DEVELOPMENT: Residents urge the council to nix St. Cross plan
by Elka Worner Residents opposed to a plan that could bring up to 50 new homes into their neighborhood have a month to find alternate sites for affordable housing in Hermosa Beach, the City Council said at its July 11 meeting. Under state law, the city must provide 558 affordable housing units by 2029. Potential sites for development must be submitted for state approval by October 15, 2023. “I don’t have any objection to council members or a subcommittee trying to beat the bushes one last time to see if there’s qualifying sites, an owner willing to upzone in writing, even though we’re at the eleventh hour in the process,” Councilmember Justin Massey said. Dozens of residents packed City Council chambers to voice their concerns about a proposed zoning change of St. Cross properties which they said would increase traffic, limit parking, and change the character of their residential neighborhood. With the proposed zoning change, the St. Cross site could accommodate as many as 66 units, including low-income units. “We believe it provides St. Cross additional flexibility in terms of what it may be able to develop on parcels that are already residential and need to be redeveloped and in…
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