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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
NOVEMBER 4, 2025
J.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
• PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
From: Holly Osborne
To: CityClerk
Subject: Non Agenda, Nov 4, Blue folder on gun safety
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 2:50:02 PM
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Dear city clerk:
Please put the link to this article on indoor gun ranges in blue folder.
Good evening Mr Mayor and city council.
I discovered this article from the New York times this morning, about how firing guns indoors at test ranges can cause brain injuries.
Here is a quote
"The data showed that smaller-caliber guns can pose a danger pretty quickly, and that large-caliber civilian rifles delivered a blast wave that exceeds what the military says is safe for the brain. Indoor ranges, designed to make shooting safe, can worsen blast exposure, they discovered." How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain Injuries I am sure that our police department wants to do everything to protect its officers, and the Air Force wants to protect its airmen. Please check this out before proceeding with an indoor test range.
Thank you
How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May
Cause Brain Injuries
The Times tested the blast waves of several popular
civilian guns at an indoor range and found that
repeated fir...
Holly Osborne
From: Holly Osborne
To: CityClerk
Subject: Remarks for Redondo City Council on Nov 4, 2025, Non agenda Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 2:13:47 PM
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Dear City Clerk:
I gave remarks very similar to these at the last Redondo city council but they were not mailed in.
I also gave these remarks at the Nov 3 Transportation COG Committee, and at Lawndale.
Please put them in the blue folder.
Thank you.
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Good evening.
Dr. Osborne, retired engineer, Redondo Beach.
These remarks have to do with the narrow width of the ROW in Lawndale. Recall, the width in the narrow part is only 75 ft, although Metro claimed 81 ft initially because they could not make everything fit. All their initial sketches presented at community meetngs in August 2022 had this erroneous width. (Interestingly, in 2018, their surveyors had correctly measured 75 ft) Metro was called out on that, and so they changed their sketches to 75 ft, for the DEiR released in Jan 2023,but they did not change the detailed drawings in the DEIR Appendix. Those erroneous drawings still showed 80 or 81ft, a fact that I presented at numerous Metro Construction meetings.
Note: Metro claiming that "wide width" of ROW enabled them to say they were not "taking" properties, because Metro already "owned" the ROW.
This talk is on how they "corrected" the drawings in the FEIR Appendix released Sept 2025.. Those are the drawings I passed out, and I have given this talk at Lawndale and Redondo city councils.
Again, Metro had the width of the ROW at 81 ft in their DEIR Appendix A drawings. (The width of the ROW inexplicably jumped from 75 ft to 81 ft, just south of 171st,) For the FEIR, they now show the ROW width at 75 ft the whole way. BUT, they effectively widened the ROW just south of 171st, this time by claiming it as a "construction easement" In other words, the "width" of ROW plus construction easement = 81 ft!
The hashtag area, below, encircled in RED, is "temporary construction easement." Here is a continuation of the above drawing. Notice the lengthy section of easement.
You cannot see it from these drawings, but those properties where the easement is are actually on a top of a steep embankment. The construction "easement" will cut away at the embankment.
Enough said. I would like to know how their expert teams of surveyors made that mistake. "Mistakes" like this are "fixed" by eminent domain. That is why this is such a serious issue. (Actually, they had surveyors out there in Dec 2023, who measured this correctly, but Metro would not let me talk to them.)
Note: In the FEIR package, Metro mentions the 75 ft vs 80-81ft issue in Section 4.23, page 4-157. (They do NOT mention their "construction easement" fix to "regain" their width!) This FEIR package should not be approved. There are other dubious maneuvers elsewhere.
Holly Osborne
From: Mike and Jill
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: BCHD it’s time to be fully transparent to the citizens in the health district Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025 6:27:51 AM
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To the leadership of Beach Cities Health District,
As a citizen and taxpayer in the BCHD, I have watched BCHD attempt to sell their Healthy Living Campus concept to the citizens of the health district.
I have read the many BCHD mailers and been to many meetings.
I no longer trust anything the BCHD management team says about their plans for the old South Bay Hospital.
To regain my trust, the BCHD needs to become fully transparent to the community about the plans for the South Bay Hospital going forward.
I look forward to engaging with BCHD and having you rebuild my trust in your agency. Without that trust, my opinion of BCHD will remain that it is a public agency that is creating negative stress on the citizens who live nearby, and that BCHD continues not to care.
Mike Jamgochian
Redondo Beach
From: William Shanney
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]
Subject: BCHD Leasing Plans
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 5:28:17 PM
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BCHD has been hiding in the shadows, after sending requests for proposals to over 100 private developers to use OUR PUBLIC LAND. BCHD refused to release the names of the developers to the TAXPAYER-OWNERS of the District. BCHD refused to release the proposals made by the three private developers that have already been short-listed. BCHD has had at least 6 meetings that have locked out the TAXPAYER-OWNERS and the general public.
This BCHD LAND LEASING process has been conducted IN THE SHADOWS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
BCHD'S MEASURE BC FAILED - THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT AN ALLCOVE BUILDING, OR 2 ACRES OF EXPENSIVE OPEN SPACE, OR 2 EXPENSIVE BCHD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. VOTERS AUTHORIZED $600M IN BONDS FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED! $0 FOR BCHD PROJECTS!
BCHD MUST STOP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS
PROVIDED ALL DEVELOPER PROPOSALS
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC!
THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-YEAR LOSS
OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC LAND FOR THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the resident-taxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON SERVICES Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND THEIR OWN
ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6-10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT MISTAKES
BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5
GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and preConditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%. BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M
REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 square-feet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION. WE CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUT PRECIOUS TAXPAYER FUNDING! William and Vivian Shanney
From: Stop BCHD
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; City Council; [email protected]; [email protected]; Paige Kaluderovic; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; James Light; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Kevin Cody Subject: BCHD Public Meeting on Commercial Campus Development - Friday 10/31 8AM to NOON Date: Friday, October 24, 2025 11:10:43 PM
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In an apparent effort to minimize opposing views to BCHD's current land commercialization (also privatization) scheme, BCHD is denying remote participation for its strategic half-day meeting on Halloween Friday the 31st from 8-noon.
BCHD half-day meetings are typically 90% affiliated participants of BCHD, that is, Board, Executives, Employees, Consultants, Contractors, and Volunteers. Only a literal handful (5 to 10) participants are non-affiliated general public.
BCHD requires in person attendance for participation. All others will have a view-only option and can submit comments but not participate or comment in real time.
THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BCHD ACTIVELY THWARTING
PUBLIC INPUT.
Clearly a half-day, workday meeting is a detriment to public participation. It targets the NONPARTICIPATION of the disabled and low income who either have mobility issues or must work for income.
Consider attending in person. The facility is at:
8:00am – 12:00pm
AdventurePlex
1701 Marine Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
According to Google, the meeting facility is roughly a one hour bus ride from the BCHD facility to arrive by 8AM on 10/31.
According to Uber, the meeting facility is roughly $20 to $36 Uber ride and 15-25 minutes of travel time.
The meeting agenda can be found at:
https://bchd.granicusideas.com/meetings/372-strategic-development-half-day/agenda_items The meeting presentation can be found at:
https://legistarwebproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3696581/2025_10_31_Half_Day_FINAL__1_.pdf We will provide more guidance to the local community over the weekend.
Thank you.
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Mark Nelson
To: CityClerk
Subject: Council comment illegal U turns and bchd sirens Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 11:53:30 AM
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So this gets the award for October a full semi flipping an illegal you onto the 500 block of North Prospect going the wrong way in one way. And as a bonus, we have one of six sirens from today at Beach city health District. I've come to the conclusion of the cities's records regarding the number of calls at 510 512 514 520 North Prospect are completely erroneous. I've been working in the garage.
The last few days 3 to 6 a day is far more accurate for call numbers of emergency vehicles than whatever the garbage is. We got from the city.
