December 16, 2025
City Council
DATE: December 16, 2025
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Vice Mayor Cesar Zepeda
Subject:
Proclamation Recognizing Transgender Day of
Remembrance 2025
FINANCIAL IMPACT: No financial impact
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
March 25, 2025
October 22, 2024
March 28, 2023
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
Proclamation Recognizing Transgender Day of
Remembrance 2025 to acknowledge the memory of
those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
PROCLAMATION recognizing Transgender Day of
Remembrance 2025 that honors the memory of those
whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence and to continue to invest in efforts to promote acceptance and to end violence towards transgender individuals –
Vice Mayor Cesar Zepeda (510-620-6593) and
Councilmember Jamelia Brown (510-609-5780).
DISCUSSION:
Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual event that began in 1999 with a vigil honoring the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed the year prior, and honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender AGENDA
REPORT
December 16, 2025
violence. Transgender Day of Remembrance consist of a reading of the names of transgender people who died from October 1, of the former year to September 30, of the current year, and may include candlelight vigils, dedicated church services, marches, art shows, food drives, and film screenings.
The LGBTQ+ community suffers from unacceptable acts of hatred and violence; more specifically, transgender and gender non-conforming people experience higher rates of violence and abuse as compared to cisgender or non-transgender individuals; and
Although we are proud of the existing protections that we have in place for transgender individuals, we must continue to invest in efforts that allow transgender individuals to pursue their lives free from discrimination in the San Francisco Bay Area. We must reaffirm our commitment to ongoing efforts to promote acceptance and to end violence towards transgender individuals in Richmond.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Proclamation