Life or death vote for PVE police
Palos Verdes Estates Traffic Control Officer Pooler directs traffic at Malaga Cove. Officer traffic direction is among the services that might be lost if the city dismantles its police department and contracts with the Los Angeles County Sheriffs. The city does not have traffic lights. Photo (CivicCouch.com) At the start of this year, Hermosa Beach dissolved its fire department and contracted with Los Angeles County for fire department services. Last month, Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand directed his city’s fire chief to research contracting with Los Angeles County for Redondo’s fire services. Palos Verdes Estates residents will face a similar decision when they vote Tuesday, April 10 on Measure E, a citywide parcel tax. But instead fire department services, which are already provided by Los Angeles County, residents will be deciding on whether or not to keep their police department. If approved, Measure E will impose an annual, $342 tax on every parcel in the city and a 20 cent per square foot tax on building improvements. Property values will not be a factor in the tax. The tax will appear on county property tax bills for nine years. The approximately $5 million annually that…
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