAt":255},"Declaration of Official Election Results, October 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond.ca\u002F__shared\u002Fassets\u002F2026_declaration_of_official_result79945.pdf","2026-10-21",{"id":322,"label":647,"url":648,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Kevin Lai, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=85",{"id":411,"label":650,"url":651,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Grace Tsang, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=86",{"id":279,"label":653,"url":654,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Sheldon Starrett, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=94",{"id":560,"label":656,"url":657,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Rod Belleza, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=101",{"id":538,"label":659,"url":660,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Dean Billings, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=98",{"id":551,"label":662,"url":663,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Danny Chang, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=103",{"id":498,"label":665,"url":666,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Advance Richmond: home page and values","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.advancerichmond.com\u002F","subject",{"id":261,"label":669,"url":670,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Advance Richmond: About ARCA","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.advancerichmond.com\u002Fabout\u002F",{"id":583,"label":672,"url":673,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Advance Richmond: 2026 Richmond Election Candidates","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.advancerichmond.com\u002Felection-2026\u002F",{"id":447,"label":675,"url":676,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Advance Richmond: Latest News and community updates","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.advancerichmond.com\u002Flatest-news\u002F",{"id":678,"label":679,"url":680,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"publishedAt":350,"checkedAt":255},"ar-results","Advance Richmond Congratulates Six Team Members Following the 2026 Richmond Election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.advancerichmond.com\u002Flatest-news\u002Frichmond-2026-election-results\u002F",{"id":321,"label":682,"url":150,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Advance Richmond: Kevin Lai",{"id":684,"label":685,"url":686,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"ar-law","Advance Richmond: Gary Law","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.advancerichmond.com\u002Fteam\u002Fgary-law\u002F",{"id":425,"label":688,"url":199,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Advance Richmond: Sheldon Starrett",{"id":565,"label":690,"url":190,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Advance Richmond: Rod Belleza",{"id":692,"label":693,"url":93,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"ar-billings","Advance Richmond: Dean Billings",{"id":695,"label":696,"url":84,"publisher":626,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"ar-chang","Advance Richmond: Danny Chang",{"id":290,"label":359,"url":360,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":286,"checkedAt":255},"news",{"id":700,"label":701,"url":702,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":703,"checkedAt":255},"rn-2026-09-11","Richmond election 2026: A complete list of local candidates","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fheres-who-running-in-richmond-come-election-time-in-october-12771026","2026-09-11",{"id":263,"label":355,"url":356,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":350,"checkedAt":255},{"id":420,"label":351,"url":352,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":350,"checkedAt":255},{"id":707,"label":346,"url":347,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":344,"checkedAt":255},"rn-2026-10-19",{"id":272,"label":368,"url":369,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":268,"checkedAt":255},{"id":278,"label":364,"url":365,"publisher":363,"kind":698,"publishedAt":274,"checkedAt":255},{"id":711,"label":712,"url":713,"publisher":714,"kind":698,"publishedAt":715,"checkedAt":255},"rs-2022-10-15","Richmond election results in minimal change","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmondsentinel.ca\u002Farticle-detail\u002F27708\u002Frichmond-election-results-in-minimal-change","Richmond Sentinel","2022-10-15",{"id":717,"label":718,"url":719,"publisher":720,"kind":721,"checkedAt":255},"votemate","VoteMate: Advance Richmond, 2026 BC Local Elections","https:\u002F\u002Fen.votemate.org\u002Fbc2026\u002Fparties\u002F305","VoteMate","other","elections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fadvance-richmond","Advance Richmond, registered as the Advance Richmond Community Association (ARCA), is an elector organization for Richmond and the Richmond School District. By its own account it grew out of resident opposition to a supervised consumption site and to supportive housing projects, and registered with Elections BC in 2025. In 2026 it ran seven council candidates and six school trustee candidates. Six were elected: Gary Law, who had the most votes of any council candidate, Sheldon Starrett and Kevin Lai for Council, and Rod Belleza, Danny Chang and Dean Billings for the Board of Education.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.advancerichmond.com","mL9q0tgwljToHSBbQ5sSmiqbDkuV9EjBi19bru5Ubg0",{"id":727,"aliases":728,"checkedAt":255,"declaredColour":18,"extension":256,"founded":730,"headline":735,"history":736,"leadership":759,"logo":18,"meta":767,"money":768,"name":42,"news":780,"overview":812,"palette":818,"platform":821,"questions":961,"record":992,"registeredName":999,"rosterLabel":42,"slug":1000,"sources":1001,"stem":1041,"summary":1042,"website":1043,"wordmark":18,"__hash__":1044},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcommon-sense-alliance.json",[729,49],"CSA",{"year":731,"note":732,"cites":733},2026,"Richmond News reported that the group announced its candidacy on July 29, 2026. Elections BC's register gives no date of registration.",[734,262],"rn-2026-07-30","The organization launched in July 2026 with former MP Kenny Chiu, which elected him to Council and re-elected trustee Alice Wong",{"entries":737,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":751,"gaps":756},[738,743,747],{"date":739,"title":740,"body":741,"cites":742},"2026-07-29","Candidates announced","Richmond News reported that the Common Sense Alliance announced its candidacy on July 29, 2026: Kenny Chiu, Thomas Leung and Glenda Strang for council and Alice Wong for re-election as trustee, with three core principles and a five-pillar platform. MP Chak Au is its policy adviser, and Chiu has worked in Au's office since 2025.",[734],{"date":292,"title":744,"body":745,"cites":746},"Four candidates on the ballot","The City's declaration of election by voting lists Chiu, Leung and Strang for Councillor and Wong for School Trustee under the name Common Sense. It ran no candidate for mayor.",[296],{"date":298,"title":748,"body":749,"cites":750},"2026 election: two of four candidates elected","The City's official results show Chiu sixth among council candidates with 13,119 votes and Wong sixth among trustee candidates with 16,101. Leung had 9,132 votes and Strang 6,485; neither was elected. The Chief Election Officer declared the results on October 21, 2026.",[302,420],[752,753,754,755],"Elections BC's register and scanned reports search","The City's declarations of September 21 and October 21, 2026","Richmond News reports of July 30 and October 2026","Common Sense's home and Our Candidates pages",[757,758],"Elections BC's register gives no date of registration, and the organization's site gives no account of its formation.","Chiu's and Wong's earlier service as trustees, and Chiu's term as MP, predate the organization and are on their own pages.",[760,763],{"role":315,"name":761,"cites":762},"Thomas Leung",[262],{"role":764,"name":765,"cites":766},"Policy adviser, as Richmond News reported","Chak Au",[734],{},{"searchUrl":325,"filings":769,"notes":770,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":774,"gaps":777},[],[771,772,329,773],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its register, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Common Sense Alliance Association for Richmond and the Richmond School District.","A search of Elections BC's scanned reports on October 30, 2026 for filers named Common Sense returned no reports.","The organization's site has a donation page and asks for lawn sign and poster requests.",[306,775,336,776],"Elections BC's scanned reports search for filers named Common Sense","Common Sense's Donation page",[778,779],"Elections BC has published no financial report from the organization. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after general voting day.","The register gives no date of registration.",{"entries":781,"state":303,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":805,"gaps":809},[782,786,788,793,798,803],{"date":344,"publisher":345,"title":783,"url":784,"summary":785},"Richmond Votes: Setting campaigns aside, Richmond trustees prepare for new term","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-bc-votes-setting-campaigns-aside-richmond-trustees-prepare-for-new-term-12911682","Alice Wong, with Common Sense Alliance, was one of five returning trustees re-elected. The new board meets first on November 4, 2026.",{"date":350,"publisher":345,"title":351,"url":352,"summary":787},"Former MP Kenny Chiu, of the Common Sense slate, was one of four new councillors, alongside three from Advance Richmond.",{"date":789,"publisher":345,"title":790,"url":791,"summary":792},"2026-10-10","Richmond Votes: 29 council candidates face off in debate","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-bc-votes-29-council-candidates-face-off-in-debate-12878344","At the Richmond Poverty Reduction Coalition's debate, Chiu said it is not realistic to expect housing to be solved by one level of government. Thomas Leung framed drug use as a health issue.",{"date":794,"publisher":345,"title":795,"url":796,"summary":797},"2026-10-07","Richmond Votes: School trustee candidate Alice Wong","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-bc-votes-school-trustee-candidate-alice-wong-12850202","Wong's questionnaire answers: yes to more basics, more trades education, drug awareness in high school, more support workers and SOGI policies; no to banning cellphones or artificial intelligence and to school districts setting tax rates.",{"date":799,"publisher":345,"title":800,"url":801,"summary":802},"2026-07-30","Former Richmond MP vies for city council seat in fall election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Fformer-richmond-bc-member-parliament-vies-for-city-council-2026-civic-election-12614180","Kenny Chiu, Thomas Leung, Glenda Strang and Alice Wong announced their candidacy on July 29, 2026 as the Common Sense Alliance, with MP Chak Au as policy adviser. Chiu said he was running for council, not mayor.",{"date":268,"publisher":345,"title":368,"url":369,"summary":804},"Former MP Kenny Chiu joined Sheldon Starrett's press conference against the motion to explore a consumption site at Richmond Hospital. The report predates the organization.",[806,807,808],"Richmond News reports of February 5, 2024 and July 30, October 7, 10, 18 and 19, 2026","Web searches for Common Sense Alliance and its candidates at the Richmond Sentinel, Daily Hive, CBC, Global News, CityNews, the Vancouver Sun and Business in Vancouver","VoteMate's page for Richmond",[810,811],"Richmond News's search and section pages answer 403 to scripts, so its reports were found through web searches and may not be complete. Its questionnaire page for Kenny Chiu was not found.","voche.me found no report of the organization outside Richmond News.",[813,814,815,816,817],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Common Sense Alliance Association for Richmond and for the Richmond School District, with the other names CSA and Common Sense Alliance and the ballot name Common Sense. It names Thomas Leung as the authorized principal official.","The City's declaration of September 21, 2026 lists Kenny Chiu, Thomas Leung and Glenda Strang for Councillor and Alice Wong for School Trustee. The City's official results of October 21, 2026 show Chiu sixth among council candidates with 13,119 votes, Leung twelfth with 9,132 and Strang with 6,485. Wong was sixth among trustee candidates with 16,101 votes.","Richmond News reported on July 30, 2026 that the group had announced its candidates the day before with three core principles and a five-pillar platform, that Chiu was MP for Steveston-Richmond East from 2019 to 2021, and that its policy adviser is Chak Au, the MP for Richmond Centre-Marpole and a former city councillor, in whose office Chiu has worked since 2025.","The organization's site names 12 practical solutions. Its English pages set them out as five pillars; the full list of 12 is on a poster in Chinese on the site. Each council candidate's statement to the City says they support the team's 12 solutions.","Elections BC's scanned reports search listed no filing from the organization on October 30, 2026. The organization is new, so no earlier filing is due.",{"accent":819,"onAccent":389,"tint":820,"ink":391},"#0F766E","#E0F2F1",[822,856,891,926],{"issue":394,"headline":823,"summary":824,"paragraphs":825,"proposals":829,"questions":848,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":849,"gaps":853},"\"Made-in-Richmond\" housing initiatives, City control of supportive housing, and homes for first responders","Common Sense's five pillars promise to break ground on \"Made-in-Richmond housing initiatives\" in the first term, to take full municipal jurisdiction over supportive housing so the City can enforce management standards, and to provide secure local housing for first responders. The platform names no project, no number of homes and no cost.",[826,827,828],"The fifth pillar, \"Inspired City\", promises to break ground on Made-in-Richmond housing initiatives in the first term of a Common Sense council. The fourth pillar, \"Safe City\", promises to take full municipal jurisdiction over supportive housing \"to enforce strict management standards and safer neighborhoods\". Supportive housing in Richmond is run under provincial programs, and the platform does not say how the City would take jurisdiction.","Kenny Chiu's statement to the City says he would explore \"innovative partnerships and new approaches\" to add to the housing supply. At the council debate of October 8, 2026, Richmond News reported, Chiu said the City cannot solve the housing problem alone and needs the provincial and federal governments.","Glenda Strang's statement to the City says supportive housing must balance compassion, community safety and accountability, and supports dedicated housing for first responders. The second pillar promises to work with residents and senior governments to safeguard fee simple private property ownership.",[830,835,840,844],{"title":831,"detail":832,"cites":833},"Break ground on \"Made-in-Richmond\" housing initiatives in the first term","The fifth pillar promises to break ground on Made-in-Richmond housing initiatives in the first term of a Common Sense council. It names no project, number of homes or cost. The organization has one of eight council seats.",[834,302],"cs-pillars",{"title":836,"detail":837,"cites":838},"Full municipal jurisdiction over supportive housing","The fourth pillar promises to take full municipal jurisdiction over supportive housing to enforce strict management standards. It does not say how the City would take over programs the Province runs.",[834,839],"city-profile-strang",{"title":841,"detail":842,"cites":843},"Secure local housing for first responders","The third pillar promises secure local housing for first responders so emergency personnel stay in Richmond during catastrophic events. Strang's statement to the City supports the same. No number of homes is given.",[834,839],{"title":845,"detail":846,"cites":847},"Safeguard fee simple private property ownership","The second pillar promises to partner with residents and senior governments to safeguard fee simple private property ownership. It names no specific step.",[834],[],[850,851,852],"Common Sense's home, Core Values and Pillars, and Our Candidates pages","The statements to the City of Kenny Chiu, Thomas Leung and Glenda Strang","Richmond News's report of the council debate of October 8, 2026",[854,855],"The platform gives no number of homes, no cost and no site for any housing promise.","The full list of 12 solutions is on a poster in Chinese; voche.me read the English pillars page.",{"issue":435,"headline":857,"summary":858,"paragraphs":859,"proposals":863,"questions":882,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":887,"gaps":888},"Strict