Richmond is a Bay Area city long ruled by its huge Chevron oil refinery but became an award winning “Green & Clean” community. How did they do it? In Winning Richmond: How a Progressive Alliance Won City Hall Gayle McLaughlin recounts her 14 years as a co-founder of the Richmond Progressive Alliance, a city council member and two term mayor, and many valuable lessons about activism, electoral electoral politics, and against all odds, WINNING.