North Redondo Beach refuses to accept anything but an equitable share of ANYTHING going forward in our City. Be it housing developments, homeless shelters or any other proposed projects.
Dear Mayor, 3 quick bullets:
1) I generally support new mix use/affordable housing development along Artesia, Aviation, PCH, and AES site (up to 5 stories)
2) I ask that we not conflate increase in development with increase in traffic. For example, studies have shown limiting Uber/Lyft can improve traffic by 25%. Plenty of other traffic mitigation strategies.
3) Is there a way to reserve or prioritize affordable housing for our essential workers, teachers, nurses, grocery store workers, etc..?
Please consider the Planning Commission's recommendations and ensure the fair and equitable distribution of the proposed housing units across all of Redondo Beach. Adding 1000 new housing units to the Tech District of District 5 will overwhelm North Redondo in terms of traffic, which is already a concern particularly along Manhattan Beach Blvd., and our schools which are already nearing capacity, even given declining enrollment due to the pandemic. Please show that we are truly ONE Redondo and that the concerns of North Redondo residents matter.
If that is not enough to convince Council not to place 1000 new housing units in the Tech District, then please consider the concerns of Redondo Beach's largest employer, Northrop Grumman. Northrop's historic Space Park site is celebrating its 60th anniversary of continuous operations in Redondo Beach this year, and the site has been designated a Historic Aerospace Site by the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA). They are a shining example of the innovation and ingenuity that exists right here in Redondo Beach and should be celebrated. At a time when many businesses are leaving California and taking jobs with them, Redondo should do everything possible to make sure that Northrop Grumman continues to thrive here. Concerns about the proposed Tech District residential overlay and the potential impact on Northrop Grumman include security, employee and public safety as well as issues related to sensitive testing, development and operations. Please work with Northrop Grumman and allow them the opportunity to review and make recommendations before the final plan for the Tech District is approved. We should do everything possible to ensure the successful partnership between Redondo Beach and Northrop Grumman continues for generations to come.
Wake up Redondo Beach, this is what socialism looks like. Mandates and more mandates.
The past 10 years or so, businesses have been fleeing for friendlier municipalities - perpetual poverty.
Fast forward 2019, (pre covid) Sac. brainstormed this SB 330 mandate (more of a shell game) that didn’t need to happen, Socialism gains steam.
The community, as dense as it is, it will be challenge to live without the threat of added crime -at the parks, what about schools, and the general public. Increase traffic events, loss of parking. Our health.
Where’s the environmental impact study?
Was there an attempt for a referendum?
Connect the dot of yesteryear, to a dot today, one can project a far different universe coming our way.
Why?
With the influx of transients roaming, and wandering the community, doing what they do best, and openly, is bad enough. The increase of homeless shelters, and now the addition of very low, and low income families, and their Tag alongs. Its anyone’s guess what we’ll look like in the near future.
No one is asking or providing information on the transplant process, or the required maintenance of these enclaves. Will it turn out to be a turnstile of deliberate indolence? Are they guaranteed their home as long as they want it? Are there mortgages, HOAs? Who pays? The estimated $1.75 billion is a joke. Can you say High speed Rail? What were the circumstances of their current situation, that requires that the families had to be transplanted here? Is it for more diversity? Is it for the purpose to seed communities that lead to new zoning rules – specific votes? I don’t know. No one is talking, maybe because, in addition to the RB handcuffs, there’s a gag order clause for our community leaders.
Very stealthy and Insidious. ?
There are many many places that have been deemed as highly resource areas, per a UC Berkeley study. They are throughout CA. For the beach communities, to be inundated, up and down the coast, is at the least - curious to me.
Maybe hope is coming. If Newsom is gone - soon, maybe the new Sacramento resident(s) will hit the master Reset button, and the Loony Liberal Lunatics will feel a jolt of common sense.
As a resident of District 5 I oppose any attempts to inequitably satisfy the state imposed RHNA requirements.
You can no longer say that we are "one Redondo" unless South Redondo accepts its equal share of the required housing.
You must vote on what is right and fair for the entire Redondo Beach community
If you are to count the Legado project (115 units) on PCH and Palos Verdes Blvd, then I think South Redondo is stepping up their housing game. Same thing applies for the Catalina Village project (which will have 30 units). In total, South Redondo has 145 units planned. South Redondo needs to keep this up and not let all the housing go to North Redondo (even with 300 units planned for the Galleria project).
Keep up the work, South Redondo. You deserve equal share.
Please make the right decision and ensure half of the needed new homes are placed in South Redondo.