fiscal responsibility, a City-run medical clinic, and AI traffic lights","The second pillar promises strict fiscal responsibility. The platform also promises spending: a municipally operated medical clinic, AI traffic light systems, digitized municipal forms and housing for first responders. It gives no cost for any of them and no tax target.",[860,861,862],"The second pillar, \"Accountable City\", opens with strict fiscal responsibility. The third pillar, \"Healthy City\", promises a municipally operated medical clinic \"to directly combat the severe provincial healthcare shortage\". Thomas Leung's statement to the City says he studied the public clinic models of Colwood and Langford for use in Richmond.","The first pillar promises AI traffic light systems to reduce congestion. Chiu's statement to the City proposes using AI to improve traffic circulation and City communication. The fifth pillar promises to digitize municipal forms.","The organization's Core Values page says City Hall should fix problems instead of blaming the provincial or federal government, and gives the doctor shortage as an example. Health care is a provincial responsibility, and the platform does not say how a City clinic would be funded.",[864,868,873,878],{"title":865,"detail":866,"cites":867},"Strict fiscal responsibility","The second pillar promises strict fiscal responsibility. It names no tax target, no saving and no year.",[834],{"title":869,"detail":870,"cites":871},"A municipally operated medical clinic","The third pillar promises a City-run medical clinic to address the shortage of family doctors. Leung's statement to the City says he studied the clinic models of Colwood and Langford. No cost or funding source is given.",[834,872],"city-profile-leung",{"title":874,"detail":875,"cites":876},"AI traffic light systems","The first pillar promises to deploy AI traffic light systems to reduce gridlock. Chiu's statement to the City proposes AI for traffic circulation. No cost or intersection is named.",[834,877],"city-profile-chiu",{"title":879,"detail":880,"cites":881},"Digitize municipal forms","The fifth pillar promises to digitize municipal forms to streamline processes and improve efficiency.",[834],[883],{"question":884,"answer":885,"cites":886},"Does Common Sense promise a property tax freeze?","No. Its second pillar promises strict fiscal responsibility with no figure, and its platform adds spending items such as a City-run medical clinic and AI traffic lights without costs.",[834],[850,851],[889,890],"No pillar gives a cost, a saving or a tax figure.","The platform does not say how a City-run clinic would be paid for or staffed.",{"issue":481,"headline":892,"summary":893,"paragraphs":894,"proposals":898,"questions":920,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":921,"gaps":923},"A one-stop City Hall run by caseworkers, a councillor on duty every day, and three new global partner cities","The second pillar promises a one-stop City Hall service system managed by caseworkers and a councillor duty-shift roster so residents always know whom to call. The first pillar promises three new global partner cities to make Richmond an international business hub. The fourth pillar promises drug prevention and recovery programs.",[895,896,897],"The organization's Core Values page gives three principles: doing what works over political arguments, direct answers over red tape, and taking action over making excuses. Its example of red tape is a resident passed through four departments for a building permit, and its answer is one point of contact at City Hall and councillors available face to face.","Thomas Leung's statement to the City says he proposed regular \"on-duty\" councillor hours. The fourth pillar promises proactive drug prevention and recovery programs. At the council debate of October 8, 2026, Richmond News reported, Leung framed drug use as a health issue and said people with an addiction \"need help to stop taking drugs\".","Richmond News reported in February 2024 that Chiu spoke at a press conference against a supervised consumption site at Richmond Hospital, and that its Core Values page says the organization believes in \"no grandstanding\". Drug treatment and health care are provincial responsibilities, and the platform does not say which programs the City would run itself.",[899,903,907,911,916],{"title":900,"detail":901,"cites":902},"A one-stop City Hall service system managed by caseworkers","The second pillar promises a one-stop City Hall service system managed by caseworkers, so a resident has a single point of contact. No cost or staffing is given.",[834],{"title":904,"detail":905,"cites":906},"A councillor duty-shift roster","The second pillar promises a councillor duty-shift roster so residents always know whom to call. Leung's statement to the City says he proposed regular on-duty councillor hours.",[834,872],{"title":908,"detail":909,"cites":910},"Three new global partner cities","The first pillar promises to secure three new global partner cities to establish Richmond as an international business hub. It names no city.",[834],{"title":912,"detail":913,"cites":914},"Drug prevention and recovery programs","The fourth pillar promises proactive drug prevention and recovery programs that address substance use and support vulnerable residents. It does not say which programs the City would run or fund.",[834,915],"rn-2026-10-10",{"title":917,"detail":918,"cites":919},"Expand education and job opportunities","The fifth pillar promises to expand education and job opportunities. It names no program.",[834],[],[850,851,922],"Richmond News reports of February 5, 2024, July 30, 2026 and October 10, 2026",[924,925],"The platform holds no commitment on council procedure or the conduct of members.","It does not say which of its health and drug promises the City can carry out on its own.",{"issue":526,"headline":927,"summary":928,"paragraphs":929,"proposals":933,"questions":953,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":954,"gaps":958},"Alice Wong's priorities: students first, more trades education, and responsible use of district resources","Common Sense has no school platform of its own; Richmond News's columnist noted this on September 30, 2026. Alice Wong, its one trustee candidate and a two-term trustee, told the City she is committed to putting students first, preparing students for the future, building strong school communities and responsible, transparent stewardship of public education resources. In the Richmond News questionnaire she said yes to more trades education, drug awareness in high school and the district's SOGI policies.",[930,931,932],"Wong's statement to the City says she has served two terms as trustee and gained experience in governance, budgeting, policy and strategic planning. Her page on the organization's site says she championed stable governance, academic excellence and parent engagement as a parent leader.","In the Richmond News questionnaire of October 7, 2026, Wong said schools should teach more basics such as reading and math, the curriculum should put more emphasis on trades, students should be taught drug awareness in high school, cellphones and artificial intelligence should not be banned, and there should be more educational support workers. She supports the district's SOGI policies and says parents are important partners.","Richmond News reported after the vote that Wong was re-elected as one of five returning trustees.",[934,940,945,949],{"title":935,"detail":936,"cites":937},"Put students first and prepare them for the future","Wong's statement to the City commits to putting students first, preparing students for the future, building strong school communities and responsible, transparent stewardship of public education resources.",[938,939],"city-profile-wong","cs-candidates",{"title":941,"detail":942,"cites":943},"More trades and career education alongside academic programs","In the Richmond News questionnaire, Wong wrote that the curriculum should put more emphasis on trades and hands-on career education, with pathways such as construction, electrical, automotive and technology and links to apprenticeships and employers.",[944],"rn-wong-q",{"title":946,"detail":947,"cites":948},"Drug awareness taught in high school","Wong answered yes to teaching drug awareness in high school. Her statement to the City says she is a director of the D.A.R.E. BC Society.",[944,938],{"title":950,"detail":951,"cites":952},"Keep the district's SOGI policies, with parents as partners","Wong answered yes to supporting SOGI policies in Richmond schools, writing that every student has the right to a safe and inclusive school and that parents are important partners whose perspectives should be heard.",[944],[],[955,956,957],"Common Sense's Our Candidates and Core Values and Pillars pages","Alice Wong's statement to the City and her Richmond News questionnaire of October 7, 2026","Richmond News's column of September 30, 2026 on the trustee platforms",[959,960],"The organization has no school platform. The promises here are Alice Wong's own as a candidate.","Her record as a trustee in the 2022 to 2026 term is on her own page.",[962,966,970,974,979,983,988],{"question":963,"answer":964,"cites":965},"How many seats did Common Sense win in 2026?","Two. Kenny Chiu was elected to City Council with 13,119 votes and Alice Wong was re-elected to the Board of Education with 16,101. Thomas Leung and Glenda Strang were not elected.",[302,296],{"question":967,"answer":968,"cites":969},"Who leads Common Sense?","Elections BC's register names Thomas Leung as its authorized principal official. Richmond News reported that MP Chak Au is its policy adviser. Its site names no leader.",[262,734],{"question":971,"answer":972,"cites":973},"Is Common Sense the same as the Richmond Community Coalition?","No. Elections BC's register lists them separately: the Common Sense Alliance Association, and the Save Richmond Community Coalition Association, formerly Richmond Community Coalition. Chiu's page on the organization's site says he co-founded the Richmond Community Coalition.",[262,939],{"question":975,"answer":976,"cites":977},"What are Common Sense's 12 solutions?","Its English pages set out five pillars: a forward-looking city (three new partner cities, AI traffic lights), an accountable city (fiscal responsibility, a one-stop City Hall, a councillor duty roster, property rights), a healthy city (a City-run clinic, housing for first responders), a safe city (drug prevention and recovery, municipal control of supportive housing) and an inspired city (education and jobs, Made-in-Richmond housing, digital forms). The list of 12 is on a poster in Chinese.",[834,978],"cs-home",{"question":980,"answer":981,"cites":982},"What does Common Sense promise on housing?","Made-in-Richmond housing initiatives in the first term, full municipal jurisdiction over supportive housing, housing for first responders, and protection of fee simple property ownership. It gives no number of homes or cost.",[834],{"question":984,"answer":985,"cites":986},"Does Common Sense have a plan for schools?","No platform of its own. Alice Wong, its one trustee candidate, told the City she will put students first and use district resources responsibly, and told the Richmond News she supports more trades education, drug awareness in high school and the district's SOGI policies.",[938,944,987],"rn-2026-09-30",{"question":989,"answer":990,"cites":991},"Where can I see Common Sense's finances?","Elections BC has published no financial report from the organization so far. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after voting day, and it will appear in Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System.",[612,617],{"entries":993,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":994,"gaps":996},[],[306,995,850],"Richmond News reports of February 5, 2024 and July to October 2026",[623,997,998],"Alice Wong sat on the Board of Education before the vote; the Richmond Sentinel reported in 2022 that she was elected then with the Richmond Community Coalition. Her votes in that term are on her own page.","Kenny Chiu's page on the organization's site says he co-founded the Richmond Community Coalition. Elections BC's register lists that organization under the name Save Richmond Community Coalition Association, formerly Richmond Community Coalition, as a separate organization.","Common Sense Alliance Association","common-sense-alliance",[1002,1003,1004,1007,1008,1009,1012,1015,1018,1021,1024,1027,1029,1030,1031,1035,1036,1037,1039,1040],{"id":262,"label":630,"url":631,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"publishedAt":255,"checkedAt":255},{"id":617,"label":635,"url":636,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},{"id":612,"label":1005,"url":325,"publisher":632,"kind":1006,"checkedAt":255},"Financial Reports and Political Contributions System: local elections scanned reports search","filing",{"id":296,"label":640,"url":641,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":292,"checkedAt":255},{"id":302,"label":643,"url":644,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":645,"checkedAt":255},{"id":877,"label":1010,"url":1011,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Kenny Chiu, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=81",{"id":872,"label":1013,"url":1014,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Thomas Leung, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=82",{"id":839,"label":1016,"url":1017,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Glenda Strang, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=83",{"id":938,"label":1019,"url":1020,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Alice Wong, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=96",{"id":978,"label":1022,"url":1023,"publisher":999,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Common Sense Alliance: home page","https:\u002F\u002Frichmondcommonsense.ca\u002F",{"id":834,"label":1025,"url":1026,"publisher":999,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Common Sense Alliance: Core Values and Pillars","https:\u002F\u002Frichmondcommonsense.ca\u002Fcore-values-and-pillars",{"id":939,"label":1028,"url":50,"publisher":999,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Common Sense Alliance: Our Candidates",{"id":734,"label":800,"url":801,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":799,"checkedAt":255},{"id":944,"label":795,"url":796,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":794,"checkedAt":255},{"id":987,"label":1032,"url":1033,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1034,"checkedAt":255},"Richmond Votes - Column: Breaking down Richmond's school board candidates","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-votes-column-breaking-down-richmonds-school-board-candidates-12840924","2026-09-30",{"id":915,"label":790,"url":791,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":789,"checkedAt":255},{"id":420,"label":351,"url":352,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":350,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1038,"label":783,"url":784,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":344,"checkedAt":255},"rn-2026-10-19-trustees",{"id":272,"label":368,"url":369,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":268,"checkedAt":255},{"id":711,"label":712,"url":713,"publisher":714,"kind":698,"publishedAt":715,"checkedAt":255},"elections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcommon-sense-alliance","Common Sense, registered as the Common Sense Alliance Association, is an elector organization for Richmond and the Richmond School District. Richmond News reported that it announced its candidates on July 29, 2026, with MP Chak Au as its policy adviser. It ran three council candidates and one trustee candidate. Kenny Chiu, a former Member of Parliament, was elected to Council with 13,119 votes, and Alice Wong was re-elected to the Board of Education with 16,101. Its platform has five pillars, including a City-run medical clinic, a one-stop service system at City Hall and AI traffic lights.","https:\u002F\u002Frichmondcommonsense.ca","WOJRNXqR_AfppASbo9QUugMmBD9BnN_LCGMnd5ukIg0",{"id":1046,"aliases":1047,"checkedAt":255,"declaredColour":18,"extension":256,"founded":1048,"headline":1054,"history":1055,"leadership":1090,"logo":18,"meta":1093,"money":1094,"name":118,"news":1120,"overview":1149,"palette":1155,"platform":1158,"questions":1227,"record":1252,"registeredName":118,"rosterLabel":118,"slug":1268,"sources":1269,"stem":1297,"summary":1298,"website":1299,"wordmark":18,"__hash__":1300},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Frichmond-education-party.json",[],{"year":1049,"note":1050,"cites":1051},2018,"Richmond News reported on September 18, 2018 that six trustee candidates had joined to run as the newly formed Richmond Education Party. Its own site gives no date and says it was