Hermosa Beach balks at South Park community garden
Opponents of a previous garden plan gather under a tree at Bicentnennial Park, a site since scrapped. Photo The City Council has balked at creating a community garden at South Park, calling for further study before another meeting on the subject in January. Councilman Jeff Duclos has spearheaded a move to place a community garden, with inexpensive plots leased to Hermosans in a rotating lottery, on the northeast corner of the grassy, 4.5-acre park in the south part of town along Valley Drive. Duclos and a nonprofit community garden organization had previously eyed the little, one-third acre Bicentennial Park across the city greenbelt from South Park, but vigorous opposition from neighbors nixed that notion. Proponents of the garden shifted their attention to other sites, landing on South Park, which the city is planning to overhaul with new children’s play equipment and the removal of an unused skate rink. At Tuesday’s regular City Council meeting, 11 people, including the chief medical officer of the Beach Cities Health District, environmental advocates and a master gardener, asked the council to lease garden land to the organizers. Councilman Kit Bobko vigorously opposed a…
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