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: PRR
Cc: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: CPRA - Creating Genuine Transparency on the RFEOI (Public Comment HB/RB/MB Councils) Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025 11:03:49 AM
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We have to know the following because of BCHD's non-transparent private development process since June of 2025
Provide documents:
1) the total mailing/delivery/email list for the initial RFEOI 2) the list of all respondents to the solicitation
3) the full submissions of all short listed "proposals" (approximately 10) 4) the minutes of the 6 meetings that Martha Koo stated that she attended without public noticing to discuss the submissions
5) all documents available at each of the 6 meetings declared by Martha Koo 6) the contracts for all firms that are contracted by BCHD to assist/consult/evaluate or otherwise participate as "hired help" in the RFEOI
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: [email protected]; Robert W. Lundy; info; Jane Diehl; Michelle Bholat; PRR; Noel Chun; Martha Koo; Kevin Cody; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: FORMAL COMPLAINT (PUBLIC COMMENT OTHER AGENCIES) - Bakaly Plainly LIED during the Board Meeting on 10-22-25/////LIE BCHD WAS NOT FULLY REIMBURSED - WE TAXPAYERS ATE $2.3M - Fwd: CPRA Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 8:02:07 PM
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Bad news. FACTS ARE FACTS - the Bakaly CEO report states:
Covid expenses - $5.195M
Covid reimbursements STATE AND FEDERAL - $2.9M
Math says - we had $2.3M in NON-REIMBURSED COSTS
Bakaly either lied today or he lied in his CEO report - either is termination offense in a public meeting before the public and the board.
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
Date: Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: CPRA
To: PRR <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Robert W. Lundy <[email protected]> Public Comment to all agencies by bcc:
BCHD's response is flawed and misrepresents the facts.
BCHD's CEO report has stated that BCHD spent $5.2M on Covid response and only recovered 56% or $2.9M As such, BCHD failed to recover $2.3M of Covid expenses.
BCHD's words state Covid expenditures were $5.195,000 in the CEO report.
BCHD's words state Covid reimbursement was $2,900,000 in the CEO report.
Simple arithmetic demonstrates that BCHD used $2.3M of taxpayer funds on Covid expenditures, including but not limited to, the testing of 84% non-residents per LA County Health Department.
BCHD's response is flatly false.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 1:47 PM PRR <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Please see below (in red) for the District’s response to your public records request received 2/18/24 that reads:
PRR:
Provide documents demonstrating that the value of District Residents receiving (Covid testing from BCHD instead of other vendors + Covid vaccines from BCHD instead of other vendors) exceeds the $2.3M operating loss and net district taxpayer expenditure.
There are no responsive documents. Please note the District has not experienced a $2.3 million operating loss due to COViD-19. In the below presentation to the District Board, slide 4, illustrates 4- years of Operating surplus/deficit from FY18-19 through FY21-22.
FY23-24 Budget Presentation - June 2023
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: Sunday, February 18, 2024 5:54 PM
To: PRR <[email protected]>; Martha Koo <[email protected]>; Jane Diehl <[email protected]>; Michelle Bholat <[email protected]>; Noel Chun <[email protected]>; Vanessa I. Poster <[email protected]>; Robert W. Lundy <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: CPRA
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According to BCHD's CEO report, BCHD had $2.3M of non-reimbursed Covid expenses. According to LA County Health, BCHD tested 84% non-residents of the District. According to BCHD press releases, BCHD vaccinated 45% non-residents. In the recent SDHD, BCHD asserted that "regional" services provided net benefits to District residents.
PRR: Provide documents demonstrating that the value of District Residents receiving (Covid testing from BCHD instead of other vendors + Covid vaccines from BCHD instead of other vendors) exceeds the $2.3M operating loss and net district taxpayer expenditure.
If BCHD cannot provide documents demonstrating that benefits of BCHD providing regional services outweighs all fully loaded costs of provision, then BCHD must promptly cease its unsupported accusations.
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From: p Yee
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Fw: PLEASE SEND TO BCHD AND CITY COUNCILS ASAP - PUBLIC COMMENT: BCHD AND ITS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS MUST COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS!
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 3:50:51 PM
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Public Comment to BCHD, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach BCHD has been hiding in the shadows, after sending requests for proposals to over 100 private developers to use OUR PUBLIC LAND. BCHD refused to release the names of the developers to the TAXPAYER-OWNERS of the District. BCHD refused to release the proposals made by the three private developers that have already been short-listed. BCHD has had at least 6 meetings that have locked out the TAXPAYER-OWNERS and the general public.
This BCHD LAND LEASING process has been conducted IN THE SHADOWS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
BCHD'S MEASURE BC FAILED - THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT AN ALLCOVE BUILDING, OR 2 ACRES OF EXPENSIVE OPEN SPACE, OR 2 EXPENSIVE BCHD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. VOTERS AUTHORIZED $600M IN BONDS FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED! $0 FOR BCHD PROJECTS!
BCHD MUST STOP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS
PROVIDED ALL DEVELOPER PROPOSALS
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC!
THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-YEAR LOSS
OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC LAND FOR THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the resident-taxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON SERVICES Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND THEIR OWN
ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6-10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT MISTAKES
BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5
GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and preConditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%. BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M
REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 square-feet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION. WE CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUT PRECIOUS TAXPAYER FUNDING! --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voterapproved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; City Council; [email protected]; Paige Kaluderovic; Zein Obagi; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Scott Behrendt
Subject: Fwd: LTE - BCHD"s Not So Public Process
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025 12:41:15 PM
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Public Comment to Mayors and Councils:
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Subject: LTE - BCHD's Not So Public Process
To: Judy Rae <[email protected]>
Last summer, BCHD paid a consultant to send out hundreds of requests for interest to use the publicly owned Prospect Avenue campus for commercial development. BCHD refused to disclose the developers' names to the public when asked. BCHD then received developer responses that it also refused to disclose. BCHD then had six secretive, non-public meetings where it picked its three favorite proposals. It also refused to release those to the public. At its November meeting, the BCHD Board is expected to authorize the CEO to negotiate a land lease agreement with the Board's favorite commercial developer based on the proposals.
Throughout this entire process, the public has been banned from seeing any proposals, any site plans, any drawings, or any proposed commercial terms. All this after BCHD failed to get to a deal with commercial developer PMB LLC while BCHD spent $12M of District taxpayer funding on pre-development costs. BCHD then let PMB walk away without paying a penny.
BCHD has demonstrated its lack of success and experience with commercial real estate development. And despite taxpayer's $12M loss on the PMB deal, we are denied all access to the current process.
BCHD is proposing to take 4-1/2 acres of public funded and owned land away from the next five generations of residents in return for a mere $1 million per year lease to a commercial developer. That's only one-third of what BCHD pays its executives each year. That's less than BCHD spends subsidizing non-resident use of District taxpayer funded facilities and programs. District voters said no to Measure BC, a $30 million bond proposal to provide more facilities for non-resident use. And at the same time, those voters approved $600 million in other bond measures. It's obvious that voters knew where the yes-button was, and in BCHD's case they voted their opposition to BCHD commercialization and accelerated non-resident programs and services. BCHD needs to immediately halt its current commercial development solicitation, provide all materials to the District taxpayer-owners, and we'll organize a proper public review and recommendation for the Board. We cannot afford to lost any more of our precious taxpayer funding to BCHD's commercial deal failures.
Mark Nelson
From: MONIKA OLMOS
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: PLEASE SEND TO BCHD AND CITY COUNCILS ASAP - PUBLIC COMMENT: BCHD AND ITS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS MUST COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS!
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 11:13:13 PM
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From: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
Date: October 29, 2025 at 15:34:04 PDT
To: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
Subject: PLEASE SEND TO BCHD AND CITY COUNCILS ASAP -
PUBLIC COMMENT: BCHD AND ITS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS MUST
COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS!
BCHD is planning another 100 year lease and a 65-foot tall PRIVATE DEVELOPER BUILDING! - Forward this email to
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Public Comment to BCHD, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach
BCHD has been hiding in the shadows, after sending requests for proposals to over 100 private developers to use OUR PUBLIC LAND. BCHD refused to release the names of the developers to the TAXPAYER-OWNERS of the District. BCHD refused to release the proposals made by the three private developers that have already been short-listed. BCHD has had at least 6 meetings that have locked out the TAXPAYER-OWNERS and the general public.