formed by community members.",[1052,1053],"rn-2018-09-18","rep-home","The school board organization formed in 2018, whose two sitting trustees finished first and second in 2026",{"entries":1056,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1083,"gaps":1087},[1057,1062,1066,1073,1079],{"date":1058,"title":1059,"body":1060,"cites":1061},"2018-09-18","Formed for the 2018 election","Richmond News reported that six trustee candidates formed the Richmond Education Party as a \"progressive\" slate headed by sitting trustees Ken Hamaguchi and Sandra Nixon, with Jeff Danis, Heather Larson, Karina Reid and Andrew Scallion. Elections BC lists a disclosure statement from the organization for the 2018 election.",[1052,612],{"date":715,"title":1063,"body":1064,"cites":1065},"2022 election: four trustees elected","The Richmond Sentinel reported that Hamaguchi, Larson, Debbie Tablotney and David Yang were elected with the Richmond Education Party, four of the seven seats. Sandra Nixon did not seek re-election that year.",[711],{"date":1067,"title":1068,"body":1069,"cites":1070},"2023-11-22","Larson chair, Hamaguchi vice-chair","Larson was acclaimed chair of the Board of Education for 2023-2024 and Hamaguchi elected vice-chair, Richmond News reported. By the 2026 vote Hamaguchi was chair and Larson vice-chair.",[1071,1038,1072],"rn-2024-01-05","rep-larson",{"date":1074,"title":1075,"body":1076,"cites":1077},"2026-08-26","Four candidates for 2026; two former members run with a new organization","Richmond News reported that Hamaguchi and Larson were running with Martin Li and Bill Mok, and that Tablotney and Yang were running with Empower Education Richmond, alongside Sandra Nixon.",[1078,296],"rn-2026-08-26",{"date":298,"title":748,"body":1080,"cites":1081},"The City's official results show Hamaguchi first among 28 trustee candidates with 19,477 votes and Larson second with 18,086. Bill Mok (10,332) and Martin Li (10,250) finished thirteenth and fourteenth. The organization went from four seats to two. The Chief Election Officer declared the results on October 21, 2026.",[302,1082],"rn-2026-10-18",[752,753,1084,1085,1086],"Richmond News reports of September 18, 2018, January 5, 2024 and August to October 2026","The Richmond Sentinel's report of October 15, 2022","The Richmond Education Party's home page",[1088,1089],"voche.me found no account of why Tablotney and Yang left the organization before 2026.","The organization's own site gives no date for its formation and no account of its past elections.",[1091],{"role":315,"name":126,"cites":1092},[262],{},{"searchUrl":325,"filings":1095,"notes":1111,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1115,"gaps":1117},[1096,1101,1105],{"period":1097,"kind":1098,"url":1099,"cites":1100},"2022 general election","Election disclosure statement, Richmond School District","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEGE-2022-10-15-LEEO-REP-2022-SD38-DS",[612],{"period":1102,"kind":1098,"url":1103,"cites":1104},"2018 general election","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEGE-2018-10-20-LEEO-REP-SD38-2018-10-20-DS-1",[612],{"period":1106,"kind":1107,"url":1108,"note":1109,"cites":1110},"2025","Annual financial report","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEAFR-2025-LEEO-REP-2022-FR","Elections BC also lists annual financial reports for 2022, 2023 and 2024.",[612],[1112,1113,329,1114],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its register, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Richmond Education Party for the Richmond School District.","A search of Elections BC's scanned reports on October 30, 2026 for filers named Richmond Education listed disclosure statements for the 2018 and 2022 general elections and annual financial reports for 2022 to 2025. voche.me has not read the amounts in them.","The organization's site has no donation page; its contact form offers to volunteer, request a lawn sign or get updates.",[306,1116,336,1086],"Elections BC's scanned reports search for filers named Richmond Education",[1118,1119],"voche.me has listed the filings and not read their figures.","The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after general voting day.",{"entries":1121,"state":303,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1143,"gaps":1146},[1122,1124,1128,1130,1134,1139],{"date":344,"publisher":345,"title":783,"url":784,"summary":1123},"Hamaguchi said 28 candidates risked turning the vote into a popularity contest, that he expects no major policy changes, and that trustees set aside party labels after an election. Larson said change is fine for the right reason and that trustees must work within set processes. The new board meets first on November 4, 2026.",{"date":350,"publisher":345,"title":1125,"url":1126,"summary":1127},"Richmond Votes: Five incumbents, two newcomers elected to Richmond school board","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-votes-five-incumbents-two-newcomers-elected-to-richmond-bc-school-board-12907486","Hamaguchi topped the ballot, followed by Larson. Empower Education Richmond's Debbie Tablotney and David Yang, who were elected with the Richmond Education Party in 2022, lost their seats.",{"date":1034,"publisher":345,"title":1032,"url":1033,"summary":1129},"Columnist Tracy Sherlock summarizes the organization's five platform areas and notes the board faced a $4.2 million shortfall the previous year. She writes that trustees do not set the budget total or the curriculum, which the Province sets.",{"date":1074,"publisher":345,"title":1131,"url":1132,"summary":1133},"Slates, candidates vie for seats on Richmond Board of Education","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Fslates-candidates-vie-for-seats-on-richmond-board-of-education-12709865","Hamaguchi and Larson were running with the Richmond Education Party, joined by Martin Li and Bill Mok. Debbie Tablotney and David Yang, elected with the organization in 2022, were running with the new Empower Education Richmond.",{"date":1135,"publisher":345,"title":1136,"url":1137,"summary":1138},"2024-01-05","New school board chair, vice-chair elected in Richmond","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fnew-school-board-chair-vice-chair-elected-in-richmond-8064240","Larson was acclaimed chair of the Board of Education for 2023-2024 and Hamaguchi was elected vice-chair.",{"date":1058,"publisher":345,"title":1140,"url":1141,"summary":1142},"6 Richmond school trustee candidates to run in 'progressive' slate","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Felection-2018-archive\u002F6-richmond-school-trustee-candidates-to-run-in-progressive-slate-3083685","Six candidates formed the Richmond Education Party, headed by sitting trustees Ken Hamaguchi and Sandra Nixon and joined by Jeff Danis, Heather Larson, Karina Reid and Andrew Scallion. Hamaguchi said the group supported the district's new sexual orientation and gender identity policy.",[1144,1085,1145],"Richmond News reports of September 18, 2018, January 5, 2024, and August 26, September 30 and October 18 and 19, 2026","Web searches for the Richmond Education Party and its candidates at Daily Hive, CBC, Global News, CityNews, the Vancouver Sun and Business in Vancouver",[1147,1148],"voche.me found no independent report on the organization's 2026 platform launch.","Richmond News's search and section pages answer 403 to scripts, so its reports were found through web searches and may not be complete. Its questionnaire pages for Hamaguchi and Larson were not found.",[1150,1151,1152,1153,1154],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Richmond Education Party for the Richmond School District, with no other names, and names Ken Hamaguchi as the authorized principal official.","The City's declaration of September 21, 2026 lists four Richmond Education Party candidates for School Trustee: Ken Hamaguchi, Heather Larson, Martin Li and Bill Mok. The City's official results of October 21, 2026 show Hamaguchi first with 19,477 votes and Larson second with 18,086. Mok had 10,332 and Li 10,250, thirteenth and fourteenth among 28 candidates.","Richmond News reported in September 2018 that six trustee candidates had formed the Richmond Education Party as a \"progressive\" slate headed by the sitting trustees Ken Hamaguchi and Sandra Nixon. The Richmond Sentinel reported that four of its candidates were elected in 2022: Hamaguchi, Larson, Debbie Tablotney and David Yang. In 2026 Tablotney and Yang ran with a new organization, Empower Education Richmond, and lost their seats.","Elections BC's scanned reports search lists disclosure statements from the organization for the 2018 and 2022 elections and annual financial reports for 2022 to 2025.","After the vote, Hamaguchi told Richmond News he does not expect major policy changes, that new trustees face a steep learning curve, and that trustees set aside their party labels after an election. The board's first meeting with the new trustees is on November 4, 2026.",{"accent":1156,"onAccent":389,"tint":1157,"ink":391},"#BE185D","#FCE7F1",[1159,1169,1176,1183],{"issue":394,"paragraphs":1160,"proposals":1161,"questions":1162,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1163,"gaps":1167},[],[],[],[1164,1165,1166],"The Richmond Education Party's home page, including its Vision and Who We Are sections","Its four candidate pages and the candidates' statements to the City","Elections BC's register, which lists it for the Richmond School District only",[1168],"The organization runs candidates for the Board of Education only and publishes nothing on housing or zoning, which the Board does not decide.",{"issue":435,"paragraphs":1170,"proposals":1171,"questions":1172,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1173,"gaps":1174},[],[],[],[1164,1165],[1175],"The organization publishes nothing on City property taxes or the City budget. Its platform's point on fiscal responsibility concerns the school district's budget and is in the schools area.",{"issue":481,"paragraphs":1177,"proposals":1178,"questions":1179,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1180,"gaps":1181},[],[],[],[1164,1165],[1182],"The organization publishes nothing on how the City is governed. Its platform's point on transparent, stable governance concerns the Board of Education and is in the schools area.",{"issue":526,"headline":1184,"summary":1185,"paragraphs":1186,"proposals":1190,"questions":1216,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1221,"gaps":1224},"Safe and seismically sound schools, mental health and anti-racism supports, stable governance, and more childcare through partnerships","The Richmond Education Party's platform has five areas: high-quality instruction and supports for every student, safe and seismically sound schools with up-to-date technology, mental health, anti-racism and equity supports, transparent and fiscally responsible governance, and partnerships with families and community groups to expand childcare. Ken Hamaguchi's statement to the City names four focuses: students, inclusion and equity, staff, and facilities.",[1187,1188,1189],"The platform's five areas are on the organization's home page. Its Who We Are section says trustees associated with the organization have emphasized fiscal responsibility, safe and modern school facilities and inclusive learning, and that its representatives contributed to seismic upgrades and expanded childcare partnerships in past terms. Those are the organization's own claims.","Hamaguchi's statement to the City says all students, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age or socioeconomic class, are entitled to the best education the district can offer, that staff are the key to student success, and that facilities must be safe and well maintained. Larson's statement promises to keep advocating for students, staff and families and to build strong, inclusive schools.","Richmond News reported in 2018 that the organization supported the district's new sexual orientation and gender identity policy and warned against candidates who wanted to reverse it. Its 2026 platform names anti-racism and equity supports and does not name that policy.",[1191,1196,1200,1204,1208,1212],{"title":1192,"detail":1193,"cites":1194},"High-quality instruction and supports for every student","The platform's first area promises a school system where all learners, regardless of background, ability or pathway, have access to high-quality instruction, strong supports and opportunities that prepare them for success.",[1053,1195],"city-profile-hamaguchi",{"title":1197,"detail":1198,"cites":1199},"Safe, seismically sound and technologically equipped schools","The platform's second area promises a long-term commitment to maintaining and upgrading facilities so students learn in safe, seismically sound, technologically equipped buildings. It names no school and no date.",[1053,1195],{"title":1201,"detail":1202,"cites":1203},"Mental health, anti-racism and equity supports","The platform's third area promises schools that provide meaningful mental health, anti-racism and equity supports so every student feels seen, supported and valued.",[1053],{"title":1205,"detail":1206,"cites":1207},"Transparent, fiscally responsible and stable governance","The platform's fourth area promises decision-making rooted in openness, fiscal responsibility and long-term planning, with consistent leadership and clear communication.",[1053],{"title":1209,"detail":1210,"cites":1211},"Partnerships to expand childcare and enrich programs","The platform's fifth area promises collaboration with families, educators, community groups and local organizations to expand childcare and enrich programs. It names no number of spaces.",[1053],{"title":1213,"detail":1214,"cites":1215},"Support for staff","Hamaguchi's statement to the City says that if the district wants students to do well, it must take care of and support the people who work with them.",[1195],[1217],{"question":1218,"answer":1219,"cites":1220},"What does the Richmond Education Party say about the district's budget?","Its platform promises transparent and fiscally responsible governance with long-term planning. Richmond News's columnist wrote on September 30, 2026 that the board faced a $4.2 million shortfall in the previous year and made cuts to balance it; the platform does not name that shortfall.",[1053,987],[1164,1222,1223,957],"Its four candidate pages","The statements to the City of Ken Hamaguchi and Heather Larson",[1225,1226],"The platform gives no cost, no number of childcare spaces and no named school.","The claims about past seismic upgrades and childcare partnerships are the organization's own.",[1228,1232,1236,1240,1244,1248],{"question":1229,"answer":1230,"cites":1231},"How many seats did the Richmond Education Party win in 2026?","Two of the seven. Ken Hamaguchi finished first with 19,477 votes and Heather Larson second with 18,086. Bill Mok and Martin Li were not elected. It held four seats before the vote.",[302,711],{"question":1233,"answer":1234,"cites":1235},"Who leads the Richmond Education Party?","Elections BC's register names Ken Hamaguchi as its authorized principal official. Richmond News described the organization in 2018 as headed by Hamaguchi and Sandra Nixon. Its site names no leader.",[262,1052],{"question":1237,"answer":1238,"cites":1239},"Does the Richmond Education Party run candidates for City Council?","No. Elections BC lists it for the Richmond School District only, and it ran trustee candidates only in 2018, 2022 and 2026.",[262,296],{"question":1241,"answer":1242,"cites":1243},"What does the Richmond Education Party promise for schools?","Five things: high-quality instruction and supports for every student, safe and seismically sound schools with up-to-date technology, mental health, anti-racism and equity supports, transparent and fiscally responsible governance, and partnerships that expand childcare. It gives no costs or dates.",[1053],{"question":1245,"answer":1246,"cites":1247},"Why did Debbie Tablotney and David Yang leave the organization?","voche.me found no account of the reason. Richmond News reported in August 2026 that both were running with a new organization, Empower Education Richmond. Both lost their seats.",[1078,1082],{"question":1249,"answer":1250,"cites":1251},"Where can I see the Richmond Education Party's finances?","Elections BC's scanned reports search lists its disclosure statements for the 2018 and 2022 elections and annual financial reports for 2022 to 2025. