Up in the air: The passage of new zoning has left the Redondo Beach waterfront’s future in doubt. What’s next?
The Redondo Beach Waterfront. Photo Nearly a month after the passage of Redondo Beach’s harbor-area rezoning Measure C, the future of the Redondo waterfront is cloudier than it’s been in years. Mayor Bill Brand has a dream for a master-planned waterfront that incorporates both City-controlled leaseholds and the land under the AES power plant site. CenterCal CEO Fred Bruning still sees possibilities for the citizens of Redondo Beach to receive the waterfront he believes they deserve, despite legal hurdles in the way. After a failed attempt to rid Redondo Beach of the power plant he has helped to oversee for more than a decade, AES Vice President Eric Pendergraft once still drives down 190th Street, wondering what could’ve been. Now, he wonders who will take the land. Finally, members of Redondo Beach’s voting public, led by Martin Holmes of Rescue Our Waterfront, banded together to create their own vision of the city’s future at the ballot box, one that includes decidedly smaller-scale development than Bruning’s vision. But even the best-laid plans, no matter who sets them in motion, can die — particularly when it comes to the Redondo Beach waterfront. Powering solutions? News that…
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