Measure H would raise Hermosa Beach’s hotel bed tax
Hermosans will have a chance on Nov. 5 to decide whether to impose the kind of tax increase that people usually like: the kind paid by someone else. Measure H would boost the city’s transient occupancy tax to 14 percent from its current rate of 12 percent. Commonly known as a “hotel bed tax,” the […]
Massey finds his balance in Hermosa Beach council run
In 2015, when Justin Massey was running for a seat on the Hermosa Beach City Council for the first time, he asked an Easy Reader reporter to walk with him on Eighth Street, saying he wanted to provide an example of the kind of infrastructure fixes the city needed. He pointed out portions of the […]
Long-time City Clerk Elaine Doerfling to retire as Hermosa mulls Measure CC
In 1966, Elaine Doerfling, proud owner of a recently purchased home in Hermosa Beach, took a phone call from her aunt. The aunt, who like most of Doerfling’s large extended family was still living in the Midwest, did not share her niece’s enthusiasm about the new digs. “She said, ‘What are you doing in Hermosa […]