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after voting day.",[612,617],{"entries":1253,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1262,"gaps":1265},[1254,1258],{"date":1067,"title":1255,"body":1256,"cites":1257},"Larson chair and Hamaguchi vice-chair of the Board of Education","Richmond News reported that Heather Larson was acclaimed chair of the Board of Education for 2023-2024 at the meeting of November 22, 2023, after Debbie Tablotney declined the nomination, and that Ken Hamaguchi was elected vice-chair over Donna Sargent.",[1071],{"date":344,"title":1259,"body":1260,"cites":1261},"Hamaguchi the board chair before the 2026 vote","Richmond News described Hamaguchi after the vote as the board's most recent chair, a role he said he had held for the last couple of years, and Larson's page on the organization's site says she was vice-chair in 2025-26. Hamaguchi said who will chair the new board is an open question now that his organization holds fewer seats.",[1038,1072],[1263,1264,1085],"Richmond News reports of January 5, 2024 and October 19, 2026","The Richmond Education Party's home page and candidate pages",[1266,1267],"The Board's own site (sd38.bc.ca) answers 403 to scripts, so its minutes were not read for this record. Each trustee's votes are on their own page.","The organization's claims about seismic upgrades and childcare partnerships in past terms are its own.","richmond-education-party",[1270,1271,1272,1273,1274,1275,1278,1282,1285,1288,1290,1291,1292,1293,1294,1295,1296],{"id":262,"label":630,"url":631,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"publishedAt":255,"checkedAt":255},{"id":617,"label":635,"url":636,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},{"id":612,"label":1005,"url":325,"publisher":632,"kind":1006,"checkedAt":255},{"id":296,"label":640,"url":641,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":292,"checkedAt":255},{"id":302,"label":643,"url":644,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":645,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1195,"label":1276,"url":1277,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Ken Hamaguchi, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=105",{"id":1279,"label":1280,"url":1281,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"city-profile-larson","Candidate profile: Heather Larson, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=68",{"id":1053,"label":1283,"url":1284,"publisher":118,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Richmond Education Party: home page, with its Vision and Who We Are sections","https:\u002F\u002Frichmondeducationparty.ca\u002F",{"id":1286,"label":1287,"url":132,"publisher":118,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"rep-hamaguchi","Richmond Education Party: Ken Hamaguchi",{"id":1072,"label":1289,"url":123,"publisher":118,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Richmond Education Party: Heather Larson",{"id":1052,"label":1140,"url":1141,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1058,"checkedAt":255},{"id":711,"label":712,"url":713,"publisher":714,"kind":698,"publishedAt":715,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1071,"label":1136,"url":1137,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1135,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1078,"label":1131,"url":1132,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1074,"checkedAt":255},{"id":987,"label":1032,"url":1033,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1034,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1082,"label":1125,"url":1126,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":350,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1038,"label":783,"url":784,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":344,"checkedAt":255},"elections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Frichmond-education-party","The Richmond Education Party is an elector organization registered with Elections BC for the Richmond School District only. It ran four candidates for School Trustee in 2026. Ken Hamaguchi, the board chair before the vote, had 19,477 votes, the most of any trustee candidate, and Heather Larson 18,086, second. Bill Mok and Martin Li were not elected. Its platform has five areas: students, safe and modern schools, inclusion and mental health, responsible governance, and partnerships that expand childcare.","https:\u002F\u002Frichmondeducationparty.ca","VxljfWABbduE3czto3lK1A57HAo9VKOrNurBFWyj73U",{"id":1302,"aliases":1303,"checkedAt":255,"declaredColour":18,"extension":256,"founded":1305,"headline":1311,"history":1312,"leadership":1340,"logo":18,"meta":1344,"money":1345,"name":175,"news":1355,"overview":1386,"palette":1391,"platform":1394,"questions":1516,"record":1548,"registeredName":1304,"rosterLabel":175,"slug":1556,"sources":1557,"stem":1590,"summary":1591,"website":1592,"wordmark":18,"__hash__":1593},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Frichmond-forward.json",[1304],"Richmond Forward Voters Society",{"year":731,"note":1306,"cites":1307},"Richmond News reported on March 9, 2026 that Howard would announce his run for mayor the following week, and on June 2, 2026 that he had announced four council candidates for his Richmond Forward slate. The team page on his site dates the launch to May 26, 2026. Elections BC's register gives no date of registration.",[1308,1309,1310,262],"rn-2026-03-09","rn-2026-06-02","rf-team","Mayor Rob Howard's organization, formed for the 2026 election, whose five council candidates were all defeated",{"entries":1313,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1334,"gaps":1337},[1314,1319,1324,1329],{"date":1315,"title":1316,"body":1317,"cites":1318},"2026-03-09","Howard prepares a run for mayor","Richmond News reported that former MLA and councillor Rob Howard would announce his mayoral bid the following week, in a race Mayor Malcolm Brodie was leaving after 25 years.",[1308],{"date":1320,"title":1321,"body":1322,"cites":1323},"2026-05-26","The Richmond Forward team launched","The team page on Howard's site dates the launch of the Richmond Forward team to May 26, 2026, with Howard Jampolsky, Shelley Leonhardt, Eric Yung and Melissa Zhang. Richmond News reported the four names on June 2, 2026. Romeo Bicego joined before nominations closed; the City's list of September 11 has him with the organization.",[1310,1309,700],{"date":292,"title":1325,"body":1326,"cites":1327},"Six candidates on the ballot","The City's declaration of election by voting lists Howard for Mayor and Bicego, Jampolsky, Leonhardt, Yung and Zhang for Councillor under the name Richmond Forward. Zhang and Yung had run for council in 2022 with Richmond United.",[296,1328],"rn-2022-08-24",{"date":298,"title":1330,"body":1331,"cites":1332},"2026 election: Howard elected mayor, five council candidates defeated","The City's official results show Howard first with 19,676 votes, 880 more than Alexa Loo. Leonhardt (7,969), Jampolsky (7,679), Bicego (7,536), Yung (7,511) and Zhang (7,311) finished nineteenth to twenty-third. The Chief Election Officer declared the results on October 21, 2026.",[302,1333],"rn-2026-10-17",[752,753,1335,1336],"Richmond News reports of March 9, June 2, September 11 and October 17, 2026, and of August 24, 2022","The team page of robhowardformayor.ca",[1338,1339],"Elections BC's register gives no date of registration.","voche.me found no report on when Bicego joined the team.",[1341],{"role":1342,"name":172,"cites":1343},"Authorized principal official, as registered with Elections BC; mayor-elect",[262,302],{},{"searchUrl":325,"filings":1346,"notes":1347,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1351,"gaps":1354},[],[1348,1349,329,1350],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its register, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Richmond Forward Voters Society for Richmond.","A search of Elections BC's scanned reports on October 30, 2026 for filers named Richmond Forward returned no reports.","Howard's site has a Donate page.",[306,1352,336,1353],"Elections BC's scanned reports search for filers named Richmond Forward","The Donate page of robhowardformayor.ca",[778,779],{"entries":1356,"state":303,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1379,"gaps":1383},[1357,1359,1364,1368,1370,1375],{"date":344,"publisher":345,"title":346,"url":347,"summary":1358},"Howard took 34.5 percent of the mayoral vote to Loo's 32.9 and Heed's 19.5. He had endorsements from outgoing mayor Malcolm Brodie and former mayor Greg Halsey-Brandt. Turnout rose to 40 percent of eligible voters.",{"date":350,"publisher":1360,"title":1361,"url":1362,"summary":1363},"CTV News","Rob Howard narrowly wins Richmond mayoral race","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ctvnews.ca\u002Fvancouver\u002Farticle\u002Frob-howard-narrowly-wins-richmond-mayoral-race\u002F","CTV's headline and photo caption report that Howard defeated Alexa Loo in a close race. The article body does not load for scripts, so voche.me read only the headline and caption.",{"date":298,"publisher":345,"title":1365,"url":1366,"summary":1367},"Richmond Votes: Rob Howard elected Richmond's new mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-votes-rob-howard-elected-richmonds-new-mayor-12906711","Howard told supporters public safety will be his first priority. He said the defeat of his whole Richmond Forward team was \"bittersweet\" and that he can work with the people elected to council.",{"date":789,"publisher":345,"title":790,"url":791,"summary":1369},"Richmond Forward's Melissa Zhang said services must keep pace with new homes, Shelley Leonhardt suggested the City help expand farmland for food security, Romeo Bicego spoke on drainage and pump stations, Howard Jampolsky on easier permits for community events, and Eric Yung on before- and after-school care space.",{"date":1371,"publisher":345,"title":1372,"url":1373,"summary":1374},"2026-06-02","Slates announced for Richmond fall election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Fslates-announced-for-richmond-bc-2026-municipal-election-12364717","Howard announced four council candidates for his Richmond Forward slate: Howard Jampolsky, Shelley Leonhardt, former school trustee Eric Yung and Melissa Zhang, who ran for council in 2022.",{"date":1315,"publisher":345,"title":1376,"url":1377,"summary":1378},"Candidates coming forward for fall Richmond city election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fcandidates-coming-forward-for-fall-richmond-city-election-11970567","Former MLA and councillor Rob Howard was to announce his run for mayor the following week. He was a councillor from 2001 to 2008 and won Richmond Centre as a BC Liberal in 2008 for one term.",[1380,1381,1382],"Richmond News reports of March 9, June 2, September 11 and October 10, 17 and 19, 2026","CTV News reports of October 9 and 18, 2026, whose bodies do not load for scripts","Web searches for Richmond Forward and Rob Howard at Daily Hive, CBC, Global News, CityNews, the Vancouver Sun and Business in Vancouver; Daily Hive's report of October 18, 2026 answers 403 to scripts",[1384,1385],"Richmond News's search and section pages answer 403 to scripts, so its reports were found through web searches and may not be complete. Its questionnaire page for Howard was not found.","CTV's and Daily Hive's reports on Howard's win could not be read beyond the headline.",[1387,1388,1389,1390,817],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Richmond Forward Voters Society for Richmond, with no other names and the ballot name Richmond Forward. It names Rob Howard as the authorized principal official.","The City's declaration of September 21, 2026 lists Rob Howard for Mayor and Romeo Bicego, Howard Jampolsky, Shelley Leonhardt, Eric Yung and Melissa Zhang for Councillor. The City's official results of October 21, 2026 show Howard first with 19,676 votes, Loo second with 18,796 and Kash Heed third with 11,111. Leonhardt had 7,969 votes, Jampolsky 7,679, Bicego 7,536, Yung 7,511 and Zhang 7,311, places nineteen to twenty-three among 55 council candidates.","The address richmondforward.ca sends visitors to Howard's campaign site, robhowardformayor.ca, which carries the platform and the team pages. voche.me found no separate site for the organization.","Richmond News reported that Howard said public safety was the issue he heard about most while door-knocking and would be his first priority, and that he called the defeat of his whole team \"bittersweet\". The paper reported that Howard had endorsements from outgoing mayor Malcolm Brodie and former mayor Greg Halsey-Brandt.",{"accent":1392,"onAccent":389,"tint":1393,"ink":391},"#1D4ED8","#E8EEFC",[1395,1432,1471,1506],{"issue":394,"headline":1396,"summary":1397,"paragraphs":1398,"proposals":1402,"questions":1425,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1426,"gaps":1429},"Shorter permit waits, seniors housing fast-tracked, and a freeze on permit application fees","Richmond Forward's housing pillar promises to reduce costly permit wait times, to incentivize and fast-track seniors housing, to innovate to make housing more affordable, and to develop more options for seniors' services. Howard's statement to the City promises \"attainable seniors' homes\". The platform gives no number of homes and no target time for permits.",[1399,1400,1401],"The H in S.H.A.P.E. stands for housing: \"permits, seniors' homes\". The platform's housing list has four items: reduce costly permit wait times, incentivize and fast-track seniors housing, innovate to make housing more affordable, and develop more options for seniors' services. Its accountability list adds a freeze on City permit application fees.","Howard's statement to the City says he has spent 25 years as an entrepreneur building seniors' homes, and promises to build attainable seniors' homes so residents can stay in the community. Eric Yung's statement says he wants a variety of purpose-built housing for all ages and stages of life, and that there are no quick fixes.","At the council debate of October 8, 2026, Richmond News reported, Melissa Zhang said infrastructure and services must keep pace with new homes. Romeo Bicego's statement to the City commits to protecting Richmond's agricultural land.",[1403,1408,1413,1417,1421],{"title":1404,"detail":1405,"cites":1406},"Reduce permit wait times","The platform's housing list promises to reduce costly permit wait times. It sets no target time.",[1407],"rf-vision",{"title":1409,"detail":1410,"cites":1411},"Incentivize and fast-track seniors housing","The platform promises to incentivize and fast-track seniors housing, and Howard's statement to the City promises attainable seniors' homes. No number of homes or incentive is named.",[1407,1412],"city-profile-howard",{"title":1414,"detail":1415,"cites":1416},"Freeze City permit application fees","The platform's accountability list promises to freeze City permit application fees. It gives no period for the freeze.",[1407],{"title":1418,"detail":1419,"cites":1420},"More options for seniors' services","The platform promises to develop more options for seniors' services and to innovate to make housing more affordable. It names no program.",[1407],{"title":1422,"detail":1423,"cites":1424},"Protect private property rights","The prosperity pillar promises to do everything the City can to protect private property rights. It names no specific step.",[1407],[],[1427,1428,852],"The Vision, home and team pages of robhowardformayor.ca, which richmondforward.ca points to","The statements to the City of Rob Howard, Romeo Bicego, Howard Jampolsky, Shelley Leonhardt, Eric Yung and Melissa Zhang",[1430,1431],"The platform gives no number of homes, no target permit time and no cost.","Howard is the organization's only elected member, and the mayor has one vote of nine on Council.",{"issue":435,"headline":1433,"summary":1434,"paragraphs":1435,"proposals":1439,"questions":1461,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1466,"gaps":1469},"A value-for-money review, service targets, a public dashboard, and economic development targets reported each year","Richmond Forward's accountability pillar promises a value-for-dollar review, service targets and a public dashboard of key measurements for programs and services. Howard's statement to the City calls it an external value-for-money review to keep taxes low. The prosperity pillar promises economic development targets reported annually, a vision for a trade and exhibition centre, and incentives for commercial and industrial land.",[1436,1437,1438],"The A in S.H.A.P.E. stands for accountability: a transparent city hall that \"respects tax dollars, eliminates waste, and ensures strict financial responsibility\". Its list has four items: a value-for-dollar review, service targets, a public dashboard of key measurements, and a freeze on permit application fees. Howard's statement to the City describes the review as external and as a deep look at City services to keep taxes low now and in future.","The P stands for prosperity. Its list promises an economic development target with dashboard measurements reported annually, a vision for a Trade and Exhibition Centre worked out with businesses, government and the community, an annual economic development report, incentives to redevelop commercial and industrial land, and incentives for tourism, recreation and heritage development at key waterfronts.","The home page says the organization's commitment is simple: \"if it doesn't strengthen families, support seniors, grow local jobs, or respect taxpayers, we won't do it.