Help Rescue The Redondo Beach Waterfront; Revitalize, not Supersize
So AES has made public their claim to have a pending $200 million sale of their 51-acre coastal power plant property in Redondo Beach to a buyer who has “No contingencies”. Given that this lake/wetland area has hosted coal-fired, unrefined oil-burning, refined oil-burning and natural gas-fired steam and power plants for 100 years, this seems […]
$9 million in Redondo Beach taxpayer money wasted in a wasteful and arrogant government act
Residents of Redondo Beach should be aware that their Planning Commission approved new development on the Galleria property that adds 300 apartment units. According to the developer’s own Environmental Impact Report, this project will add over 33% more traffic congestion to the area (given the baseline used, it could be more like 50%). This project […]
If you live anywhere around Redondo or Hermosa Beach, you will be rewarded by taking a close look at this very interesting picture. I’ll give you a few minutes… This is a newspaper advertisement promoting two Hermosa Beach ballot measures in November 1962, which would change zoning in the city to allow high-rise residential buildings […]
Here is the real estate agents’ online listing of the Redondo Beach AES Power Plant property. It appears innocent enough, except it states that the zoning is “Generating Plant”. Any zoning change to that property is subject to approval by vote of the Redondo Beach residents. So, an unwitting prospective purchaser would think that the […]
Last November, the Redondo Beach Mayor, City Council, LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn, State Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, and State Senator Ben Allen’s representatives announced plans to acquire the 51-acre AES Power-Plant site. They plan to coordinate state and county funding sources so this would create no new taxes for Redondo residents. Everyone is very excited […]