This BCHD LAND LEASING process has been conducted IN
THE SHADOWS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
BCHD'S MEASURE BC FAILED - THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT AN
ALLCOVE BUILDING, OR 2 ACRES OF EXPENSIVE OPEN SPACE, OR 2 EXPENSIVE BCHD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. VOTERS AUTHORIZED
$600M IN BONDS FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED! $0 FOR BCHD
PROJECTS!
BCHD MUST STOP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNTIL THE
PUBLIC IS PROVIDED ALL DEVELOPER PROPOSALS
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC! THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-
YEAR LOSS OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC
LAND FOR THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the residenttaxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON
SERVICES
Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND
THEIR OWN ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6- 10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT
MISTAKES BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5 GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and pre-Conditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%.
BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 squarefeet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION.
WE CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUT PRECIOUS
TAXPAYER FUNDING!
--
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-ofLife Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Darryl Boyd
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; James Light; Paige Kaluderovic; Mike Witzansky; Joy Ford; Zein Obagi; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Scott Behrendt
Subject: Fwd: PLEASE SEND TO BCHD AND CITY COUNCILS ASAP - PUBLIC COMMENT: BCHD AND ITS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS MUST COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS!
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025 9:52:53 AM
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Public Comment to BCHD, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach BCHD has been hiding in the shadows, after sending requests for proposals to over 100 private developers to use OUR PUBLIC LAND. BCHD refused to release the names of the developers to the TAXPAYER-OWNERS of the District. BCHD refused to release the proposals made by the three private developers that have already been short-listed. BCHD has had at least 6 meetings that have locked out the TAXPAYER-OWNERS and the general public.
This BCHD LAND LEASING process has been conducted IN THE SHADOWS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
BCHD'S MEASURE BC FAILED - THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT AN ALLCOVE BUILDING, OR 2 ACRES OF EXPENSIVE OPEN SPACE, OR 2 EXPENSIVE BCHD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. VOTERS AUTHORIZED $600M IN BONDS FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED! $0 FOR BCHD PROJECTS!
BCHD MUST STOP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS
PROVIDED ALL DEVELOPER PROPOSALS
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC!
THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-YEAR LOSS
OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC LAND FOR THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the resident-taxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON SERVICES Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND THEIR OWN
ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6-10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT MISTAKES
BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5
GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and preConditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%. BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M
REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 square-feet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION. WE CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUT PRECIOUS TAXPAYER FUNDING! --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voterapproved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal. --
Darryl Boyd - Broker/Owner, MRP, SFR, CPTS
Specialized Court Services:
Expert Witness - Probate & Trust Valuation Disputes
Substitute Administration - Probate Cases
DARRYL B. BOYD, BROKER
811 N. Catalina Ave. Suite #2016
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 490-0139 Direct cellular
[email protected]
DarrylBoydBroker.com
CA DRE #01178871
From: Stop BCHD
To: Communications; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; info; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; Kevin Cody Subject: Fwd: PLEASE SEND TO BCHD AND CITY COUNCILS ASAP - PUBLIC COMMENT: BCHD AND ITS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS MUST COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS!
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 9:42:27 PM
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We object to BCHD's large structure, long term land leases, and taking of PUBLIC LAND for PRIVATE USE. Five generations will lose 4.5 acres and that is unacceptable.
BCHD is planning another 100 year lease and a 65-foot tall PRIVATE DEVELOPER BUILDING! - Forward this email to
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Public Comment to BCHD, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach BCHD has been hiding in the shadows, after sending requests for proposals to over 100 private developers to use OUR PUBLIC LAND. BCHD refused to release the names of the developers to the TAXPAYER-OWNERS of the District. BCHD refused to release the proposals made by the three private developers that have already been short-listed. BCHD has had at least 6 meetings that have locked out the TAXPAYER-OWNERS and the general public.
This BCHD LAND LEASING process has been conducted IN THE SHADOWS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
BCHD'S MEASURE BC FAILED - THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT AN ALLCOVE BUILDING, OR 2 ACRES OF EXPENSIVE OPEN SPACE, OR 2 EXPENSIVE BCHD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. VOTERS AUTHORIZED $600M IN BONDS FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED! $0 FOR BCHD PROJECTS!
BCHD MUST STOP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS
PROVIDED ALL DEVELOPER PROPOSALS
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC!
THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-YEAR LOSS
OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC LAND FOR THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the resident-taxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON SERVICES Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND THEIR OWN
ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6-10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT MISTAKES
BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5
GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and preConditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%. BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M
REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 square-feet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION. WE CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUR PRECIOUS TAXPAYER FUNDING! --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voterapproved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
If BCHD needs $1.2M in revenue, it can cut executive pay and other overheads instead of stealing 4-1/2 acres from the public that purchased the land for a public emergency hospital that failed in 1984 and was converted to a building rental.
Executive Pay Total Budget % Exec # Exec
Redondo Beach $ 4,224,596 $ 204,260,000 2.1% 15
Manhattan Beach $
3,104,006 $ 163,760,000 1.9% 10
Hermosa Beach $
2,236,655 $ 63,870,000 3.5% 7
Beach Cities Health District $ 2,485,282 $ 15,628,000 15.9% 13 Data from TransparentCalifornia, State of California, BCHD 2024-25 budget --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
budget on executives than Manhattan Beach does.
If BCHD needs $1.2M in revenue, it can cut executive pay and other overheads instead of stealing 4-1/2 acres from the public that purchased the land for a public emergency hospital that failed in 1984 and was converted to a building rental.
Executive Pay Total Budget % Exec # Exec
Redondo Beach $ 4,224,596 $ 204,260,000 2.1% 15
Manhattan Beach $
3,104,006 $ 163,760,000 1.9% 10
Hermosa Beach $
2,236,655 $ 63,870,000 3.5% 7
Beach Cities Health District $ 2,485,282 $ 15,628,000 15.9% 13 Data from TransparentCalifornia, State of California, BCHD 2024-25 budget --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: Communications; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; City Council; [email protected]; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Paige Kaluderovic; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Public Comment All Agencies - BCHD Finance Committee Must Reduce BCHD Costs Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 12:28:57 PM
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We are very disappointed in BCHD hiding its recent RFP-equivalent from the public. At every step in the process, BCHD has shocked the public and its own working group with never before seen actions with very short notice. BCHD thwarts public input and participation, even when BCHD has requested it.
This is a Public Comment to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] As of Monday Morning (11/3), BCHD Finance Committee still has no agenda packet to review for the 11/5 meeting. Resident-taxpayers, and neighboring communities are now required to file comments in advance of the agenda. BCHD should be more prompt and forthcoming in providing public communication on meetings.
BCHD wants to lease 4-1/2 acres of publicly bought and owned land in return for $1.2M per year in lease revenue. The land lease will be up to 95-years long based on the BCHD failed PMB LLC deal's terms. This will steal public land from 5 generations after BCHD's privatization lease to a private commercial developer.
If BCHD needs funding, it should look internally at its high cost structure and reallocate funding AWAY from internal BCHD costs and toward programs. BCHD's overheads and executive costs are excessive for the small size of the agency and must be cut.
BCHD has the highest executive payroll of any of the three Beach Cities by a factor of MORE THAN 4-TIMES.
BCHD spends more on executives than Hermosa Beach.
BCHD spends more than 8-TIMES as large a portion of its taxpayer budget on executives than Manhattan Beach does.
If BCHD needs $1.2M in revenue, it can cut executive pay and other overheads instead of stealing 4-1/2 acres from the public that purchased the land for a public emergency hospital that failed in 1984 and was converted to a building rental.
Executive Pay Total Budget % Exec # Exec
Redondo Beach $ 4,224,596 $ 204,260,000 2.1% 15
Manhattan Beach $ 3,104,006 $ 163,760,000 1.9% 10
Hermosa Beach $
2,236,655 $ 63,870,000 3.5% 7
Beach Cities Health District $
2,485,282 $ 15,628,000 15.9% 13
Data from TransparentCalifornia, State of California, BCHD 2024-25 budget --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Darryl Boyd
To: Communications; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Public Comment All Agencies - BCHD Finance Committee Must Reduce BCHD Costs Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 11:25:14 AM
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As of Monday Morning, BCHD Finance Committee still has no agenda packet to review.