\" The platform gives no tax target and no cost for any item.",[1440,1444,1448,1452,1456],{"title":1441,"detail":1442,"cites":1443},"An external value-for-money review of City services","The platform promises a value-for-dollar review, and Howard's statement to the City calls it an external value-for-money review to keep taxes low now and into the future. No cost or date is given.",[1407,1412],{"title":1445,"detail":1446,"cites":1447},"Service targets and a public dashboard","The platform promises to develop service targets and a public dashboard of key measurements for programs and services.",[1407],{"title":1449,"detail":1450,"cites":1451},"Economic development targets reported every year","The platform promises to set an economic development target with dashboard measurements, report on it annually, and publish an annual economic development report.",[1407],{"title":1453,"detail":1454,"cites":1455},"A vision for a Trade and Exhibition Centre","The platform promises to engage businesses, government and the community to develop a vision for a Trade and Exhibition Centre for Richmond. No site or cost is named.",[1407],{"title":1457,"detail":1458,"cites":1459},"Incentives for commercial, industrial and waterfront land","The platform promises to incentivize or redevelop commercial and industrial land to maximize its economic potential, and to incentivize tourism, recreation and heritage development at key waterfronts. Howard Jampolsky's statement to the City adds protecting industrial and employment lands.",[1407,1460],"city-profile-jampolsky",[1462],{"question":1463,"answer":1464,"cites":1465},"Does Richmond Forward promise a property tax freeze?","No. It promises a value-for-money review of City services to keep taxes low, and a freeze on City permit application fees. No tax figure is given.",[1407,1412],[1467,1468],"The Vision and home pages of robhowardformayor.ca","The statements to the City of Rob Howard and Howard Jampolsky",[1470],"No item gives a cost, a saving or a tax figure.",{"issue":481,"headline":1472,"summary":1473,"paragraphs":1474,"proposals":1478,"questions":1500,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1501,"gaps":1504},"A ban on supervised injection sites, community advisory panels, and a safety audit around every school","Richmond Forward's safety pillar promises to ban supervised injection sites in Richmond, a \"See Something? Say Something!\" campaign, a stronger Block Watch program, support for the RCMP's D.A.R.E. program, and a safety audit 800 metres around schools. Its home page promises transparent, structured community advisory panels to shape policy and major City initiatives. Howard told the Richmond News public safety will be his first priority.",[1475,1476,1477],"The S in S.H.A.P.E. stands for safety. The platform's list has five items: ban supervised injection sites in Richmond, a public awareness campaign asking residents to call the Richmond RCMP non-emergency line, a stronger Block Watch program, more support for the RCMP's D.A.R.E. anti-drug program, and a safety audit 800 metres around schools. The home page adds that the encampment issue \"needs to be addressed with certainty and compassion\".","The home page promises to establish transparent, structured community advisory panels to shape policy and major City initiatives, \"about meaningful engagement, not endless bureaucracy\". The E stands for engaging: an arts and culture district on the City Centre waterfront, more recreation, arts and culture programs for youth and seniors, and volunteer programs.","Richmond News reported on election night that Howard said public safety was the issue he heard about most and would be his first priority, and that he believes he can work with the new council. Health care and the approval of supervised consumption sites are provincial responsibilities; the platform does not say how the City would enforce a ban.",[1479,1483,1488,1492,1496],{"title":1480,"detail":1481,"cites":1482},"Ban supervised injection sites in Richmond","The platform's safety list promises to ban supervised injection sites in Richmond. It does not say by what City power. Vancouver Coastal Health said in 2024 that no site was needed in Richmond.",[1407,420],{"title":1484,"detail":1485,"cites":1486},"Community advisory panels on policy and major initiatives","The home page promises transparent, structured community advisory panels to shape policy and major City initiatives. It names no panel or topic.",[1487],"rf-home",{"title":1489,"detail":1490,"cites":1491},"A safety audit 800 metres around schools","The platform's safety list promises a safety audit 800 metres around schools. It gives no date.",[1407],{"title":1493,"detail":1494,"cites":1495},"A stronger Block Watch program and a \"See Something? Say Something!\" campaign","The platform promises to enhance the Block Watch program and to run an awareness campaign encouraging residents to call the Richmond RCMP non-emergency line, and to bolster the RCMP's D.A.R.E. program.",[1407],{"title":1497,"detail":1498,"cites":1499},"An arts and culture district on the City Centre waterfront","The platform's community participation list promises to build an arts and culture district at the City Centre waterfront and to expand recreation, arts and culture programs for youth and seniors. Howard's statement to the City describes the district as a place where families gather and businesses thrive. No cost or site plan is given.",[1407,1412],[],[1502,1503,476],"The Vision, home and team pages of robhowardformayor.ca","The statements to the City of Rob Howard and his five council candidates",[924,1505],"It does not say which City power would be used to ban supervised injection sites.",{"issue":526,"paragraphs":1507,"proposals":1508,"questions":1509,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1510,"gaps":1513},[],[],[],[1502,1511,1512],"The City's declaration of election by voting of September 21, 2026","Eric Yung's page on the site and his statement to the City",[1514,1515],"Richmond Forward ran no candidate for School Trustee and publishes nothing on the Board of Education. Elections BC's register lists it for Richmond only.","Eric Yung, one of its council candidates, was a trustee from 2011 to 2018 and chaired the board, by his statement to the City. The platform's one item near schools is a safety audit 800 metres around them, which is in the governance area.",[1517,1521,1525,1529,1533,1537,1541,1545],{"question":1518,"answer":1519,"cites":1520},"How many seats did Richmond Forward win in 2026?","One: the mayor's chair. Rob Howard was elected with 19,676 votes, 880 more than Alexa Loo. Its five council candidates were not elected.",[302,1333],{"question":1522,"answer":1523,"cites":1524},"Who leads Richmond Forward?","Elections BC's register names Rob Howard, the mayor-elect, as its authorized principal official. The organization's platform and team pages are on his campaign site.",[262,1487],{"question":1526,"answer":1527,"cites":1528},"Does Richmond Forward have its own website?","The address richmondforward.ca sends visitors to robhowardformayor.ca, Howard's campaign site, which holds the platform and the team pages.",[1487,1310],{"question":1530,"answer":1531,"cites":1532},"What is S.H.A.P.E.?","The organization's five-pillar platform: Safety, Housing, Accountability, Prosperity and Engaging. Each pillar has a short list of promises, from a ban on supervised injection sites to an arts and culture district on the City Centre waterfront.",[1407],{"question":1534,"answer":1535,"cites":1536},"What does Richmond Forward promise on taxes?","A value-for-money review of City services to keep taxes low, service targets, a public dashboard, and a freeze on City permit application fees. No tax figure is given.",[1407,1412],{"question":1538,"answer":1539,"cites":1540},"What does Richmond Forward promise on housing?","Shorter permit waits, seniors housing fast-tracked and incentivized, more options for seniors' services, and innovation to make housing more affordable. Howard promises attainable seniors' homes. No number of homes is given.",[1407,1412],{"question":1542,"answer":1543,"cites":1544},"Does Richmond Forward have a plan for schools?","No. It ran no candidate for School Trustee and publishes nothing on the Board of Education. Its platform promises a safety audit 800 metres around schools.",[296,1407],{"question":1546,"answer":990,"cites":1547},"Where can I see Richmond Forward's finances?",[612,617],{"entries":1549,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1550,"gaps":1553},[],[306,1551,1552],"Richmond News reports of March 9, June 2 and October 2026","The home, Vision and team pages of robhowardformayor.ca",[1554,1555],"The organization first ran candidates in 2026, so it has no record in office under its name. Howard takes office as mayor in November 2026.","Richmond News reported that Howard was a city councillor from 2001 to 2008 and then MLA for Richmond Centre for one term from 2008. That service predates the organization.","richmond-forward",[1558,1559,1560,1561,1562,1563,1566,1569,1571,1574,1577,1581,1582,1583,1584,1585,1586,1587,1588],{"id":262,"label":630,"url":631,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"publishedAt":255,"checkedAt":255},{"id":617,"label":635,"url":636,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},{"id":612,"label":1005,"url":325,"publisher":632,"kind":1006,"checkedAt":255},{"id":296,"label":640,"url":641,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":292,"checkedAt":255},{"id":302,"label":643,"url":644,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":645,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1412,"label":1564,"url":1565,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Rob Howard, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=54",{"id":1460,"label":1567,"url":1568,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Howard Jampolsky, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=55",{"id":1487,"label":1570,"url":181,"publisher":1304,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Rob Howard For Mayor: home page",{"id":1407,"label":1572,"url":1573,"publisher":1304,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Rob Howard For Mayor: Vision, the S.H.A.P.E. platform","https:\u002F\u002Frobhowardformayor.ca\u002Fvision\u002F",{"id":1310,"label":1575,"url":1576,"publisher":1304,"kind":667,"publishedAt":1320,"checkedAt":255},"Rob Howard For Mayor: Team, with the launch release of May 26, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Frobhowardformayor.ca\u002Fteam\u002F",{"id":1328,"label":1578,"url":1579,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1580,"checkedAt":255},"Former top cop vies for council seat, ponders future run for Richmond mayor's chair","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fformer-top-cop-vies-for-council-seat-ponders-future-run-for-richmond-mayors-chair-5737239","2022-08-24",{"id":1308,"label":1376,"url":1377,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1315,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1309,"label":1372,"url":1373,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1371,"checkedAt":255},{"id":700,"label":701,"url":702,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":703,"checkedAt":255},{"id":915,"label":790,"url":791,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":789,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1333,"label":1365,"url":1366,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":298,"checkedAt":255},{"id":420,"label":351,"url":352,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":350,"checkedAt":255},{"id":707,"label":346,"url":347,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":344,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1589,"label":1361,"url":1362,"publisher":1360,"kind":698,"publishedAt":350,"checkedAt":255},"ctv-2026-10-18","elections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Frichmond-forward","Richmond Forward, registered as the Richmond Forward Voters Society, is an elector organization for Richmond. It was formed in 2026 around Rob Howard's run for mayor. Howard, a councillor from 2001 to 2008 and then MLA for Richmond Centre, was elected mayor with 19,676 votes, 880 more than Alexa Loo. Its five council candidates finished nineteenth to twenty-third. Its platform, S.H.A.P.E., promises a ban on supervised injection sites, faster permits and more seniors housing, a value-for-money review, a freeze on permit application fees, and an arts and culture district on the City Centre waterfront.","https:\u002F\u002Frobhowardformayor.ca","jcjur9yUCTPXHsxLE8HIWtA92Krtqv47rwz5npi0I1k",{"id":1595,"aliases":1596,"checkedAt":255,"declaredColour":18,"extension":256,"founded":1599,"headline":1603,"history":1604,"leadership":1628,"logo":18,"meta":1632,"money":1633,"name":58,"news":1653,"overview":1673,"palette":1679,"platform":1682,"questions":1787,"record":1813,"registeredName":1598,"rosterLabel":58,"slug":1840,"sources":1841,"stem":1885,"summary":1886,"website":1887,"wordmark":18,"__hash__":1888},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Frichmond-united.json",[1597,1598],"R.U.","Richmond United Voters Association",{"year":1600,"note":1601,"cites":1602},2022,"Richmond News reported on August 24, 2022 that Richmond United was a new slate for that year's election. Elections BC's register gives no date of registration, and its earliest filing listed is for the 2022 election.",[1328,612],"Councillor Andy Hobbs's organization, formed for the 2022 election, with one of its two 2026 candidates re-elected",{"entries":1605,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1623,"gaps":1626},[1606,1611,1615,1619],{"date":1580,"title":1607,"body":1608,"cites":1609},"A new slate for the 2022 election","Richmond News reported that Richmond United was a new slate with four council candidates: Andy Hobbs and Linda McPhail, both formerly of Richmond First, which had ceased to exist, plus Melissa Zhang and Eric Yung. Hobbs had won a council seat in the May 2021 by-election.",[1328,1610],"city-profile-hobbs",{"date":715,"title":1612,"body":1613,"cites":1614},"2022 election: Hobbs re-elected, Sargent elected trustee","The Richmond Sentinel reported that Hobbs was re-elected to Council with Richmond United and that Donna Sargent was elected trustee with it. Elections BC lists disclosure statements from the organization for Richmond and the Richmond School District for that election.",[711,612],{"date":1315,"title":1616,"body":1617,"cites":1618},"Hobbs and Gill announce their run","Richmond News reported that Hobbs was seeking re-election with Mike Gill under the Richmond United banner. Zhang and Yung ran in 2026 with Richmond Forward, and Sargent ran as an independent.",[1308,1078,296],{"date":298,"title":1620,"body":1621,"cites":1622},"2026 election: one of two candidates elected","The City's official results show Hobbs seventh among council candidates with 12,985 votes and Gill twenty-fourth with 7,274. The Chief Election Officer declared the results on October 21, 2026.",[302,707],[752,753,1624,1085,1625],"Richmond News reports of August 24, 2022 and March, August and October 2026","Richmond United's pages",[757,1627],"voche.me found no account of why Zhang, Yung and Sargent left the organization before 2026.",[1629],{"role":315,"name":1630,"cites":1631},"Andrew Hobbs",[262],{},{"searchUrl":325,"filings":1634,"notes":1645,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1649,"gaps":1652},[1635,1639,1642],{"period":1097,"kind":1636,"url":1637,"cites":1638},"Election disclosure statement, Richmond","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEGE-2022-10-15-LEEO-RUVA-2022-RICH-DS-2",[612],{"period":1097,"kind":1098,"url":1640,"cites":1641},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEGE-2022-10-15-LEEO-RUVA-2022-SD38-DS-1",[612],{"period":1106,"kind":1107,"url":1643,"note":1109,"cites":1644},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEAFR-2025-LEEO-RUVA-2022-FR",[612],[1646,1647,329,1648],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its register, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Richmond United Voters Association for Richmond and the Richmond School District.","A search of Elections BC's scanned reports on October 30, 2026 for filers named Richmond United listed disclosure statements for the 2022 election, for Richmond and for the Richmond School District, and annual financial reports for 2022 to 2025. voche.me has not read the amounts in them.","The organization's site has a Donation Options page.",[306,1650,336,1651],"Elections BC's scanned reports search for filers named Richmond United","Richmond United's Donation Options page",[1118,1119],{"entries":1654,"state":303,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1668,"gaps":1671},[1655,1657,1659,1664,1666],{"date":344,"publisher":345,"title":346,"url":347,"summary":1656},"Andy