City Manager’s Office
May 20, 2025
Coyote Management
and Response Plan
OUTLINE
1. Background
2. Plan Overview
3. Coyote Management and
Response Matrix
4. CEQA Exemption
5. On-Call Trapping Services
6. Recommendations
2 BACKGROUND • 150 coyote-related
reports (Aug 2016-2017)
• First known coyote den in
Redondo Beach (2024)
• Coyotes thrive in urban areas • No city has effectively eliminated or reduced coyote
populations
3 BACKGROUND
• Certain coyote-human response
actions are legally prohibited
• CA Dept of Fish & Wildlife rarely
allow relocation due to risks
• Captured coyotes must be
released on site or euthanized
within 24 hours
4 BACKGROUND • Coyotes generally fear humans;
attacks are rare
• LA County reports fewer than 10
coyote attacks per year; none documented in South Bay
• Only two recorded fatal coyote
attacks in the U.S. and Canada • Only U.S. fatality occurred in 1981.
5 PLAN OVERVIEW
Balance wildlife preservation with
public safety
Four-pronged approach:
1. Ensure safe community spaces
2.Enhance deterrence efforts
3.Foster public education
4.Actively monitoring coyote
activity
6 COYOTE INCIDENT & RESPONSE MATRIX
• Tiered response framework
• Response based on encounter
type
• Goal to minimize interactions and
ensure public safety
7 INTERNAL PLANNING
• Staff is developing an internal
response workflow map
• Roles and Responsibilities
matrix
• Enhancing efficiency and
consistency
• Better decision-making
8 • Adoption of the Coyote
Management and Response
Plan is exempt from CEQA
• Exemption under Sections
15061(b)(3) and 15308 of the
CEQA Guideline
CEQA EXEMPTION
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• Animal Services consults the
CA Dept of Fish & Wildlife
(CDFW) for necessary trapping
• CDFW leads investigations
• City may engage a certified
trapper
• Estimated cost: $1,500 per
coyote
ON-CALL TRAPPING SERVICES
10 RECOMMENDATIONS
• Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. CC 2505-030 that formally enacts the Coyote Management and Response Plan and affirms its exemption from CEQA pursuant to Sections 15061 (b)(3) and 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines (14 [California Code of Regulations] CCR §§15000 et seq).
• Pursuant to the plan, direct staff to procure on-call (as needed) trapping services
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