Resident-taxpayers, and neighboring communities are now required to file comments in advance of the agenda. BCHD should be more prompt is providing public communication on meetings.
BCHD wants to lease 4-1/2 acres of publicly bought and owned land in return for $1.2M per year in lease revenue. The land lease will be up to 95-years long based on the BCHD failed PMB LLC deal's terms. This will steal public land from 5 generations after BCHD's privatization lease to a private commercial developer.
If BCHD needs funding, it should look internally at its high cost structure and reallocate funding AWAY from internal BCHD costs and toward programs. BCHD's overheads and executive costs are excessive for the small size of the agency and must be cut.
BCHD has the highest executive payroll of any of the three Beach Cities by a factor of MORE THAN 4-TIMES.
BCHD spends more on executives than Hermosa Beach.
BCHD spends more than 8-TIMES as large a portion of its taxpayer budget on executives than Manhattan Beach does.
If BCHD needs $1.2M in revenue, it can cut executive pay and other overheads instead of stealing 4-1/2 acres from the public that purchased the land for a public emergency hospital that failed in 1984 and was converted to a building rental.
Executive Pay Total Budget % Exec # Exec
Redondo Beach $ 4,224,596 $ 204,260,000 2.1% 15
Manhattan Beach $
3,104,006 $ 163,760,000 1.9% 10
Hermosa Beach $
2,236,655 $ 63,870,000 3.5% 7
Beach Cities Health District $
2,485,282 $ 15,628,000 15.9% 13
Data from TransparentCalifornia, State of California, BCHD 2024-25 budget --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
--
Darryl Boyd - Broker/Owner, MRP, SFR, CPTS
Specialized Court Services:
Expert Witness - Probate & Trust Valuation Disputes
Substitute Administration - Probate Cases
DARRYL B. BOYD, BROKER
811 N. Catalina Ave. Suite #2016
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 490-0139 Direct cellular
[email protected]
DarrylBoydBroker.com
CA DRE #01178871
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Kevin Cody
Subject: LTE - BCHD Chooses Spending on Non-Residents or the Health of Surrounding Neighbors Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 4:15:15 PM
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In a July, 2025 ER News article (BCHD seeks “Expressions of Interest” for campus site") BCHD CEO Bakaly reported that the 4-story hospital building on Prospect Ave was 60- feet tall. He had previously filed legal documents with the State and City, supported by $12M of taxpayer-paid pre-development consultant work, that the 4-story hospital was only 51.5-feet tall. Let's be generous and assume Bakaly had a "senior moment" or just isn't a detail-oriented guy in his ER interview.
So now, after hiding the details of the bidders in the shadows, hidden from public records requests, BCHD reveals that the 3 "finalists" are proposing heights up to 65-feet tall with projects beginning in Q4 2025 or Q1 2026. The surrounding neighborhoods suffer the constant sirens, traffic, and $200M loss of property values from being within one-half mile of BCHD.
Without ANY INPUT OR DISCUSSION WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, BCHD now plans to lease our 100% Public land to a 100% Private developer for up to 100 years.
Noise will worsen, pollution will worsen, traffic will worsen, and property values will diminish further. All because BCHD refuses to cut it rich Executive Payroll by $1M or it's spending on non-resident, non-taxpayers by $1M.
BCHD would rather destroy the health of surrounding neighborhoods than learn how to manage its budget. That's a sad sad indictment of the flawed decision making of the Board and $3M in Executive salaries.
Mark Nelson
RB
From: Joan Davidson
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: No Private Development on Beach Cities Health District Land- Period Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 7:37:23 PM
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Dear All,
You are exceeding your rights to sit on a Board and voting to give away public land to a Private Developer.
What are you thinking?
This is way beyond your sworn responsibility as Board Members.
This land belongs to the public.
You need to enlist and include the public on the decisions in this regard.
Yours truly,
Joan Davidson
Redondo Beach 90277
From:
To: [email protected]; CityClerk
Subject: OPPOSE BCHD LEASE TO PRIVATE DEVELOPER - Public Comment All Agencies Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 1:51:37 PM
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I OPPOSE BCHD’S SCHEME TO TAKE 4.5-ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND AWAY FROM ITS TAXPAYER-OWNERS AND LEASE IT TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
The land that BCHD sits on was purchased and maintained with taxpayer funds for the emergency care South Bay Hospital. It is unacceptable for BCHD to give the land to private developers for FIVE GENERATIONS in exchange for only $1M/year.
CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL BY ONLY 33% TO SAVE $1M/YR
-or - CUT THE OVERALL BUDGET BY LESS THAN 7% TO SAVE $1M/YR -or- REDUCE SUBSIDIZED SERVICES BY $1M/YR AND CHARGE RECIPIENTS The world will be VERY DIFFERENT in 25 years or 50 years or 100 years and BCHD’s lust for $1M/year should not steal our children’s ability to make better decisions next year, or next decade, or at any time in the future.
I oppose BCHD’s scheme and urge the District to cut its costs instead of stealing from future generations.
Best regards,
George & Pam Afremow
Long time resident
From:
To: [email protected]; CityClerk
Subject: OPPOSE BCHD LEASE TO PRIVATE DEVELOPER – Public Comment All Agencies Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 4:29:28 PM
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Good Afternoon BCHD Board Members,
It’s deeply disappointing that a health district funded primarily by taxpayers is failing to listen to the concerns of its residents.
I OPPOSE BCHD’S PLAN TO TAKE 4.5 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND FROM ITS TAXPAYER OWNERS AND LEASE IT TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
The land on which BCHD sits was purchased and maintained with taxpayer funds for the purpose of providing emergency care through South Bay Hospital. It is unacceptable for BCHD to hand this land over to private developers for five generations in exchange for only $1 million per year.
There are better options to save $1 million annually:
Cut executive payroll by just 33%
Cut the overall budget by less than 7%
Reduce subsidized services by $1 million and charge recipients instead
The world will look very different in 25, 50, or 100 years, and BCHD’s short-sighted pursuit of $1 million per year should not rob future generations of their ability to make better decisions—next year, next decade, or beyond.
I strongly urge BCHD to cut its costs rather than sacrifice public land that belongs to the community and future generations.
Respectfully,
Marcie Guillermo
Redondo Beach Resident
From: Laura Zahn
To: CityClerk
Cc: Stop BCHD
Subject: Oppose BCHD Lease to Private Developer
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 5:42:30 PM
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Laura Zahn. ANY Design or “Use/Services” ANY Development Company comes up with… HAS been rejected before by the tax paying citizens of the only 3- “Beach Cities” in the entirety of the BEACH… City Health District!!! No one wants or needs another __________________ ( fill in the blank space) Aquatic Centers do not generate enough income to operate, Senior Residential Housing does NOT belong ON Public Land, a Teen Mental Health Center does NOT belong on Public Land, PACE or PACE programs do NOT belong on Public Land. WE are all growing weary of all the PIE-IN-THE-SKY ideas that Tom Bakaly KEEPS throwing at us… Every few years the SAME ideas from different Development Companies keep being presented… (head-smack, head-smack) this is costing the Beach Cities Tax Payers Millions of dollars for BCHD to advertise/market their redundant ideas, do research, produce materials, wine and dine prospective Developers etc. etc. It is wasting Finances, Resources, and City Staff time…to read over the same ideas rejected a few years prior, or to conduct voting on Amendments to restrict what can be built on Public Land…protecting IT from over Zealous Marketing and Development uses that are not PUBLIC-FACING but PRIVATE DEVELOPER REWARDING IF nothing is NEW… then WE citizens NEED nothing from YOU Tom or your BCHD Board!!! I have a NEW IDEA… why not build an Intergalactic Extraterrestrial Transport HUB… where UFO’s and other flying objects and their crews can land and take off from…IF you build it they will come…This way WE in the South Bay can be ahead of the curve on welcoming those “beings” from another galaxy….