Hobbs, with Richmond United, was re-elected, one of four incumbents returned alongside RITE Richmond's three.",{"date":789,"publisher":345,"title":790,"url":791,"summary":1658},"Hobbs pointed to Richmond's aging population and long waits for long-term care. Mike Gill said the City should make it easier to get permits for community events.",{"date":1660,"publisher":345,"title":1661,"url":1662,"summary":1663},"2026-10-01","Richmond Votes: Council candidate Andy Hobbs","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-bc-votes-council-candidate-andy-hobbs-12835854","Hobbs's questionnaire answers: yes to raising taxes for more police and firefighters, to lower developer fees, to continuing the temporary modular housing and to more public consultation; a core services review instead of lower taxes; case-by-case review of environmentally sensitive areas on private land.",{"date":1315,"publisher":345,"title":1376,"url":1377,"summary":1665},"Hobbs said he was seeking re-election with optometrist Mike Gill under the Richmond United banner, on housing affordability, policing and equal amenities across Richmond. Gill said affordability and preserving neighbourhood character need thoughtful planning.",{"date":1580,"publisher":345,"title":1578,"url":1579,"summary":1667},"Richmond United was one of two new slates in 2022, with council candidates Andy Hobbs and Linda McPhail, formerly of Richmond First, Melissa Zhang and Eric Yung. Richmond First had ceased to exist.",[1669,1085,1670],"Richmond News reports of August 24, 2022 and March 9, October 1, 10 and 19, 2026","Web searches for Richmond United, Andy Hobbs and Mike Gill at Daily Hive, CBC, Global News, CityNews, the Vancouver Sun and Business in Vancouver",[378,1672],"voche.me found no report of the organization outside Richmond News and the Richmond Sentinel.",[1674,1675,1676,1677,1678],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists the Richmond United Voters Association for Richmond and for the Richmond School District, with the other names R.U. and Richmond United. It names Andrew Hobbs as the authorized principal official.","The City's declaration of September 21, 2026 lists two Richmond United candidates, both for Councillor: Mike Gill and Andy Hobbs. The City's official results of October 21, 2026 show Hobbs seventh with 12,985 votes and Gill twenty-fourth with 7,274.","Richmond News reported in August 2022 that Richmond United was one of two new slates that year, with Hobbs and Linda McPhail, both formerly of Richmond First, plus Melissa Zhang and Eric Yung as council candidates. The Richmond Sentinel reported that Hobbs was elected in 2022 with Richmond United and that Donna Sargent was elected trustee with it. In 2026 Sargent ran as an independent, and Zhang and Yung ran with Richmond Forward.","Elections BC's scanned reports search lists disclosure statements from the organization for the 2022 election, for Richmond and for the Richmond School District, and annual financial reports for 2022 to 2025.","The organization's site is built around Hobbs. Its post of October 2026 thanks voters for his re-election, says the result for Gill \"was not what we had hoped for\", and congratulates Mayor Rob Howard and the new council.",{"accent":1680,"onAccent":389,"tint":1681,"ink":391},"#7C3AED","#F1E9FD",[1683,1717,1750,1778],{"issue":394,"headline":1684,"summary":1685,"paragraphs":1686,"proposals":1690,"questions":1709,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1710,"gaps":1714},"Seniors housing and more rental, with growth that keeps each neighbourhood's character","Hobbs told the Richmond News in March 2026 that the City should focus on seniors housing and more rental, and that the new Official Community Plan fits provincial zoning changes to each neighbourhood. In the paper's questionnaire he said yes to lower developer fees, to the small-scale multi-unit homes and to continuing the temporary modular housing, and that the real answer is permanent housing built by the Province.",[1687,1688,1689],"Richmond News reported on March 9, 2026 that Hobbs called housing affordability an obvious issue, said the City has little control over the larger causes, and wants the City to focus on seniors housing and more rental. He said the updated Official Community Plan recognizes the uniqueness of each area after the Province forced zoning changes on single-family areas.","In the questionnaire of October 1, 2026, Hobbs wrote that the two temporary modular housing sites and Aster Place house 40 people, that they are meant to be temporary, and that the Province has cut its capital budget and is not building the permanent housing those residents should move to. He said he would judge each site on its merits.","Mike Gill's page on the organization's site promises responsible growth and improved housing options. At the council debate of October 8, 2026, Hobbs pointed to Richmond's aging population and long waits for long-term care.",[1691,1695,1700,1704],{"title":1692,"detail":1693,"cites":1694},"Focus the City on seniors housing and more rental","Hobbs told the Richmond News in March 2026 that the City needs to focus on seniors housing and more rental housing. He named no number of homes.",[1308],{"title":1696,"detail":1697,"cites":1698},"Lower fees for developers to speed housing","Hobbs answered yes to the Richmond News question on lowering fees for developers to support faster housing development.",[1699],"rn-hobbs-q",{"title":1701,"detail":1702,"cites":1703},"Continue the temporary modular housing, judged site by site","Hobbs answered yes to continuing the temporary modular housing contracts, and wrote that he would evaluate each site on its merits and that the answer is permanent housing funded by the Province.",[1699],{"title":1705,"detail":1706,"cites":1707},"Keep the character of each neighbourhood as zoning changes","Hobbs said the updated Official Community Plan recognizes the uniqueness of each area, and Gill's page promises responsible growth that keeps neighbourhoods strong. Neither names a change to a bylaw.",[1308,1708],"ru-gill",[],[1711,1712,1713],"Richmond United's home, Andy Hobbs, Mike Gill and Richmond United pages","Hobbs's statement to the City and his Richmond News questionnaire of October 1, 2026","Richmond News reports of March 9 and October 10, 2026",[1715,1716],"The organization's site holds no platform page. Its promises are in Hobbs's interviews and questionnaire answers.","No number of homes, cost or date is given.",{"issue":435,"headline":1718,"summary":1719,"paragraphs":1720,"proposals":1724,"questions":1741,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1746,"gaps":1748},"A core services review, tax increases held to inflation, and more policing in the next budget","Hobbs told the Richmond News he supports a core services review on a priority basis to deliver services more efficiently, that lower taxes would mean cuts to police, fire or parks, and that the goal is to keep tax increases to inflation. He said yes to raising taxes to pay for more police officers and firefighters, and said Richmond United would press for more policing in the next budget.",[1721,1722,1723],"In the questionnaire of October 1, 2026, Hobbs answered the question on lower property taxes with a proposal for a core services review of how and why services are delivered, with input from many groups. He wrote that lower taxes \"unavoidably means cuts to services\" and that the goal is efficiency and increases held to inflation.","Richmond News reported in March 2026 that Hobbs, a former Vancouver police superintendent, said policing has become more complicated and that Richmond United would advocate for more policing in the next budget. He also said yes to raising taxes for more police and firefighters, and to more taxpayer-funded free community events.","Hobbs's statement to the City lists keeping Richmond's property tax among the lowest in the region among his aims.",[1725,1729,1733,1737],{"title":1726,"detail":1727,"cites":1728},"A core services review","Hobbs told the Richmond News he supports a core services review on a priority basis, looking at how and why services are delivered, with input from many groups, to be as efficient and cost-effective as possible.",[1699],{"title":1730,"detail":1731,"cites":1732},"Keep tax increases to inflation","Hobbs wrote that the goal is to keep tax increases to the minimum, which he set at inflation, and that lower taxes would mean cuts to services. His statement to the City aims to keep Richmond's property tax among the lowest in the region.",[1699,1610],{"title":1734,"detail":1735,"cites":1736},"More policing in the next budget","Hobbs told the Richmond News in March 2026 that Richmond United would advocate for more policing in the next year's budget, and answered yes to raising taxes to pay for more police officers and firefighters.",[1308,1699],{"title":1738,"detail":1739,"cites":1740},"Equal community amenities for every part of Richmond","Hobbs told the Richmond News that an underlying theme for the slate would be equity for different areas of Richmond in community amenities. He named no project.",[1308],[1742],{"question":1743,"answer":1744,"cites":1745},"Does Richmond United promise a property tax freeze?","No. Hobbs told the Richmond News that lower taxes would mean cuts to services, and that the goal is to keep increases to inflation after a core services review.",[1699],[1711,1712,1747],"Richmond News reports of March 9 and July 16, 2025 and October 10, 2026",[1749],"No figure is given for the cost of more policing or for savings from a core services review.",{"issue":481,"headline":1751,"summary":1752,"paragraphs":1753,"proposals":1757,"questions":1774,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1775,"gaps":1776},"More public consultation before major decisions, and easier permits for community events","Hobbs's statement to the City lists transparency, accessibility and accountability at City Hall among his aims. In the Richmond News questionnaire he said yes to more public consultations before major infrastructure decisions and to continuing the City's appeal of the Cowichan Tribes ruling. At the council debate, Gill said the City should make it easier to get permits for community events.",[1754,1755,1756],"In the questionnaire of October 1, 2026, Hobbs answered yes to more public consultations before major infrastructure decisions, to more reconciliation work with First Nations, and to continuing the City's appeal of the Cowichan Tribes ruling. On environmentally sensitive areas on private property, he wrote that he supports case-by-case review when owners ask, and opposes a city-wide reduction.","At the debate of October 8, 2026, Richmond News reported, Gill and Howard Jampolsky both said the City needs to make it easier to apply for and receive permits for community events, with better information for small businesses and community groups.","The organization's Richmond United page says it wants diverse voices represented at City Hall and a city where local businesses thrive.",[1758,1762,1766,1770],{"title":1759,"detail":1760,"cites":1761},"More public consultation before major infrastructure decisions","Hobbs answered yes to the Richmond News question on holding more public consultations before major infrastructure decisions.",[1699],{"title":1763,"detail":1764,"cites":1765},"Easier permits for community events","At the council debate of October 8, 2026, Gill said the City needs to make it easier to apply for and receive permits for community events, with better access to information for small businesses and community groups.",[915],{"title":1767,"detail":1768,"cites":1769},"Case-by-case review of environmentally sensitive areas on private land","Hobbs wrote that environmentally sensitive areas serve a valid purpose, that he supports considering private properties case by case when owners ask, and that he does not support a city-wide reduction.",[1699],{"title":1771,"detail":1772,"cites":1773},"Continue the City's appeal of the Cowichan Tribes ruling","Hobbs answered yes to continuing the City's appeal of the Cowichan Tribes ruling and yes to more reconciliation work with First Nations.",[1699],[],[1711,1712,852],[1777],"The organization publishes no commitment on council procedure or the conduct of members.",{"issue":526,"paragraphs":1779,"proposals":1780,"questions":1781,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1782,"gaps":1784},[],[],[],[1711,1511,1783],"Richmond News's report of August 26, 2026 on the trustee candidates",[1785,1786],"Richmond United ran no candidate for School Trustee in 2026 and publishes nothing on the Board of Education. Elections BC's register still lists it for the Richmond School District.","Donna Sargent, elected trustee with Richmond United in 2022, ran as an independent in 2026 and was re-elected.",[1788,1792,1797,1801,1805,1809],{"question":1789,"answer":1790,"cites":1791},"How many seats did Richmond United win in 2026?","One. Andy Hobbs was re-elected to City Council with 12,985 votes. Mike Gill, its other candidate, was not elected. It ran no one for mayor or school trustee.",[302,296],{"question":1793,"answer":1794,"cites":1795},"Who leads Richmond United?","Elections BC's register names Councillor Andrew Hobbs as its authorized principal official. Its site is built around him and names no other leader.",[262,1796],"ru-home",{"question":1798,"answer":1799,"cites":1800},"What does Richmond United promise on taxes?","Hobbs told the Richmond News he supports a core services review, that lower taxes would mean cuts to services, and that increases should be held to inflation. He said yes to raising taxes for more police and firefighters, and the slate would press for more policing in the next budget.",[1699,1308],{"question":1802,"answer":1803,"cites":1804},"What does Richmond United promise on housing?","A focus on seniors housing and more rental, lower fees for developers, and continuing the temporary modular housing judged site by site. Hobbs says the answer is permanent housing built by the Province.",[1308,1699],{"question":1806,"answer":1807,"cites":1808},"Who ran with Richmond United in 2022?","Richmond News listed Andy Hobbs, Linda McPhail, Melissa Zhang and Eric Yung for council, and the Richmond Sentinel reported Donna Sargent elected trustee with it. In 2026 Zhang and Yung ran with Richmond Forward and Sargent as an independent.",[1328,711,1078],{"question":1810,"answer":1811,"cites":1812},"Where can I see Richmond United's finances?","Elections BC's scanned reports search lists its disclosure statements for the 2022 election and annual financial reports for 2022 to 2025. