Letters to the Editor: Late night establishments and trash
Hermosa booze ballot Dear ER: In recent years the Hermosa Beach City Council has been very busy. They have held lots of special meetings, have created numerous committees, but somehow they have missed the most important stuff. In 2012 the Council made a formal “finding” that the nightlife in Hermosa’s downtown “has brought with it significant negative impacts.” In response they enacted a “No Intensification” law offering incentives such as an upgrade to full liquor to businesses willing to give up late night hours, but otherwise left the status quo, with the potential for the cap on the number of outlets to “be amended by the City Council from time to time.” Their finding, combined with the 25 percent cut in public safety personnel over the last several years, argues that we should do more than leave the downtown as it is. So, I have filed a ballot initiative, to reduce the late night hours of the businesses downtown to midnight four days a week and 1 a.m. on the weekends. Signature gathering will begin soon. More information is available at www.quietnights.org. Jim Lissner Hermosa Beach Wasting our time Dear ER: Hermosa Beach’s curmudgeon-in-chief, Jim Lissner, is back at it…
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