Remember folks you heard it first here…Laura Zahn
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From: Barbara Kiyokane
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Opposition to BCHD Overdevelopment
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 4:52:38 PM
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We oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND
HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
Phil and Barbara Kiyokane
West Torrance Home Owners
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Robert W. Lundy; [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; City Council; [email protected]; Kevin Cody; Garth Meyer; info; [email protected]
Cc: Noel Chun; Martha Koo; Michelle Bholat; Jane Diehl
Subject: Public Comment - ALL AGENCIES - BCHD Taxpayers were forced to pay $2.3M for Unreimbursed Covid Activities and CEO BAKALY DECRIES IT AS A LIE
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025 6:05:40 PM
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THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS CEO BAKALY'S DECLARATION THAT A PUBLIC COMMENT WAS A LIE.
IT ALSO DEMONSTRATES THAT ALL DATA IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
ALLEGED TO BE A LIE WAS TAKEN FROM CEO BAKALY'S OWN MONTHLY CEO REPORTS TO THE BOARD. ALL DATA IS SOURCED AND PROVIDED BELOW.
The BCHD Board must take action regarding the CEOs conduct and lack of knowledge of the information in the CEO Reports that he provides to the Board.
During the 10-22-25 BCHD Board Meeting, CEO Bakaly made the FALSE CLAIM that BCHD was 100% reimbursed for COVID expenditures by the federal government.
Clearly, the CEO has little command of the data in his own CEO Reports. He, and only he, is 100% responsible for the factual accuracy in his CEO reports, notwithstanding the source of his data. He is informing the elected decision making body.
CEO Bakaly's action is likely a termination level action in most business situations for malfeasance in front of a Board of Directors
Bakaly stated: "So, first of all, with COVID, um, the comment you just heard was just a lie. We we were reimbursed by FEMA and the federal government for our COVID expenses, so, I don't know uh where those numbers are coming from.
They're certainly not facts. And we're happy to uh discuss that and show audits that show that our expenses related to COVD were reimbursed by the federal government." Bakaly Video: https://youtu.be/YfyYuQzke98
The data that Bakaly was responding to was specifically "BCHD spent $2.3M more on Covid than it recovered"
Apparently the CEO has no command of his own reporting to the Board:
From BCHD CEO Report January 2023 FINAL - Total BCHD expenditures on COVID = $5.2M
Total BCHD expenditures on COVID for residents and non-residents was $5,209,000.
Source Document: https://legistarwebproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/1752218/CEO_Report_- _January_2023_Final.pdf
From BCHD CEO Report November 2024 FINAL - Total reimbursement of Covid expenses = $2.9M
Total recovery of COVID expenses was $2,889,106 with a potential recovery up to $3,006,756.
Source Document: https://legistarweb-
production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/2987862/CEO_Report_- _November_2024_Final.pdf
To complete the math for CEO Bakaly - the claim in public comments that Tom Bakaly DENIED and DECLARED A LIE was that BCHD Spent $2.3M more on Covid than it recovered. FROM BAKALY REPORTS TO THE BCHD BOARD: COVID EXPENDITURE $5.2M; COVID RECOVERY
$2.9M; THEREFORE NET COVID COST TO RESIDENT-TAXPAYERS
$2.3M. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS BAKALY'S STATEMENT THAT ALL EXPENSES WERE RECOVERED EVEN PLAUSIBLE.
Further, we know that the majority of the expenditures were on NONRESIDENT services based on CPRA responses and BCHD Press Releases BCHD and LA County provided public records responses that 84% of measured Covid tests (per LA County) at BCHD were non-residents of the three beach cities that own the District.
Further, BCHD reported that roughly 50% of vaccines for Covid were provided to nonresidents.
As a result, resident-taxpayers were forced to pay a $2.3M shortfall as BCHD spent $5.2M on Covid for residents and non-residents and BCHD only recovered $2.9M.
For the roughly 120,000 residents of the district, the non-reimbursed expenditure was $24 per resident. Since we know that roughly 50% of all vaccinations were for NONRESIDENTS and roughly 85% of all testing was for NON-RESIDENTS - the $24 per resident was ample for the taxpayer-resident needs, since it was compensatory for between 50% and 85% NON-RESIDENT costs as well.
From: Stop BCHD
To: Communications; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; City Council; James Light; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; Paige Kaluderovic
Subject: Public Comment - BCHD Giveaway of Public-owned Land Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 12:28:59 PM
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HOW LONG SHOULD A DECISION TO PRIVATIZE PUBLIC LAND FOR 100 YEARS TAKE? BCHD SEEMS TO CLAIM A COUPLE MONTHS WITH NO PUBLIC CONTACT TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT'S NONSENSE!
StopBCHD.com OPPOSES BCHD's RUSH TO CONSTRUCTION. ALL PROJECTS BEGIN Q4 2025 or Q1 2026.
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE PUBLIC REVIEW AND INPUT FOR A 5 GENERATION DECISION TO TAKE AWAY PUBLIC LAND!
BCHD has a Board meeting on October 22nd at 530PM. At stake is a lease from BCHD to a private developer for up to 100-years use of 4-1/2 acres of our Public-Owned land that was purchased and maintained by taxpayers for the past 70-years.
IF BCHD BOARD AND EXECUTIVES HAVE THEIR WAY – THEY WILL TRADE FIVE GENERATIONS USE OF OUR LAND FOR ABOUT $1M/YEAR IN RENT.
$1M a year is less than 7% of BCHD's annual expenditures. $1M a year is about one-third of the BCHD EXECUTIVE PAYROLL BUDGET.
WE WILL ALL BE DEAD BEFORE THE NEXT GENERATIONS ARE ABLE TO CONTROL OUR LAND AGAIN! THIS IS WRONG! IT IS PUBLIC – NOT PRIVATE – LAND!
NOW IS THE TIME TO LET BCHD KNOW THAT YOU OPPOSE GIVING PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 100- YEARS.
You will find a Suggested Comment below that you can cut and paste into an email and send.
There is also information on how to attend the meeting in person or virtually.
And last, there’s a summary of the agenda that BCHD hid from the public until late Friday afternoon. BCHD only has 10 Board meetings a year. Why must they operate in the shadows and hide information from the general public? ATTEND THE BCHD BOARD MEETING IN PERSON OR ONLINE (see agenda, make eComments and get Zoom info at https://bchd.org/public-information/board-meetings-agenda/. You can also EMAIL COMMENTS.
Suggested Comment
Email to: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: OPPOSE BCHD LEASE TO PRIVATE DEVELOPER – Public Comment All Agencies I OPPOSE BCHD’S SCHEME TO TAKE 4.5-ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND AWAY FROM ITS TAXPAYER-OWNERS AND LEASE IT TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
The land that BCHD sits on was purchased and maintained with taxpayer funds for the emergency care South Bay Hospital. It is unacceptable for BCHD to give the land to private developers for FIVE GENERATIONS in exchange for only $1M/year.
CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL BY ONLY 33% TO SAVE $1M/YR
-or - CUT THE OVERALL BUDGET BY LESS THAN 7% TO SAVE $1M/YR -or- REDUCE SUBSIDIZED SERVICES BY $1M/YR AND CHARGE RECIPIENTS The world will be VERY DIFFERENT in 25 years or 50 years or 100 years and BCHD’s lust for $1M/year should not steal our children’s ability to make better decisions next year, or next decade, or at any time in the future.
I oppose BCHD’s scheme and urge the District to cut its costs instead of stealing from future generations.
End of Suggested Comment
SUMMARY OF AGENDA
From BCHD Presentation at https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/bchd/3b409c7b-a976-11f0-8df7-005056a89546-3b5dbe96-df7c-454b-921a39e0032ed5ab-1760743093.pdf
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: Communications; [email protected]; City Council; CityClerk Subject: Public Comment - BCHD Must Engage the neighborhood that has lost $200M in value already Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 12:23:34 PM
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BCHD's presentation states that the 3 finalists will start their projects in Q4 2025 or Q1 2026. The local neighborhoods have not seen any meaningful materials about the locations, sizes, or styles of these likely NON-RESIDENT area projects.
Those of us close to the proposed project have been completely shut out by BCHD. In a few short months with no neighborhood input, BCHD has selected 3 PRIVATE DEVELOPERS for a 100% private, commercial compound up to 65-feet tall.
WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE? WHERE WILL IT BE?
WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE BCHD IS AGAIN WORKING IN THE SHADOWS AND CONCEALING THE PROJECT FROM NEIGHBORS!
To illustrate, we put a 65-foot tall building in place of the footprint of the hospital, SINCE WE HAVE NO INFORMATION! LOOK AT THE HORRIFIC IMPACT IT COULD HAVE ON HEALTH, TRAFFIC, AND PROPERTY VALUES! --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; Andrew Winje; Candace Naffissi; Paige Kaluderovic; Chadwick B. Castle Subject: Public Comment (Council and PWSC) - Diamond and Prospect Intersection eBike Traffic Date: Friday, October 24, 2025 6:19:46 PM
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The following is in the current Agenda Package for PWSC:
While the statement above is true, the issue is a general lack of eBike adherence to traffic laws traveling up and down Diamond at nearly every intersection. The most dangerous of intersections is at Prospect where eBikes routinely run the red light (eastbound)t on Diamond (while Prospect has the right-of-way) endangering themselves and traffic. Sometimes it's one, sometimes it's 10 eBikes at once crossing Prospect against a red light. An additional problem is eastbound eBikes merging onto southbound Prospect while facing a red light without a stop.
Again, this action endangers both the eBike and traffic. Generally speaking, southbound speeds after dark are higher on Prospect, and the downhill from the Prospect crest across from BCHD toward Diamond can see VERY FAST traffic. eBikes operate, with and without marker lights, well after dark in lesser numbers.
From: MONIKA OLMOS
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment
Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 1:40:18 PM
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Public Comment:
As of Monday Morning, BCHD Finance Committee still has no agenda packet to review.
Resident-taxpayers, and neighboring communities are now required to file comments in advance of the agenda. BCHD should be more prompt is providing public communication on meetings.
BCHD wants to lease 4-1/2 acres of publicly bought and owned land in return for $1.2M per year in lease revenue. The land lease will be up to 95-years long based on the BCHD failed PMB LLC deal's terms. This will steal public land from 5 generations after BCHD's privatization lease to a private commercial developer.
If BCHD needs funding, it should look internally at its high cost structure and reallocate funding AWAY from internal BCHD costs and toward programs. BCHD's overheads and executive costs are excessive for the small size of the agency and must be cut.
BCHD has the highest executive payroll of any of the three Beach Cities by a factor of MORE THAN 4-TIMES.
BCHD spends more on executives than Hermosa Beach.
BCHD spends more than 8-TIMES as large a portion of its taxpayer budget on executives than Manhattan Beach does.
If BCHD needs $1.2M in revenue, it can cut executive pay and other overheads instead of stealing 4-1/2 acres from the public that purchased the land for a public emergency hospital that failed in 1984 and was converted to a building rental.
Executive Pay Total Budget % Exec # Exec
Redondo Beach
$
4,224,596 $ 204,260,000 2.1% 15
Manhattan Beach
$
3,104,006 $ 163,760,000 1.9% 10
Hermosa Beach
$
2,236,655 $ 63,870,000 3.5% 7
Beach Cities Health District
$
2,485,282 $ 15,628,000 15.9% 13
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
Thank You
Monika Olmos
RB Resident
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To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment All Agencies - BCHD Finance Committee Must Reduce BCHD Costs Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 4:36:41 PM
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As of Monday Morning, BCHD Finance Committee still has no agenda packet to review. Resident-taxpayers, and neighboring communities are now required to file comments in advance of the agenda. BCHD should be more prompt is providing public communication on meetings.
BCHD wants to lease 4-1/2 acres of publicly bought and owned land in return for $1.2M per year in lease revenue. The land lease will be up to 95-years long based on the BCHD failed PMB LLC deal's terms. This will steal public land from 5 generations after BCHD's privatization lease to a private commercial developer.
If BCHD needs funding, it should look internally at its high cost structure and reallocate funding AWAY from internal BCHD costs and toward programs.
BCHD's overheads and executive costs are excessive for the small size of the agency and must be cut.
BCHD has the highest executive payroll of any of the three Beach Cities by a factor of MORE THAN 4-TIMES.
BCHD spends more on executives than Hermosa Beach.
BCHD spends more than 8-TIMES as large a portion of its taxpayer budget on executives than Manhattan Beach does.
If BCHD needs $1.2M in revenue, it can cut executive pay and other overheads instead of stealing 4-1/2 acres from the public that purchased the land for a public emergency hospital that failed in 1984 and was converted to a building rental.
Executive Pay Total Budget % Exec # Exec
Redondo Beach $ 4,224,596 $ 204,260,000 2.1% 15
Manhattan Beach $
3,104,006 $ 163,760,000 1.9% 10
Hermosa Beach $
2,236,655 $ 63,870,000 3.5% 7
Beach Cities Health
District $
2,485,282 $ 15,628,000 15.9% 13
Data from TransparentCalifornia, State of California, BCHD 2024-25 budget From: Tom McGarry
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; James Light; Paige Kaluderovic; Mike Witzansky; Joy Ford; Zein Obagi; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Scott Behrendt
Subject: Public Comment to BCHD, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025 11:09:38 AM
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BCHD has been hiding in the shadows, after sending requests for proposals to over 100 private developers to use OUR PUBLIC LAND. BCHD refused to release the names of the developers to the TAXPAYER-OWNERS of the District. BCHD refused to release the proposals made by the three private developers that have already been short-listed.
BCHD has had at least 6 meetings that have locked out the TAXPAYER-OWNERS and the general public.
This BCHD LAND LEASING process has been conducted IN THE SHADOWS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
BCHD'S MEASURE BC FAILED - THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT AN ALLCOVE BUILDING, OR 2 ACRES OF EXPENSIVE OPEN SPACE, OR 2 EXPENSIVE BCHD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. VOTERS AUTHORIZED $600M IN BONDS FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED! $0 FOR BCHD PROJECTS!
BCHD MUST STOP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNTIL THE PUBLIC
IS PROVIDED ALL DEVELOPER PROPOSALS
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC!
THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-YEAR
LOSS OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC LAND FOR
THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the resident-taxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON SERVICES Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND THEIR
OWN ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6-10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT
MISTAKES BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5
GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and pre-Conditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%. BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M
REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 square-feet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION. WE
CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUT PRECIOUS TAXPAYER FUNDING!
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voterapproved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Skye
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT: BCHD AND ITS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS MUST COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS! Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 6:20:22 PM
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Public Comment to BCHD, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach BCHD has been hiding in the shadows, after sending requests for proposals to over 100 private developers to use OUR PUBLIC LAND. BCHD refused to release the names of the developers to the TAXPAYER-OWNERS of the District. BCHD refused to release the proposals made by the three private developers that have already been short-listed. BCHD has had at least 6 meetings that have locked out the TAXPAYER-OWNERS and the general public.
This BCHD LAND LEASING process has been conducted IN THE SHADOWS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
BCHD'S MEASURE BC FAILED - THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT AN ALLCOVE BUILDING, OR 2 ACRES OF EXPENSIVE OPEN SPACE, OR 2 EXPENSIVE BCHD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. VOTERS AUTHORIZED $600M IN BONDS FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED! $0 FOR BCHD PROJECTS!
BCHD MUST STOP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS
PROVIDED ALL DEVELOPER PROPOSALS
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC!
THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-YEAR LOSS
OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC LAND FOR THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the resident-taxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON SERVICES Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND THEIR OWN
ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6-10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT MISTAKES
BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5
GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and preConditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%. BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M
REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 square-feet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION. WE CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUT PRECIOUS TAXPAYER FUNDING! Regards,
SKY
From: GEORGE AFREMOW
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT: BCHD AND ITS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS MUST COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS! Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 4:44:45 PM
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Public Comment to BCHD, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach BCHD has been hiding in the shadows, after sending requests for proposals to over 100 private developers to use OUR PUBLIC LAND. BCHD refused to release the names of the developers to the TAXPAYER-OWNERS of the District. BCHD refused to release the proposals made by the three private developers that have already been short-listed. BCHD has had at least 6 meetings that have locked out the TAXPAYER-OWNERS and the general public.
