La Paz, Redondo strengthen historic bond
Redondo Beach Sister Cities president Gentil Smith, Mayor Mike Gin, La Paz Mayor Esthela Ponce, and Sister Cities committee member Jeannie Penner-More at the launching of the La Paz comprehensive awareness campaign on Tuesday. Photo They are two seaside cities separated by a national border and a thousand miles. But La Paz and Redondo Beach have for a half century forged a special bond as sister cities, one that was renewed with gusto Tuesday as dignitaries from each city joined together to launch a campaign aimed at bringing a spotlight on Mexico’s “city of peace and abundance.” In an unusual joint press conference at the Historic Library in Veteran’s Park, Redondo Beach Mayor Mike Gin and La Paz Mayor Esthela Ponce joined a coalition that included the Rotary Club and Sister Cities Committee in order to bring attention to the La Paz Tourism Board’s comprehensive awareness campaign declaring “peace on the United States.” The Tourism Board is touting significant ongoing economic development and a new study that found that La Paz’s crime statistics would rank it as the third safest city of its size in California — behind only Murrieta and Mission Viejo and ahead of Huntington Beach…
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