Redondo Beach seeks home for homeless Pallet House people [updated]
by Kevin Cody Over 100 comments have been submitted to the Redondo Beach City Council about a proposal to move 15 pallet houses for the homeless to the Beach Cities Health District parking lot, on Prospect Avenue in south Redondo. The 8-foot-tall by 8-foot-long aluminum pallet houses have been housing homeless on city owned property on Kingsdale Avenue, in north Redondo, since December 28. (They are called Pallet Houses because they are shipped on pallets.) The council is scheduled to discuss the proposal at its Tuesday, July 13 meeting. Approximately 50 percent of the council comments oppose the move. Approximately 30 percent support the move. But nearly 100 percent of the comments have one thing in common. They reflect the city’s north/south divide. Comments from north Redondo residents almost unanimously expressed support for moving the pallet houses to the BCHD parking lot. Comments from South Redondo residents almost unanimously support leaving the pallet houses where they are. The council has been vexed on where to place the shelters since last year, when it received approximately $1 million in federal and county grants for homeless programs. Last October, the council voted…
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