BCHD board to decide this week on demolition bond
by Garth Meyer The Beach Cities Health District board will vote July 24 on whether to seek voter approval for a $30 million bond to tear down the old South Bay Hospital, and fund other items on the District’s Redondo Beach campus. The “BCHD Community Health & Wellness Measure” would pay for destruction and removal of the 1960 hospital building, replace it with two acres of grassy open space and 100 parking spots, and complete the coming alcove Beach Cities building with certain environmental and sustainability “best practices.” BCHD states the reason to tear down the old hospital – which closed in 1998 – is seismic, pointing to a structural engineering analysis/risk assessment, which concluded the building could operate within “acceptable risk standards” until late 2026. The District has committed to the tear-down in two years whether a bond funds it or not. “We haven’t made a decision yet on a bond,” said Martha Koo, BCHD board president. “Beach Cities Health District has looked at a lot of different ways to support a loss of revenue, since 2017. I think a bond measure is really worth considering.” The planned open space would be used for the health district’s outdoor health and…
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