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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
DECEMBER 5, 2023
J.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
• LETTER FROM SBCCOG REGARDING C-LINE EXTENSION
• PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
L O C A L G O V E R N M E N T S I N A C T I O N
Carson El Segundo Gardena Hawthorne Hermosa Beach Inglewood Lawndale Lomita Manhattan Beach Palos Verdes Estates Rancho Palos Verdes Redondo Beach Rolling Hills Rolling Hills Estates Torrance Los Angeles District #15 Los Angeles County 2355 Crenshaw Blvd., #125
Torrance, CA 90501
(310) 371-7222
[email protected]
www.southbaycities.org
November 28, 2023
Dear Board members,
As we get closer to the C-Line Extension route recommendation, more misinformation is being circulated as well as accusations of personal biases. This kind of communication coming from Board members does not help to inform our cities. Instead, it just creates division. With this letter, as the SBCCOG officers, we want to clarify that the SBCCOG’s role in dealing with regional issues is to remain neutral.
First and foremost, the SBCCOG as a member organization has not taken positions on issues in which the members disagree. The SBCCOG plays a valuable role in providing information on issues of importance to cities so that cities can decide on their position. If there is consensus among the South Bay cities, then the SBCCOG is able to speak for the group as a whole.
In as much, this policy was affirmed at the last City Managers Working Group where they opined that the SBCCOG should take no position on the C-Line Extension issue because the members had conflicting positions. The SBCCOG Transportation Committee has also discussed the issue at several meetings and received briefings but recent meetings have been cancelled due to no new information.
Moreover, the C-Line decision will be made by Metro and the SBCCOG has no special standing to influence Metro’s decision. Any and all advocacy should be focused on Metro. Let’s remember that the strength of the SBCCOG is representing our cities when they are united in their advocacy. That is not the case with the C-Line extension and on behalf of the Executive Board we hope this helps in clarifying the situation.
The Officers and I wish you all Happy Holidays!
Cedric L. Hicks, Sr.,
Chair – SBCCOG
Councilmember – City of Carson
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Kevin Cody
Cc: CityClerk
Subject: Letter to Ed or Comment in current letters
Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 11:48:02 PM
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No one disputes that more mental health services are beneficial. However, allcove Beach Cities' service area is 1.4M residents (about 250,000 12-25 year olds) including Long Beach.
BCHD was voter approved to service the Residents who Reside in the District. Yet, BCHD is using the land, money, buildings, and resources of three small cities of 120,000 to service all of LA County planning area #8 with allcove.
Just because the egos of the BCHD Board cannot be contained in Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach doesn't mean that our tax money and assets should be funding non-resident services from El Segundo to Long Beach.
Mark Nelson
Redondo
Public Comment Redondo Beach City Council
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: PRR
Cc: Kevin Cody; Garth Meyer; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: CPRA - allcove service area
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 12:58:47 PM
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Sorry,scrivener's error in prior note. US Census population estimates refer to LA County SPA8 (note SPA9), consistent with the BCHD CPRA response.
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 11:35 AM Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) wrote:
Thank you. Simple question, simple answer.
Beach Cities total Population 120,000
SPA9 total Population 1.4M
allcove service area is 91% non-residents of the District. cc: Public Comment - City Councils
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 11:30 AM PRR <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Please see below (in red) for the District’s response to your public records request received on record 11/27/23 that reads:
Provide a link to BCHD's allcove service area, if different from LA County SPA8 as stated in BCHD's press releases.
The allcove Beach Cities service area is LA County SPA8.
Please note that if records you are seeking do not exist, BCHD has no obligation to create new records, or to obtain records from other sources, unless those sources are considered “prepared, owned, used by, or retained by” by the District.
If you believe we have not correctly interpreted your request, please resubmit your request with a description of the identifiable record or records that you are seeking.
Please note that the District may not respond to questions or comments included with your request that are not themselves requests for identifiable public records under the California Public Records Act. The lack of response by the District to any such questions or comments, including follow-up questions and comments, is not an indication of the District’s position on any topic or item, and should not be presented as such to any person.
Thank you.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2023 10:39 AM
To: PRR <[email protected]>
Subject: CPRA - allcove service area
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