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after voting day.",[612,617],{"entries":1814,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1834,"gaps":1837},[1815,1822,1828],{"date":1816,"title":1817,"body":1818,"cites":1819},"2022-11-28","Hobbs votes to keep residential use on the Steveston waterfront","Council minutes record that the bylaws ending residential use on the south side of Bayview Street in Steveston carried at first reading with Councillors Au, Hobbs and Loo opposed. Richmond News reported that Hobbs, Au and Loo had voted at committee to allow homes there with lower buildings.",[1820,1821],"city-minutes-2022-11-28","rn-2022-11-23",{"date":1823,"title":1824,"body":1825,"cites":1826},"2023-06-01","Hobbs opposes a public call for Olympic Oval board members","Richmond News reported that Council's June 2023 decision to seek Oval board members by public call instead of appointing those staff recommended carried 6-3, with Councillors Loo and Hobbs and Mayor Brodie opposed.",[1827],"rn-2023-09-21",{"date":1829,"title":1830,"body":1831,"cites":1832},"2025-07-14","Oval subsidy cap, and a review of the Oval's governance","Council voted unanimously to cap the City's Oval subsidy at $2.5 million a year. Hobbs said a review of the governance structure was timely, that the current board had made good decisions such as removing the chief executive position, and that he had no preconception whether the Oval should stay a corporation or move under the City.",[1833],"rn-2025-07-16",[1835,1836,1625],"The City's Council minutes of November 28, 2022","Richmond News reports of November 23, 2022, September 21, 2023 and July 16, 2025",[1838,1839],"Hobbs was the organization's only councillor in the 2022 to 2026 term, so its record is his votes. The full record is on his own page; the entries here are three decisions Richmond News and the City's minutes record.","Donna Sargent's votes as trustee in that term are on her own page.","richmond-united",[1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1850,1853,1856,1859,1862,1866,1867,1868,1872,1876,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884],{"id":262,"label":630,"url":631,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"publishedAt":255,"checkedAt":255},{"id":617,"label":635,"url":636,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},{"id":612,"label":1005,"url":325,"publisher":632,"kind":1006,"checkedAt":255},{"id":296,"label":640,"url":641,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":292,"checkedAt":255},{"id":302,"label":643,"url":644,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":645,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1610,"label":1848,"url":1849,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},"Candidate profile: Andy Hobbs, statement to the City","https:\u002F\u002Frichmond.ca\u002Felectionservices\u002Fcandidates\u002FCandidateProfile.aspx?ID=48",{"id":1820,"label":1851,"url":1852,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":1816,"checkedAt":255},"Council minutes, November 28, 2022","https:\u002F\u002Fcitycouncil.richmond.ca\u002Fagendas\u002Farchives\u002Fcouncil\u002F2022\u002F112822_minutes.htm",{"id":1796,"label":1854,"url":1855,"publisher":1598,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Richmond United: home page and thank-you post","https:\u002F\u002Frichmondunited.ca\u002F",{"id":1857,"label":1858,"url":63,"publisher":1598,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"ru-hobbs","Richmond United: Andy Hobbs",{"id":1708,"label":1860,"url":1861,"publisher":1598,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"Richmond United: Mike Gill","https:\u002F\u002Frichmondunited.ca\u002F?page_id=40",{"id":1863,"label":1864,"url":1865,"publisher":1598,"kind":667,"checkedAt":255},"ru-about","Richmond United: Welcome to Richmond United","https:\u002F\u002Frichmondunited.ca\u002F?p=1",{"id":1328,"label":1578,"url":1579,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1580,"checkedAt":255},{"id":711,"label":712,"url":713,"publisher":714,"kind":698,"publishedAt":715,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1821,"label":1869,"url":1870,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1871,"checkedAt":255},"Steveston waterfront could have more homes","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fsteveston-waterfront-could-have-more-homes-6148764","2022-11-23",{"id":1827,"label":1873,"url":1874,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1875,"checkedAt":255},"Richmond looks for Oval board members after council rejects recommended directors","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Frichmond-looks-for-oval-board-members-after-council-rejects-recommended-directors-7580215","2023-09-21",{"id":1833,"label":1877,"url":1878,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1879,"checkedAt":255},"Richmond Olympic Oval city subsidy capped at $2.5 million","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Frichmond-bc-olympic-oval-city-subsidy-capped-10952279","2025-07-16",{"id":1308,"label":1376,"url":1377,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1315,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1078,"label":1131,"url":1132,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1074,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1699,"label":1661,"url":1662,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":1660,"checkedAt":255},{"id":915,"label":790,"url":791,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":789,"checkedAt":255},{"id":707,"label":346,"url":347,"publisher":345,"kind":698,"publishedAt":344,"checkedAt":255},"elections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Frichmond-united","Richmond United, registered as the Richmond United Voters Association, is an elector organization for Richmond and the Richmond School District. Richmond News reported it as a new slate in 2022, when Andy Hobbs was elected to Council with it. In 2026 it ran two council candidates: Hobbs, re-elected with 12,985 votes, and Mike Gill, who was not elected. Hobbs told the Richmond News he was running on housing affordability, policing and equal amenities for every part of Richmond, and that the slate would press for more policing in the next budget.","https:\u002F\u002Frichmondunited.ca","bPDWVvhVPEjIiz3WI9C67DDHyPsTx1NGPKINASODz6Q",{"id":1890,"aliases":1891,"checkedAt":255,"declaredColour":18,"extension":256,"founded":18,"headline":1894,"history":1895,"leadership":1931,"logo":18,"meta":1934,"money":1935,"name":69,"news":1967,"overview":1996,"palette":2002,"platform":2005,"questions":2136,"record":2175,"registeredName":69,"rosterLabel":69,"slug":2206,"sources":2207,"stem":2275,"summary":2276,"website":2277,"wordmark":18,"__hash__":2278},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-richmond-2026\u002Fparties\u002Frite-richmond.json",[1892,1893],"Richmond Independent Team of Electors","RITE","Carol Day's organization, with three councillors re-elected in 2026 and filings with Elections BC back to 2014",{"entries":1896,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1925,"gaps":1928},[1897,1904,1910,1915,1921],{"date":1898,"title":1899,"body":1900,"cites":1901},"2014-11-15","2014 election: Carol Day elected","Richmond News reported that Day, a former school trustee, won a council seat on her third attempt, running on the RITE Richmond platform and placing sixth. Elections BC lists disclosure statements from RITE Richmond for Richmond and the Richmond School District for that election. The organization's History page says it began with a group that included Otto Langer and grew when Sue Halsey-Brandt ran for Council; it gives no founding date.",[1902,612,1903],"rn-2014-11-14","rite-history",{"date":1905,"title":1906,"body":1907,"cites":1908},"2018-10-20","2018 election: Day tops the poll, Wolfe elected","The City's 2018 count reported by Richmond News gave Day 20,871 votes, the most of any council candidate, and Michael Wolfe 13,627. The History page says RITE and the Richmond Citizens' Association ran together and took four of the eight seats between them.",[1909,1903],"rn-2018-results",{"date":1911,"title":1912,"body":1913,"cites":1914},"2021-05-29","2021 by-election: Karina Reid third","The History page says Karina Reid finished third in the 2021 council by-election with 2,767 votes, behind Andy Hobbs and Jonathan Ho. Elections BC lists a disclosure statement from RITE Richmond for that by-election.",[1903,612],{"date":715,"title":1916,"body":1917,"cites":1918},"2022 election: three councillors elected, mayoral candidate loses","Day (15,737 votes) and Wolfe were re-elected and Gillanders (10,817) won her first term. John Roston, RITE's candidate for mayor, lost to Malcolm Brodie. The History page says Jerome Dickey had 8,707 votes and was not elected. RITE and the Richmond Citizens' Association ran as a coalition.",[1919,1920,1903,711],"rn-2022-10-16","rn-2022-09-26",{"date":298,"title":1922,"body":1923,"cites":1924},"2026 election: three of four candidates elected","The City's official results show Day second with 15,552 votes, Wolfe third with 14,315 and Gillanders fifth with 13,122. Dickey had 9,017 votes and finished thirteenth. RITE ran no candidate for mayor or school trustee. The Chief Election Officer declared the results on October 21, 2026.",[302,296,263],[752,753,1926,1927],"Richmond News reports of November 14, 2014, October 20, 2018, September 26 and October 16, 2022 and October 18, 2026","RITE Richmond's History and About pages",[1929,1930],"The organization's History page gives no founding date, and Elections BC's register gives no date of registration. Its earliest filing listed is for the 2014 election.","The 2021 by-election figures are the organization's own; voche.me has not checked them against the City's count.",[1932],{"role":315,"name":66,"cites":1933},[262],{},{"searchUrl":325,"filings":1936,"notes":1958,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1963,"gaps":1966},[1937,1942,1946,1950,1953],{"period":1097,"kind":1938,"url":1939,"note":1940,"cites":1941},"Election disclosure statement","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEGE-2022-10-15-LEEO-RITE-2021-RICH-DS","Listed by Elections BC's scanned reports search for RITE Richmond, elector organization, Richmond.",[612],{"period":1106,"kind":1107,"url":1943,"note":1944,"cites":1945},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEAFR-2025-LEEO-RITE-2021-FR","Elections BC also lists annual financial reports for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.",[612],{"period":1947,"kind":1938,"url":1948,"cites":1949},"2021 Richmond by-election","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEBY-RICH-2021-05-29-LEEO-RITE-RICH-2021-05-29-DS-1",[612],{"period":1102,"kind":1938,"url":1951,"cites":1952},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEGE-2018-10-20-LEEO-RITE-RICH-2018-10-20-DS-2",[612],{"period":1954,"kind":1955,"url":1956,"cites":1957},"2014 general election","Election disclosure statements, Richmond and Richmond School District","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLEStmntListing.aspx?dufid=LEGE-2014-11-15-LEEO-RITE-RICH-2014-11-15-DS-1",[612],[1959,1960,329,1961,1962],"Elections BC regulates campaign financing in local elections. Its register, dated October 30, 2026, lists RITE Richmond for Richmond.","A search of Elections BC's scanned reports on October 30, 2026 for filers named RITE listed disclosure statements from RITE Richmond for the 2014, 2018 and 2022 general elections and the 2021 by-election, and annual financial reports for 2021 to 2025. voche.me has not read the amounts in them.","The organization's constitution commits it to publishing its contribution lists before election day, and its About page says it was the first civic party in Richmond to do so. Its Election Spending page held no list on October 30, 2026.","Its site asks for donations.",[306,1964,336,1965],"Elections BC's scanned reports search for filers named RITE","RITE Richmond's About, Ethics, Election Spending and Constitution pages",[1118,1119],{"entries":1968,"state":303,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":1990,"gaps":1993},[1969,1971,1973,1978,1980,1985],{"date":344,"publisher":345,"title":346,"url":347,"summary":1970},"RITE Richmond's three incumbents were re-elected. The Richmond Citizens' Association, which joined forces with RITE late in past campaigns, ran on its own this time and elected no one.",{"date":350,"publisher":345,"title":355,"url":356,"summary":1972},"At RITE's results party, Day called the 55-candidate council race \"a train wreck\" for voters and said she was excited to work with the new councillors. Gillanders said some new councillors campaigned on \"misinformation\" about existing councillors wanting drug sites, and that council does not deal with drugs or health care.",{"date":1974,"publisher":345,"title":1975,"url":1976,"summary":1977},"2026-10-08","Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Frichmond-votes-city-council-candidate-michael-wolfe-12850293","Wolfe's questionnaire answers: yes to raising taxes for more police and firefighters, no to lower developer fees, yes to more City land for affordable housing and to continuing temporary modular housing, and no to reducing environmentally sensitive areas on private land, a decision of council he says he opposed.",{"date":1879,"publisher":345,"title":1877,"url":1878,"summary":1979},"Council voted unanimously to cap the Oval subsidy. Day said she had complained about the Oval's reports for ten years and saw \"a lot of waste\". A forensic audit was under way.",{"date":1981,"publisher":345,"title":1982,"url":1983,"summary":1984},"2022-10-16","RITE adds one more city councillor to roster","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2022-civic-election\u002Frite-adds-one-more-city-councillor-to-roster-5962420","Day and Wolfe were re-elected and Gillanders, a farmland advocate, won her first term with 10,817 votes. Day had 15,737. RITE's mayoral candidate John Roston lost to Malcolm Brodie.",{"date":1986,"publisher":345,"title":1987,"url":1988,"summary":1989},"2022-09-26","RCA and RITE Richmond once again join forces","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond-news.com\u002F2022-civic-election\u002Frca-and-rite-richmond-once-again-join-forces-5872791","RITE and the Richmond Citizens' Association formed a coalition of \"progressive citizens\" as in 2018, with one mayoral candidate and eight council candidates between them. Day told the paper she has supported candidates of several parties and once ran for the BC Conservatives.",[1991,1992,808],"Richmond News reports of September 26 and October 16, 2022, July 16, 2025 and October 8, 18 and 19, 2026","Web searches for RITE Richmond and its candidates at the Richmond Sentinel, Daily Hive, CBC, Global News, CityNews, the Vancouver Sun and Business in Vancouver",[1994,1995],"voche.me found no independent report on a RITE Richmond platform launch in 2026.","Richmond News's search and section pages answer 403 to scripts, so its reports were found through web searches and may not be complete. Its questionnaire pages for Day, Gillanders and Dickey were not found; Gillanders' answers are on the organization's site.",[1997,1998,1999,2000,2001],"Elections BC's Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, dated October 30, 2026, lists RITE Richmond for Richmond, with no other names, and names Carol Day as the authorized principal official. Its own site spells out the name as the Richmond Independent Team of Electors.","The City's declaration of September 21, 2026 lists four RITE Richmond candidates, all for Councillor: Carol Day, Jerome Dickey, Laura Gillanders and Michael Wolfe. The City's official results of October 21, 2026 show Day second with 15,552 votes, 207 behind Gary Law, Wolfe third with 14,315 and Gillanders fifth with 13,122. Dickey had 9,017 votes and finished thirteenth.","Day has sat on Council since 2014, Wolfe since 2018 and Gillanders since 2022. Richmond News reported on election night that the three were the only incumbents re-elected apart from Andy Hobbs, and that RITE and the Richmond Citizens' Association, which ran together in 2018 and 2022, did not join forces in 2026.","Elections BC's scanned reports search lists disclosure statements from RITE Richmond for the 2014, 2018 and 2022 general elections and the 2021 by-election, and annual financial reports for 2021 to 2025. The organization's Ethics page says its members have always been free to vote on opposite sides of an issue.","Its platform page names four things it says RITE councillors delivered in the last term: keeping homes off a block of the Steveston waterfront, a new board at the Olympic Oval, independent forensic audits, and the Richmond Housing Office. The record section below sets each beside the City's own record.",{"accent":2003,"onAccent":389,"tint":2004,"ink":391},"#15803D","#E6F4EA",[2006,2049,2086,2126],{"issue":394,"headline":2007,"summary":2008,"paragraphs":2009,"proposals":2013,"questions":2041,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":2042,"gaps":2046},"A City housing authority, City land for affordable homes, and the temporary modular housing kept","RITE Richmond's home page promises \"bold action on the housing crisis\". Laura Gillanders' November 2025 post on its site proposes a Richmond housing authority that would use City-owned land for rental and affordable homes and reinvest rents in new housing. In the Richmond News questionnaire, Wolfe and Gillanders both said yes to more City-owned land for affordable housing and to continuing the temporary modular housing contracts.",[2010,2011,2012],"Gillanders' post of November 18, 2025 says she moved referrals to set up a housing office and a housing authority, that the housing office is now running, and that a housing authority could use City-owned land, control timelines, design and tenure mix, and reinvest rental and lease revenues in new housing. It says the details are still being worked out.","Carol Day's page on the site says she has argued for purpose-built rental housing, a higher share of affordable and low-end market rental units in new developments, and the exploration of a municipal housing authority. It also says she worked to limit the size of large houses on farmland.","In the Richmond News questionnaire of October 2026, Wolfe said the City should not lower fees for developers; Gillanders said it should. Both said the new small-scale multi-unit homes fit Richmond, with Gillanders saying the City kept restrictive heights and setbacks so they fit the neighbourhood. Both support more public consultation before major infrastructure decisions.",[2014,2020,2026,2031,2035],{"title":2015,"detail":2016,"cites":2017},"A Richmond housing authority","Gillanders' post of November 18, 2025 proposes a housing authority that would use City-owned land for affordable and rental housing, control timelines, design and tenure mix, and reinvest rental and lease revenues in new housing. It gives no date and no cost.",[2018,2019],"rite-housing-post","rite-day",{"title":2021,"detail":2022,"cites":2023},"More City-owned land for affordable housing","Wolfe and Gillanders both answered yes to the Richmond News question on allowing more City of Richmond-owned land to be used for affordable housing.",[2024,2025],"rn-wolfe-q","rite-gillanders-q",{"title":2027,"detail":2028,"cites":2029},"Continue