ELECTION 2024: Redondo Beach seeks $93 million for two new fire stations, police station
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach voters will decide on Nov. 5 whether to approve a $93 million bond for two new fire stations, a new police station and refurbishment of the police annex. The annex – next to Redondo Union High School auditorium – is “office space,” as described by Police Chief Joe Hoffman to the city council this summer. It does not house essential police services such as 911 dispatch, the jail or evidence lockers. A consultant told the city council a refurbished annex could last another 25 to 30 years. Cost to taxpayers for Measure FP would be $17.45 per $100,000 in assessed property value. All of the city council, and Mayor Jim Light, have spoken of the need to address these buildings’ conditions – Fire Station One (Broadway), Fire Station Two (Grant Avenue) and the police headquarters next to city hall, which, as described by Police Chief Hoffman, the city has long outgrown. He started his career there in 1994. A bond would need to exceed 66% approval to pass — unless State Proposition 5 is approved the same day, which would drop the threshold to 55%. The Redondo Beach police station was built in 1957, and the city’s two fire stations in 1959. In July, the night the…
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