Letters to the Editor 10-26-23
Rolling back time Dear ER: We resided at 3500 The Strand from 1974 to 1979. At that time the connection between Hermosa Beach Strand and the Manhattan Beach Strand was a ramp. All day long, and deep into the night,10 speed bicyclists, and rollerbladers would come soaring down the ramp and swerve around the corner, some slamming into the board fence bordering a patio, or into the cinderblock wall. One weekend, a biker came down the ramp and lost it in the film of sand covering the ramp and crashed into the wall. He suffered serious injury. A lawsuit followed. Six months later, the City replaced the ramp with a staircase, and built the bike way along Hermosa Avenue, behind the Strand houses signs were posted saying, “Bikes go this way not that way.” Apparently, the lesson has been unlearned. Joe Ryan Palos Verdes Estates It’s the housing shortage, stupid Dear ER: I was flabbergasted to read that Hermosa Beach Councilmember Raymond Jackson stated he thinks we do not have a housing shortage (“Hermosa Beach aims to kickstart affordable housing with double barreled Land Value Recapture,” ER October 12, 2023). This demonstrates he lacks a basic understanding of why housing is so…
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