Thomas K. "Tom" Butt is a former vice-mayor (2002) and a present city council

City council

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 member from Richmond, California

Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

. He is a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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. He has been on the Richmond City Council since 1995.

He is an architect by profession and is the president of Interactive Resources

Interactive Resources

Interactive Resources is a Richmond, California, United States-based architectural firm headed by president and city councilmember Tom Butt. The company has performed large projects and studies mainly for the government, both local and statewide....

, a local architectural firm. He is also a contractor and former broker.

Butt founded and is currently the president of the East Brother Light Station, Inc., a non-profit organization whose aim is to save and maintain the historic East Brother Island Lighthouse

East Brother Island Lighthouse

East Brother Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on East Brother Island at the tip of Point San Pablo in Richmond, California. It marks the entrance to San Pablo Bay from San Francisco Bay....

 on East Brother Island

Brother Islands

The Brothers lie roughly off Point San Pablo in San Francisco Bay in Richmond, California. The diseno del Rancho de San Pablo names East Brother Island as 'Isla de Pajaros' or 'Bird Island.'The Brothers, along with The Sisters The Brothers (East and West Brother Island) lie roughly off Point...

, a Bay Area landmark on the Register of National Historic sites which he helped accomplish.

He was also pivotal in lobbying Congress to recognize the Rosie the Rivetor/Homefront World War II National Historic Monument and sits on the board of the agency dedicated to its creation and expansion.

In 2006 he made headlines for accusing the city of ignoring the aging infrastructure of the city's sewer system and that this had led to several raw sewage overflows due to intense rain events for which the city was sued by an environmental group.

He is a stronger supporter of the San Francisco Bay Trail

San Francisco Bay Trail

The San Francisco Bay Trail is a bicycle and pedestrian trail that will eventually allow continuous travel around the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. As of 2011, approximately 310 miles of trail have been completed...

 and wrote a city resolution that passed 8-1 that had mayor Gayle McGlaughin speak to the State Lands Use Commission to encourage them to force Chevron Corporation to allow a bay trail access to build a route through Chevron Richmond Refinery

Chevron Richmond Refinery

The Chevron Richmond Refinery is a petroleum refinery in Richmond, California, on San Francisco Bay. It is owned and operated by Chevron Corporation and employs more than 1,200 workers, making it the city's largest employer. The refinery processes approximately of crude oil a day in the...

's Richmond Long Wharf.

External links

• Tom Butt official site
• Interactive Resources
• Tom Butt city of Richmond profile
• SmartVoter Tom Butt profile