This BCHD LAND LEASING process has been conducted IN
THE SHADOWS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
BCHD'S MEASURE BC FAILED - THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT AN
ALLCOVE BUILDING, OR 2 ACRES OF EXPENSIVE OPEN SPACE, OR 2 EXPENSIVE BCHD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. VOTERS AUTHORIZED
$600M IN BONDS FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED! $0 FOR BCHD
PROJECTS!
BCHD MUST STOP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNTIL THE
PUBLIC IS PROVIDED ALL DEVELOPER PROPOSALS
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC! THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-
YEAR LOSS OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC
LAND FOR THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the residenttaxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON
SERVICES
Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND
THEIR OWN ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6- 10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT
MISTAKES BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5 GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and pre-Conditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%.
BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 squarefeet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION.
WE CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUT PRECIOUS
TAXPAYER FUNDING!
Best regards,
George & Pam Afremow
Long time resident
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; City Council; [email protected]; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Zein Obagi; James Light; info; [email protected] Cc: Kevin Cody
Subject: Public Comment: HELP! BCHD is willfully suppressing public input and spending District resident-taxpayer funds on non-resident program participation
Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 1:29:39 PM
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Just as BCHD did for the Halloween Friday 8-noon meeting strategic planning meeting, BCHD does the legally required minimum public notice and relies on free articles or visits to its website for more exposure. BCHD's excuse that residents can take time off work to Zoom in, or watch later and file written comments, is a BCHD-admitted scheme to reduce active participation.
As of Monday 11/3, BCHD still had no agenda packet for its Wednesday 11/5 Finance Committee meeting posted. Residents cannot stand by waiting for BCHD to provide information. Resident-taxpayers own and fund BCHD. They deserve better.
The BCHD half-day meetings are on a weekday, making them deliberately inaccessible to lower income, statistically more diverse District residents who must work and perhaps require BCHD services the most. They are also costly and difficult for employed residents to attend.
Based on BCHD attendance data, BCHD is very effectively excluding the public from meetings. A typical Board meeting will have roughly 5 non-BCHD affiliated attending maximum, but with typically from zero to 3 however. The half day meeting has 20-30 paid attendees (BCHD Board, Executives, Managers, Staff, Consultants, Contractors) along with BCHD Board-selected committee members, vendors, and affiliated volunteers. Fewer than 5 members of the public are typical at a meeting of 60-100 at the half day offsite. In the most recent case, it appeared to have 3 non-affiliated general public and 65 to 70 BCHD paid and/or affiliated attendees packing the room.
That is clearly suppressed public input by BCHD.
District Taxpayers subsidize the BCHD Gym by $1.1M a year, the BCHD AdventurePlex by $900,000 a year, and ALLCOVE by $800,000 according to BCHD's own Priority Based Budget data from its 2024-25 budget. (Note, BCHD published it data as a graphic instead of a text table, so the data must all be REKEYED for public participation - another DELIBERATE act by BCHD to suppress public participation.) It's one thing for BCHD to subsidize activities, but one-third of gym use is by non-residents, with 50% of AdventurePlex being non-residents and 50% of ALLCOVE being non-residents in use (with a 91% non-resident service area). There's no excuse for BCHD to subsidize NON-RESIDENT services. All nonresident services should be be required to collect FULLY LOADED REIMBURSEMENT COST. That means that non-residents need to pay about $350,000 a year for the gym, $450,000 a year for AdventurePlex and $400,000 a year for ALLCOVE use. That's $1.2M per year being exported in services to NON-RESIDENTS. BCHD refuses to even track total non-resident expenditures.
According to the January 2023 CEO report, BCHD spend $5.2M on Covid and recovered less than 60%, or $2.9M. That left $2.3M for resident-taxpayers to pay. Yet, according to LA County, BCHD tested 84% non-residents and according to BCHD it vaccinated 45% nonresidents. That translates to between 45% and 84% non-resident services for our taxpayer-funded $2.3M Covid response net funding. Why were taxpayers required to pay from $900K to $1.7M to fund non-resident Covid services? No matter what tales the BCHD CEO spins, BCHD ignored that 95% of the over 1000 pages of comments on EIR were opposed and concerned about BCHD's damages to local health, environment and values. BCHD never acknowledges opposition.
BCHD refuses to accept that $600M in bond measures PASSED on the day that BCHD $30M Measure BC was shot down by nearly 20%. Residents did not want their funding being used on nonresidents for ALLCOVE, they did not want the hospital demolished, they didn't want money spent on TAXPAYER-OWNED land to build a BCHD park, and they didn't want BCHD to spend any more funding on development consultants. Yet BCHD is beyond tone deaf. It is disingenuous.
Residents need our City Councils to step in and steer this rogue agency back on path to service the RESIDENTS WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
FROM BCHD:
At BCHD, we have publicly announced our upcoming Strategic Development Half-Day meeting on October 31 just as we do all our public meetings, with postings on our website, in BCHD newsletters and through our social media channels (primarily on Facebook and Instagram). Our public postings about our meetings are all done in accordance with the Brown Act. For this Friday’s event, we also received news coverage about the Strategic Development Half-day Meeting in the Easy Reader: https://easyreadernews.com/about-town-redondofifth-knob-hill-tourney-skate-the-coast-bchd-strategy/ The public has an opportunity to comment at all BCHD Board meetings, on agenda items and issues that are not on the agenda, also in accordance with the Brown Act.
The best way to get information about BCHD is by joining our mailing lists, which you can do here: https://bchd.org/newsletter-sign-up/
I also encourage you to follow us on social media, where we can be found @BeachCitiesHealth.
As for your concerns about the scheduling of the meetings, our Strategic Development Halfday meetings typically take place in the mornings, on a date that is agreed upon by the BCHD Board of Directors. For residents who have conflicts with these events, the meetings are available on Zoom, are recorded and posted on our website at bchd.org, and citizens can submit public comments in advance of or during these meetings by emailing [email protected].
After our Half-Day meeting Friday, the next BCHD Board of Directors’ meeting will be Wednesday, November 19. The evening will begin with a 5:30 p.m. study session to give the Board a mid-year review of BCHD’s budget, followed by their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. where they will take public input and rank the proposals for the 514 building site redevelopment.
Regarding your traffic concerns, I suggest you take that up directly with the City of Redondo Beach. As a public health agency, BCHD does not dictate traffic patterns in the Beach Cities, including Prospect Avenue. Our Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Healthy Living Campus Master Plan addressed project traffic impacts and found no significant impacts.
Finally, suggesting that I, as the Chief Executive of BCHD, ignore the fact that we are funded by Beach Cities taxpayers, is simply incorrect (NOT QUITE THE TRUTH - TOM
DEMONSTRATES DOESN'T CARE THAT DISTRICT TAXPAYERS SPEND COUNTLESS MILLION$ SUBSIZDIZING NON RESIDENTS BY USING SEVERAL MILLION ANNUALLY TO SUBSIZE NON-RESIDENT SERVICES). Our work at the Health District is dedicated to improving the health of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach residents, as evidenced by: (RED ARE CORRECTIONS TO BCHD
PROPAGANDA)
·ALLCOVE (50% NONRESIDENT USE, 91% NONRESIDENT
SERVICE AREA) IS HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED FOR NON-RESIDENTS BY
BCHD TAXPAYERS WITHOUT FULLY LOADED NON-RESIDENT
REIMBURSEMENT 950 Beach Cities young people have enrolled in mental health and wellness services at allcove Beach Cities;
·THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO BCHD PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRES
RESIDENCY! RESIDENCY SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY
PROGRAM WITH DISTRICT TAXPAYER FUNDING - 450 older adults and adults with disabilities are served by our Community Services team of social workers;
·THIS IS A LIE - LA COUNTY CLEARLY STATED THAT NO
EVALUATION CAN BE CONDUCTED OF LIVEWELL KIDS BECAUSE
BCHD DELIBERATELY CHOSE NOT TO USE A RESEARCH DESIGN
WITH A CONTROL GROUP - THIS IS MAGICAL THINKING --
Thousands of elementary schoolchildren receive important nutrition, garden and physical education lessons through our LiveWell Kids program, which has resulted in a 75% drop in child obesity among Redondo Beach Unified School District students;
·To combat the fentanyl crisis, BCHD held assemblies teaching students about the dangers of fentanyl during the last fiscal year, and has distributed more than
1.100 overdose prevention kits in our community; DEFINE COMMUNITY -
THAT ORWELLIAN DOUBLESPEAK
·Assisting 587 unduplicated callers to our Assistance and Information line, where callers received personalized guidance in navigating medical care, mental health support, caregiving services, and transportation to medical appointments.
