Rescue Our Waterfront turns 7,000 signatures into Redondo Beach City Clerk
Wayne Craig and Nils Nehrenheim of Rescue Our Waterfront stand before City Clerk staffers as they verify petition signatures. The grassroots organization says they gathered 7,000 signatures in an effort to put the King Harbor CARE Act on the March ballot. Photo Members of a grassroots organization turned 150 books of signatures into the Redondo Beach City Clerk’s office on Thursday, with the aim of placing a measure limiting development along the Redondo waterfront on the March ballot. According to Rescue Our Waterfront co-founder Nils Nehrenheim, roughly 7,000 signatures were gathered to bring the King Harbor Coastal Access Revitalization and Enhancement Act to the March 7 municipal election ballot. The signatures were gathered by more 70 volunteers and paid gatherers over a period of two months. “Everyone in the city has been supporting us,” said ROW member and King Harbor CARE Act signer Wayne Craig. “It’s not just [Riviera Village].” The CARE Act is designed to “ensure a balance between new development and public views, access and recreational uses of the harbor,” according to a release from ROW. It would accomplish that by “[clarifying] Measure G zoning sections,” referring…
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