Assembled and ready
Last week you elected me to represent the South Bay in the California State Assembly. Thank you so much for this honor. If you were one of my supporters, thank you for your vote and the other help that so many of you provided – yard signs, volunteer hours, events, financial support.
If you voted for my opponent, please know that I will represent the whole South Bay to the best of my ability and I will try to earn your trust and support.
If you did not vote, please make an effort to get informed and vote in the future. This election had some of the lowest voter turnout in the history of California. We have big challenges as well as big opportunities. We will progress most effectively with the active engagement of all Californians.
I am not perfect. I will make mistakes as your representative. But I promise I will work hard and in good faith to serve the entire South Bay. I am a native Southern Californian, my wife Suzanne and I have made our lives in the South Bay and have raised our four children here. I love California and the South Bay and will do my best as your representative. Thank you for this opportunity.
David Hadley
Assemblymember-Elect
66th Assembly District
The people’s terms
As a member of the 1970 Redondo Beach City Charter Review Committee I wish to thank each of the citizens who voted down the term limit extension in the recent election. It was the purpose of term limits to end politicall empire building in the city. We have seen outstanding City Councils since that change took effect. Every citizen has the opportunity to participate in local government.
Frank O’Leary
Redondo Beach
Save the Riv
I greatly oppose the Legado Project at 1700 Pacific Coast Highway. As a long time resident of Redondo Beach, I do want the additional congestion and reduced parking that this project will surely bring. I concur with the “Save the Riviera Group” that we don’t want nor need:
· 2,677 more cars per day in PCH/PV Blvd. Intersection.
·Underground parking that is insufficient for tenants/employees)
·Putting pedestrian and bicyclists at greater risk.
Daniel F. Meyer,
Redondo Beach
It pays to be (carbon) neutral
Experts hired by the city of Hermosa Beach have proved that Hermosa Beach could be the beneficiary of hundreds of millions of dollars by making the investment to be a Carbon Neutral City (a city that harvests as much renewable energy as it uses).
Additionally, the experts have reported to the city council that the cost of getting there is discounted by as much as $40 million by making the effort to be one of the first Carbon Neutral Cities in California. And they agreed that Hermosa has a competitive advantage in getting there first.
The experts did not even include the economic benefits related to branding, tourism or the health benefits of reduced heart disease, lung disease and cancer.
These benefits are significant and will bring investment, revenue and a lower cost structure to our city. Please contact our city council members and let them know we need their leadership on this issue now.
Robert Fortunato
Hermosa Beach
Hermosa’s dense planners
Do you want increased building density in Hermosa Beach? That question should have been specifically asked of residents at Hermosa’s General Plan workshop last Thursday by the outside planning consultants. Instead, it only appeared on a posters asking if we should “Allow apartments above some commercial uses.”
It makes me wonder if higher density is already predetermined..
Another poster asked, should we “Create slow speed lanes for bikes?” We could use a table map to show where. So now residents and city interactions over years to minimize bike paths get ignored?
Then as a mind blower, they asked if we wanted “big box” retailer like Walmart in our quaint little seaside town. Why aren’t we using our local planners instead of paying an outside company? Nevertheless, the city needs to mail out a survey of all the questions plus new ones specifically asking our feelings on density increase before any decisions are made so everyone gets a say.
Mark Hopkins
Hermosa Beach
A bad Bill of lading
Why is Redondo Beach Bill Brand halting progress of the whole community for a selected few? Let me remind Council Member Brand, District 2 consists of more views than that of the personal interests of the Village, the Colony and Seascape Condos. You have done everything in your power to derail and halt progress on well-deserving projects that will benefit the whole community for generations, and ultimately will raise the property values for all, including the coastal condos.
The Waterfront Project and CenterCal Project will not only beautify our community, but also bring in millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements and taxes. However, at the rate Brand tries to delay and impede process, we will run out of money before we get there.
Civil-war tactics and stubborn grandstanding have left many frustrated and disappointed,
Residents in District 2, including myself, a resident of Redondo Beach for over 25 years, deserve a council member who works toward the well-being of the entire City. Our Waterfront is indeed a gem and will remain one with updated polish that will entice visitors and commerce for generations. Measure G has passed; the people of Redondo Beach have spoken. Cooperation and compromise are needed.
Redondo District 2 resident
Name withheld by request