Moving 2,490 new homes to North Redondo Beach NEGATIVELY impacts our Community by:
1) choking off the main arteries (Marine, Manhattan Beach and Artesia) going into and out of Manhattan, Hermosa and Redondo to/from the Freeway.
2) diminishing the quality of life by creating overcrowding.
Moving Only Half of the new homes (1245) to South Redondo will:
1) take advantage of a portion of the 50 acres of open space at the AES Plant.
2) potentially provide much needed Workforce Housing for our teachers and essential workers.
Please consider the community in its entirety when making this decision.
I am a resident of Redondo Beach Council District 3. Land use choices made by this city government and others in California have directly caused or contributed to an affordable housing crisis and an environmental crisis. Housing prices are increasing faster than inflation, housing production is declining, homelessness is increasing, and people are leaving California. The city forces residents and businesses to build garages and parking spaces while failing to provide transportation alternatives which reinforces car dependency, increases our costs, and decreases our quality of life.
I support the following changes to zoning laws throughout the city:
* End single-family zoning
* Increase allowed density and remove height maximums
* End parking minimums
* End single-use zoning
The city should not fight the state and instead aim to exceed the targets set by the Regional Housing Needs Allocation. I welcome our new neighbors.
New housing units need to be fairly and equitably distributed between North & South RB. The burden on the traffic/parking/schools and crime should not be solely the responsibility to the 90278 region. Request that a proposal be presented that requires 1/2 of the state mandated housing be distributed to 90277
Dear Mayor and City Council,
I am urging you to reject the proposed General Plan land-use recommendations, which are grossly unfair to the residents of North Redondo Beach. New housing units should be distributed fairly throughout the city - not concentrated in one already dense area. The Council majority and mayor have demonstrated their longstanding opposition to housing equity in the city by previously opposing housing developments in South Redondo, such as Sea Breeze (54 units) while happily approving housing in North Redondo, such as the Galleria project (300 units). This state law is an opportunity to address the housing crisis, but it cannot come at the expense of the quality of life for one segment of the Redondo population.
I urge you to go back to the drawing board on these recommendations.
North Redondo Beach refuses to accept anything but an equitable share of ANYTHING going forward in our City. Be it housing developments, homeless shelters or any other proposed projects.
Dear Mayor, 3 quick bullets:
1) I generally support new mix use/affordable housing development along Artesia, Aviation, PCH, and AES site (up to 5 stories)
2) I ask that we not conflate increase in development with increase in traffic. For example, studies have shown limiting Uber/Lyft can improve traffic by 25%. Plenty of other traffic mitigation strategies.
3) Is there a way to reserve or prioritize affordable housing for our essential workers, teachers, nurses, grocery store workers, etc..?
Dear City Council,
Please consider the Planning Commission's recommendations and ensure the fair and equitable distribution of the proposed housing units across all of Redondo Beach. Adding 1000 new housing units to the Tech District of District 5 will overwhelm North Redondo in terms of traffic, which is already a concern particularly along Manhattan Beach Blvd., and our schools which are already nearing capacity, even given declining enrollment due to the pandemic. Please show that we are truly ONE Redondo and that the concerns of North Redondo residents matter.
If that is not enough to convince Council not to place 1000 new housing units in the Tech District, then please consider the concerns of Redondo Beach's largest employer, Northrop Grumman. Northrop's historic Space Park site is celebrating its 60th anniversary of continuous operations in Redondo Beach this year, and the site has been designated a Historic Aerospace Site by the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA). They are a shining example of the innovation and ingenuity that exists right here in Redondo Beach and should be celebrated. At a time when many businesses are leaving California and taking jobs with them, Redondo should do everything possible to make sure that Northrop Grumman continues to thrive here. Concerns about the proposed Tech District residential overlay and the potential impact on Northrop Grumman include security, employee and public safety as well as issues related to sensitive testing, development and operations. Please work with Northrop Grumman and allow them the opportunity to review and make recommendations before the final plan for the Tech District is approved. We should do everything possible to ensure the successful partnership between Redondo Beach and Northrop Grumman continues for generations to come.
Thank you,
Alisa Beeli
District 5
Wake up Redondo Beach, this is what socialism looks like. Mandates and more mandates.
The past 10 years or so, businesses have been fleeing for friendlier municipalities - perpetual poverty.
Fast forward 2019, (pre covid) Sac. brainstormed this SB 330 mandate (more of a shell game) that didn’t need to happen, Socialism gains steam.
