City hopes to more than double pallet shelters
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach pallet shelter for the homeless may expand from 20 units to 45 if the city can find funding, the Redondo City Council voted unanimously at its November 7 meeting. The estimated $1.5 million project would be paid for by city money and grants, including an earmarked $800,000 from L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell’s office. A decision needs to be made soon on the expansion because the 64-square foot individual pallet will double in price in January, when a new model is introduced. Redondo Beach Police Chief Joe Hoffman spoke in support of the expansion. “We’ve seen very few calls for service related to the pallet shelter,” he told the city council. “We average 15 transient-related calls per day.” He noted that when people are in a shelter, it leads to fewer calls. A 2023 Redondo Beach homeless count by contractor CityNet found 71 people, down from 85 in 2022 and 92 in 2021. Joy Abaquin Ford, Redondo Beach quality of life prosecutor, said that only one person appears in all three years’ lists. “It shows we are housing people at a faster rate than they are becoming homeless in Redondo Beach,” Ford said, adding that an expansion may serve more of the…
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