2023: Redondo Beach Year in Review
City employee contract talks The City of Redondo Beach agreed to new, three-year contracts with two of its three major employee unions in December, after workers made appearances at city council meetings throughout the year. During one meeting, a 911 dispatcher told the council that low staffing and mandatory overtime in her department made her work “dehumanizing.” Her union signed an agreement for pay raises of up to 19 percent over the next three years. Teamsters, which represents Public Works and city parks employees, signed a deal for up to 25 percent raises. One major union remained without a new contract, the Redondo Beach Professional Supervisory Association, which represents analysts, planners, engineers and more. The unions made the case that they took pay cuts going back to the 2008-10 recession, and remained underpaid compared to neighboring cities. Drone show 4th A new L.A Regional Water Quality Control Board rule regarding fireworks over water led a longtime Redondo Beach fireworks contractor to pull out of the 2023 show just three weeks before the Fourth of July. City Hall debated what to do and eventually an arrangement was made with a Texas company to put on a…
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