The community, as dense as it is, it will be challenge to live without the threat of added crime -at the parks, what about schools, and the general public. Increase traffic events, loss of parking. Our health.
Where’s the environmental impact study?
Was there an attempt for a referendum?
Connect the dot of yesteryear, to a dot today, one can project a far different universe coming our way.
Why?
With the influx of transients roaming, and wandering the community, doing what they do best, and openly, is bad enough. The increase of homeless shelters, and now the addition of very low, and low income families, and their Tag alongs. Its anyone’s guess what we’ll look like in the near future.
No one is asking or providing information on the transplant process, or the required maintenance of these enclaves. Will it turn out to be a turnstile of deliberate indolence? Are they guaranteed their home as long as they want it? Are there mortgages, HOAs? Who pays? The estimated $1.75 billion is a joke. Can you say High speed Rail? What were the circumstances of their current situation, that requires that the families had to be transplanted here? Is it for more diversity? Is it for the purpose to seed communities that lead to new zoning rules – specific votes? I don’t know. No one is talking, maybe because, in addition to the RB handcuffs, there’s a gag order clause for our community leaders.
Very stealthy and Insidious. ?
There are many many places that have been deemed as highly resource areas, per a UC Berkeley study. They are throughout CA. For the beach communities, to be inundated, up and down the coast, is at the least - curious to me.
Maybe hope is coming. If Newsom is gone - soon, maybe the new Sacramento resident(s) will hit the master Reset button, and the Loony Liberal Lunatics will feel a jolt of common sense.
As a resident of District 5 I oppose any attempts to inequitably satisfy the state imposed RHNA requirements.
You can no longer say that we are "one Redondo" unless South Redondo accepts its equal share of the required housing.
You must vote on what is right and fair for the entire Redondo Beach community
Dawn Thompson
Dear City Council,
If you are to count the Legado project (115 units) on PCH and Palos Verdes Blvd, then I think South Redondo is stepping up their housing game. Same thing applies for the Catalina Village project (which will have 30 units). In total, South Redondo has 145 units planned. South Redondo needs to keep this up and not let all the housing go to North Redondo (even with 300 units planned for the Galleria project).
Keep up the work, South Redondo. You deserve equal share.
Dear City Council,
Please make the right decision and ensure half of the needed new homes are placed in South Redondo.
Moving 2,490 new homes to North Redondo Beach NEGATIVELY impacts our Community by:
1) choking off the main arteries (Marine, Manhattan Beach and Artesia) going into and out of Manhattan, Hermosa and Redondo to/from the Freeway.
2) diminishing the quality of life by creating overcrowding.
Moving Only Half of the new homes (1245) to South Redondo will:
1) take advantage of a portion of the 50 acres of open space at the AES Plant.
2) potentially provide much needed Workforce Housing for our teachers and essential workers.
Please consider the community in its entirety when making this decision.
Sincerely,
Mickey Marraffino, 1916 Graham Avenue
Hello City of Redondo Beach,
I am a resident of Redondo Beach Council District 3. Land use choices made by this city government and others in California have directly caused or contributed to an affordable housing crisis and an environmental crisis. Housing prices are increasing faster than inflation, housing production is declining, homelessness is increasing, and people are leaving California. The city forces residents and businesses to build garages and parking spaces while failing to provide transportation alternatives which reinforces car dependency, increases our costs, and decreases our quality of life.
I support the following changes to zoning laws throughout the city:
* End single-family zoning
* Increase allowed density and remove height maximums
* End parking minimums
* End single-use zoning
The city should not fight the state and instead aim to exceed the targets set by the Regional Housing Needs Allocation. I welcome our new neighbors.
Thank you,
David
New housing units need to be fairly and equitably distributed between North & South RB. The burden on the traffic/parking/schools and crime should not be solely the responsibility to the 90278 region. Request that a proposal be presented that requires 1/2 of the state mandated housing be distributed to 90277
Dear Mayor and City Council,
I am urging you to reject the proposed General Plan land-use recommendations, which are grossly unfair to the residents of North Redondo Beach. New housing units should be distributed fairly throughout the city - not concentrated in one already dense area. The Council majority and mayor have demonstrated their longstanding opposition to housing equity in the city by previously opposing housing developments in South Redondo, such as Sea Breeze (54 units) while happily approving housing in North Redondo, such as the Galleria project (300 units). This state law is an opportunity to address the housing crisis, but it cannot come at the expense of the quality of life for one segment of the Redondo population.
I urge you to go back to the drawing board on these recommendations.