the temporary modular housing contracts","Wolfe and Gillanders both answered yes to continuing the temporary modular housing contracts. The organization's toxic drug statement says the only power the City has is to provide land for housing programs run by the Province, and that refusing the land would make the situation worse.",[2024,2025,2030],"rite-toxic-drug",{"title":2032,"detail":2033,"cites":2034},"Purpose-built rental and a higher share of low-end market rental units","Carol Day's page on the site says she has worked for purpose-built rental housing and for increasing the share of affordable and low-end market rental units in new developments. It names no target share.",[2019],{"title":2036,"detail":2037,"cites":2038},"Limits on the size of houses on farmland","Day's page says she worked to safeguard the Agricultural Land Reserve by reducing the size of large houses on farmland, and Gillanders' page says she is best known for her work on the same issue. Wolfe's page says he defends the reserve. None names a further change.",[2019,2039,2040],"rite-gillanders","rite-wolfe",[],[2043,2044,2045],"RITE Richmond's home, platform, About, Ethics and Constitution pages","The pages for Carol Day, Laura Gillanders and Michael Wolfe on its site","Gillanders' post of November 18, 2025 and the Richmond News questionnaire answers of Wolfe and Gillanders",[2047,2048],"The platform gives no number of homes, no cost and no date for the housing authority.","The organization's account of what the housing office does is its own. The City's affordable housing page lists a Housing Office; voche.me has not read a City report on its work.",{"issue":435,"headline":2050,"summary":2051,"paragraphs":2052,"proposals":2056,"questions":2074,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":2079,"gaps":2083},"Keep taxes reasonable through strict oversight of spending","RITE Richmond's platform page promises to keep taxes reasonable through strict oversight of spending. Gillanders told the Richmond News she does not believe taxes can be lowered, but increases can be kept to a minimum by finding efficiencies, and that one percent of taxes should keep going to the facilities capital budget. Wolfe said he would raise taxes to pay for more police officers and firefighters.",[2053,2054,2055],"The platform page says RITE councillors established independent forensic audits and a new Audit Committee \"to strengthen oversight and protect taxpayer dollars\", and reformed governance at the Olympic Oval with a board focused on responsible spending. The City released a forensic audit and a performance audit of the Oval corporation on June 29, 2026; see the record section.","In the Richmond News questionnaire, Gillanders wrote that one percent of taxes goes to the facilities capital budget each year, which lets the City pay for projects from reserves instead of levies, and that cost of living increases for the workforce make low taxes a challenge. Wolfe answered yes both to raising taxes for more police and firefighters and to lower property taxes.","The Ethics page says RITE runs \"lean and thrifty campaigns\" and that opposing groups often spend more than ten times as much. That is the organization's own account.",[2057,2062,2066,2070],{"title":2058,"detail":2059,"cites":2060},"Keep tax increases to a minimum through efficiencies","The platform page promises to keep taxes reasonable through strict oversight of spending. Gillanders told the Richmond News that taxes cannot be lowered but increases can be minimized by finding efficiencies and re-evaluating programs. No figure is given.",[2061,2025],"rite-platform",{"title":2063,"detail":2064,"cites":2065},"Keep the one percent of taxes that goes to the facilities capital budget","Gillanders told the Richmond News that one percent of taxes goes to the facilities capital budget each year, that this lets the City finance its own projects from reserves, and that it should stay steady.",[2025],{"title":2067,"detail":2068,"cites":2069},"Raise taxes if needed for more police officers and firefighters","Wolfe answered yes to the Richmond News question on increasing taxes to pay for more police officers and firefighters. Gillanders gave no answer to that question.",[2024,2025],{"title":2071,"detail":2072,"cites":2073},"No increase in taxpayer money for community events for now","Gillanders told the Richmond News that more taxpayer money for events is not necessary right now, that some events may be re-evaluated, and that the City can support community groups that run their own events instead.",[2025],[2075],{"question":2076,"answer":2077,"cites":2078},"Does RITE Richmond promise a property tax freeze?","No. Its platform promises to keep taxes reasonable through strict oversight of spending, and Gillanders told the Richmond News that taxes cannot be lowered but increases can be kept to a minimum.",[2061,2025],[2080,2081,2082],"RITE Richmond's platform, About and Ethics pages","The Richmond News questionnaire answers of Wolfe and Gillanders","Richmond News reports of September 21, 2023 and July 16, 2025 on the Olympic Oval, and the City's notice of June 29, 2026 on the Oval audits",[2084,2085],"The platform gives no target for tax increases and no figure for savings.","voche.me found no City record of a new Audit Committee. The platform's claim about it stays the organization's own.",{"issue":481,"headline":2087,"summary":2088,"paragraphs":2089,"proposals":2093,"questions":2118,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":2119,"gaps":2123},"Open government, free votes for each member, donor lists before voting day, and pressure on the Province","RITE Richmond's home page promises \"access to democracy through open government\" and collaboration with the Province and Ottawa. Its platform promises to pressure the BC government on housing, health care, long-term care and the drug crisis, and to work with all members of Council. Its constitution commits it to publishing its contribution lists before election day, and its Ethics page says each elected member votes as they see fit.",[2090,2091,2092],"The organization's toxic drug statement says drug enforcement, drug education and addiction treatment are federal and provincial responsibilities, that the City's only power is to provide land for provincial housing programs, and that RITE councillors have been portrayed as wanting \"drug sites\" when they were pressing the Province to improve its programs. On election night Gillanders told the Richmond News that council \"doesn't deal with drugs or healthcare or addiction\".","Both Wolfe and Gillanders said yes in the Richmond News questionnaire to more public consultations before major infrastructure decisions, to continuing the City's appeal of the Cowichan Tribes ruling, and to more reconciliation work with First Nations. Wolfe wrote that the Province and Ottawa should negotiate any settlement.","Day's post of October 7, 2026 says she will work with the new council and support the new members. The About page says the organization wants easier neighbourhood consultations and more young people in local politics.",[2094,2098,2102,2108,2113],{"title":2095,"detail":2096,"cites":2097},"Press the Province on housing, health care, long-term care and the drug crisis","The platform page promises to pressure the BC government to fulfil its responsibilities on housing, health care, long-term care and the drug crisis. The toxic drug statement says the City has no power over enforcement, education or treatment.",[2061,2030],{"title":1759,"detail":2099,"cites":2100},"Wolfe and Gillanders both answered yes to the Richmond News question on holding more public consultations before major infrastructure decisions. The About page promises easier neighbourhood consultations.",[2024,2025,2101],"rite-about",{"title":2103,"detail":2104,"cites":2105},"Publish contribution lists before election day","The constitution on the organization's site commits it to publishing its monetary and in-kind contribution lists on a regular basis and before election day. Its Election Spending page held no list on October 30, 2026.",[2106,2107],"rite-constitution","rite-spending",{"title":2109,"detail":2110,"cites":2111},"Each elected member votes as they see fit","The Ethics page says it has never been unusual for RITE members to vote on opposite sides of an issue, and that the mandate of each elected member is to vote after researching the issue with the public.",[2112],"rite-ethics",{"title":2114,"detail":2115,"cites":2116},"Work with every member of Council","The platform page promises to work collaboratively with all members of Council. Day's post of October 7, 2026 says she will support the four new councillors so they can succeed.",[2061,2117],"rite-day-post",[],[2120,2121,2122],"RITE Richmond's home, platform, About, Ethics, Election Spending and Constitution pages, and its toxic drug statement","Day's post of October 7, 2026","The Richmond News questionnaire answers of Wolfe and Gillanders and its report of October 18, 2026",[2124,2125],"The platform holds no commitment on council procedure or the size of council.","The Election Spending page, which the constitution says should carry contribution lists, was empty on October 30, 2026.",{"issue":526,"paragraphs":2127,"proposals":2128,"questions":2129,"state":333,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":255,"searched":2130,"gaps":2133},[],[],[],[2131,1511,2132],"RITE Richmond's home, platform, About and History pages","Elections BC's register and its scanned reports search",[2134,2135],"RITE Richmond ran no candidate for School Trustee in 2026, and Elections BC's register lists it for Richmond only. Its platform holds no commitment for the Board of Education.","Its History page says it once ran school board candidates, and Elections BC lists a 2014 disclosure statement for the Richmond School District.",[2137,2141,2145,2150,2154,2158,2162,2167,2171],{"question":2138,"answer":2139,"cites":2140},"How many seats did RITE Richmond win in 2026?","Three. Carol Day, Michael Wolfe and Laura Gillanders were re-elected to City Council. Jerome Dickey, its fourth candidate, was not elected. It ran no one for mayor or school trustee.",[302,296],{"question":2142,"answer":2143,"cites":2144},"Who leads RITE Richmond?","Elections BC's register names Councillor Carol Day as its authorized principal official. Its site names no leader.",[262,2101],{"question":2146,"answer":2147,"cites":2148},"What does RITE stand for?","Richmond Independent Team of Electors, by its own site. Elections BC's register lists the name RITE Richmond with no other names.",[2149,262],"rite-home",{"question":2151,"answer":2152,"cites":2153},"What does RITE Richmond say about drug use sites?","Its toxic drug statement says enforcement, education and treatment belong to the federal and provincial governments, that the City's only power is to provide land for provincial housing programs, and that refusing the land would make things worse. Both Wolfe and Gillanders said yes to continuing the temporary modular housing contracts.",[2030,2024,2025],{"question":2155,"answer":2156,"cites":2157},"What does RITE Richmond promise on taxes?","To keep taxes reasonable through strict oversight of spending. Gillanders told the Richmond News that taxes cannot be lowered but increases can be minimized, and that one percent of taxes should keep going to the facilities capital budget.",[2061,2025],{"question":2159,"answer":2160,"cites":2161},"What does RITE Richmond promise on housing?","A Richmond housing authority that would use City land for rental and affordable homes, more City-owned land for affordable housing, purpose-built rental, and continuing the temporary modular housing. It gives no number of homes.",[2018,2019,2024],{"question":2163,"answer":2164,"cites":2165},"What did RITE councillors do in the last term?","Its platform names four things: keeping homes off a block of the Steveston waterfront, a new Olympic Oval board, independent forensic audits, and the Richmond Housing Office. Council minutes of November 28, 2022 record the Steveston change, Richmond News reported the Oval board call and the subsidy cap, and the City released the Oval audits on June 29, 2026.",[2061,1820,1827,2166],"city-oval-audits",{"question":2168,"answer":2169,"cites":2170},"Does RITE Richmond have a plan for schools?","No. It ran no candidate for School Trustee in 2026 and its platform holds no commitment for the Board of Education.",[296,2061],{"question":2172,"answer":2173,"cites":2174},"Where can I see RITE Richmond's finances?","Elections BC's scanned reports search lists its disclosure statements for the 2014, 2018 and 2022 elections and the 2021 by-election, and annual financial reports for 2021 to 2025. The report on the 2026 election is due within 90 days after voting day.",[612,617],{"entries":2176,"state":303,"indexable":304,"checkedAt":255,"searched":2200,"gaps":2203},[2177,2181,2185,2189,2194],{"date":1816,"title":2178,"body":2179,"cites":2180},"Council ends residential use on a block of the Steveston waterfront","Council gave first reading to bylaws that no longer permit residential uses on the south side of Bayview Street in the Steveston Village Riverfront area, with Councillors Au, Hobbs and Loo opposed, and cut the permitted building height there to 9 metres with Loo opposed. Richmond News reported that Carol Day argued for removing residential use, saying residents wanted Steveston Village kept as it is. The platform lists this as the first thing RITE councillors delivered.",[1820,1821,2061],{"date":1823,"title":2182,"body":2183,"cites":2184},"A public call for Olympic Oval board members","Richmond News reported that in June 2023 Council declined to appoint the Oval board members City staff recommended after Carol Day suggested a public call for applicants, carried 6-3 with Councillors Loo and Hobbs and Mayor Brodie opposed. The platform says RITE councillors reformed governance at the Oval through a new board. The exact day of the vote is not in the report.",[1827,2061],{"date":1829,"title":2186,"body":2187,"cites":2188},"Oval subsidy capped at $2.5 million a year","Council voted unanimously to cap the City's subsidy to the Richmond Olympic Oval at $2.5 million a year; the Oval received $4 million in 2024. Day said she had complained about the Oval's reports for ten years and that governance changes had removed two senior positions, saving $500,000. Council also asked staff to examine moving the Oval's operations under the City.",[1833],{"date":2190,"title":2191,"body":2192,"cites":2193},"2026-06-29","Forensic and performance audits of the Oval released","The City released a forensic audit of the Oval corporation for 2012 to 2024 and a performance audit for January 2024 to March 2025, both commissioned by Council. The City says the forensic audit found no evidence of financial impropriety and identified areas where expense and procurement practices could be strengthened. The two audits cost $567,222. The platform lists independent forensic audits among what RITE councillors delivered.",[2166,2061],{"date":2195,"title":2196,"body":2197,"cites":2198},"2025-11-18","The Housing Office, by Gillanders' account","Gillanders' post of November 18, 2025 says she moved the referral that set up the City's housing office and that it is now running. The City's affordable housing page lists a Housing Office. The platform lists the Richmond Housing Office among what RITE councillors delivered. voche.me has not read the Council vote that created it.",[2018,2199,2061],"city-housing-page",[1835,1836,2201,2202],"The City's notice of June 29, 2026 on the Oval audits and its Finding Affordable Housing page","RITE Richmond's platform page and Gillanders' post of November 18, 2025",[2204,2205],"The platform's claim of a new Audit Committee is not matched by any City record voche.me found.","Each councillor's votes in the 2022 to 2026 term are on their own page. The entries here are the four things the platform claims and the City's record of each.","rite-richmond",[2208,2209,2210,2211,2212,2213,2214,2217,2220,2223,2226,2229,2232,2235,2238,2241,2244,2246,2248,2250,2253,2256,2259,2260,2261,2262,2263,2264,2265,2266,2267,2270,2274],{"id":262,"label":630,"url":631,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"publishedAt":255,"checkedAt":255},{"id":617,"label":635,"url":636,"publisher":632,"kind":633,"checkedAt":255},{"id":612,"label":1005,"url":325,"publisher":632,"kind":1006,"checkedAt":255},{"id":296,"label":640,"url":641,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":292,"checkedAt":255},{"id":302,"label":643,"url":644,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":645,"checkedAt":255},{"id":1820,"label":1851,"url":1852,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":1816,"checkedAt":255},{"id":2166,"label":2215,"url":2216,"publisher":27,"kind":633,"publishedAt":2190,"checkedAt":255},"Oval Performance and Forensic 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