RICHMOND — As half a billion dollars from Chevron start to flow into Richmond’s coffers, city leaders want to know exactly how residents would like to see that money spent. Or we can do it like the way people who win the lottery, go out and buy a bunch of fancy things and then be broke in 10 years.”The $550 million Richmond is poised to collect stems from an agreement it negotiated with the Richmond Chevron Refinery. In exchange for the funds, the council agreed to remove a tax measure, dubbed the Make Polluters Pay campaign, from the November 2024 ballot. Brown said those behind the Make Polluters Pay campaign are “amazing stakeholders,” but they don’t represent the entirety of Richmond. Meanwhile, what funds the city receives from the settlement with Chevron will remain in an investment fund until a plan for what to do with the money is complete.