This program helps residents access the care and support needed to address their health and wellness needs;
·CHF IS HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED BY DISTRICT TAXPAYERS AND
ONE-THIRD NON-RESIDENT USED WITHOUT FULLY LOADED NONRESIDENT REIMBURSEMENT - The Center for Health & Fitness has more than 2,900 members who go to CHF for physical health training and classes, as well as it being a social hub for members;
This is just a sampling of the ways we positively impact the residents of the Beach Cities. I welcome the opportunity to meet with you to further discuss your concerns and the work of [email protected].
Mark Nelson
Redondo Beach
comment on a communication from Tom Bakaly to a leader in the surrounding BCHD area
From: Stop BCHD
To: Stop BCHD; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Quick Update on BCHD Half-Day Meeting on Development - BCHD Threatens 85-foot buildings and still HIDES commercial developer proposals (SIMULATION VIEWS INCLUDED)
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025 12:03:41 PM
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NOT A PUBLIC MEETING AT ALL
BCHD will call the 8am to Noon meeting a "public meeting" - but the timing on a Friday morning and the location in Manhattan Beach with limited parking seems designed to prevent public attendance. Based on observation, there were only 2 members of the public at the meeting and one on the telephone. Otherwise, BCHD paid the Board, Executives, and Employees to attend. The rest of the room was packed with BCHD committee members, consultants, contractors, and volunteers.This was yet another BCHD "public meeting" packed with 90% to 95% BCHD employees and affiliates.
ANY SURVEY RESULTS OR OTHER INFORMATION FROM THE MEETING CANNOT BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC INPUT. PERIOD.
BCHD THREATENING TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD TO 85-FEET BCHD has apparently hired VERY PRO-DEVELOPMENT consultants. They made a point of claiming that BCHD can allow the private developers to go up to 85-feet, which would be about 15-feet taller than the tallest height on the campus right now. By the way - what do you suppose BCHD does in the 950 square foot "PENTHOUSE" above the 51-foot tall, 4-story hospital?
THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO REQUIRE OPPOSITION - AS BCHD PLANS TO
AUTHORIZE CEO BAKALY TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE WITH A PREFERRED DEVELOPER AT THE NOVEMBER 2025 MEETING. THE PUBLIC IS BEING
DENIED ALL ACCESS TO THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSALS!
BCHD'S AGGRESSIVE CONSULTANT STAND ON BUILDING TO 85-FEET IS
AN INCREASED THREAT TO NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, HEALTH,
AND PROPERTY VALUES.
GOOGLE EARTH SIMULATIONS OF THE
BCHD CONSULTANT'S 85-FOOT TALL
HEIGHT THREAT
CC: Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo Beach Mayors and City Councils, Redondo Beach Planning Commission
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC!
THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-YEAR LOSS
OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC LAND FOR THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the resident-taxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON SERVICES Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND THEIR OWN
ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6-10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT MISTAKES
BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5
GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and preConditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%. BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M
REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 square-feet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION. WE CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUT PRECIOUS TAXPAYER FUNDING! --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voterapproved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: William Shanney
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Public Comment All Agencies - BCHD Finance Committee Must Reduce BCHD Costs Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 1:36:43 PM
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Comment to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] As of Monday Morning, BCHD Finance Committee still has no agenda packet to review. Residenttaxpayers, and neighboring communities are now required to file comments in advance of the agenda.
BCHD should be more prompt is providing public communication on meetings.
BCHD wants to lease 4-1/2 acres of publicly bought and owned land in return for $1.2M per year in lease revenue. The land lease will be up to 95-years long based on the BCHD failed PMB LLC deal's terms. This will steal public land from 5 generations after BCHD's privatization lease to a private commercial developer.
If BCHD needs funding, it should look internally at its high cost structure and reallocate funding AWAY from internal BCHD costs and toward programs. BCHD's overheads and executive costs are excessive for the small size of the agency and must be cut.
BCHD has the highest executive payroll of any of the three Beach Cities by a factor of MORE THAN 4-TIMES.
BCHD spends more on executives than Hermosa Beach.
BCHD spends more than 8-TIMES as large a portion of its taxpayer budget on executives than Manhattan Beach does.
If BCHD needs $1.2M in revenue, it can cut executive pay and other overheads instead of stealing 4-1/2 acres from the public that purchased the land for a public emergency hospital that failed in 1984 and was converted to a building rental.
Executive Pay Total Budget % Exec # Exec
Redondo Beach $ 4,224,596 $ 204,260,000 2.1% 15
Manhattan Beach $
3,104,006 $ 163,760,000 1.9% 10
Hermosa Beach $
2,236,655 $ 63,870,000 3.5% 7
Beach Cities Health
District $
2,485,282 $ 15,628,000 15.9% 13
Data from TransparentCalifornia, State of California, BCHD 2024-25 budget --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
Sincerely
William and Vivian Shanney
From:
To: Stop BCHD; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Quick Update on BCHD Half-Day Meeting on Development - BCHD Threatens 85-foot buildings and still HIDES commercial developer proposals (SIMULATION VIEWS INCLUDED)
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025 12:40:02 PM
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Seems like this would be a great development for Hermosa or Manhattan. They love living on top of eachother next to large buildings. Torrance residents do not! On Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 12:03:26 PM PDT, Stop BCHD <[email protected]> wrote:
NOT A PUBLIC MEETING AT ALL
BCHD will call the 8am to Noon meeting a "public meeting" - but the timing on a Friday morning and the location in Manhattan Beach with limited parking seems designed to prevent public attendance. Based on observation, there were only 2 members of the public at the meeting and one on the telephone. Otherwise, BCHD paid the Board, Executives, and Employees to attend. The rest of the room was packed with BCHD committee members, consultants, contractors, and volunteers.This was yet another BCHD "public meeting" packed with 90% to 95% BCHD employees and affiliates.
ANY SURVEY RESULTS OR OTHER INFORMATION FROM THE MEETING CANNOT BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC INPUT. PERIOD.
BCHD THREATENING TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD TO 85-FEET BCHD has apparently hired VERY PRO-DEVELOPMENT consultants. They made a point of claiming that BCHD can allow the private developers to go up to 85-feet, which would be about 15-feet taller than the tallest height on the campus right now. By the way - what do you suppose BCHD does in the 950 square foot "PENTHOUSE" above the 51-foot tall, 4-story hospital?
THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO REQUIRE OPPOSITION - AS BCHD PLANS TO
AUTHORIZE CEO BAKALY TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE WITH A PREFERRED DEVELOPER AT THE NOVEMBER 2025 MEETING. THE PUBLIC IS BEING
DENIED ALL ACCESS TO THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSALS!
BCHD'S AGGRESSIVE CONSULTANT STAND ON BUILDING TO 85-FEET IS
AN INCREASED THREAT TO NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, HEALTH, AND PROPERTY VALUES.
GOOGLE EARTH SIMULATIONS OF THE
BCHD CONSULTANT'S 85-FOOT TALL
HEIGHT THREAT
CC: Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo Beach Mayors and City Councils, Redondo Beach Planning Commission --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Tim Ozenne
To: Stop BCHD
Cc: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Quick Update on BCHD Half-Day Meeting on Development - BCHD Threatens 85-foot buildings and still HIDES commercial developer proposals (SIMULATION VIEWS INCLUDED) Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025 4:03:50 PM
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Still don’t understand if the bond crap limited uses of the property when the Disrict was assigned property tax revenues for ever?
On Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM Stop BCHD <[email protected]> wrote:
NOT A PUBLIC MEETING AT ALL
BCHD will call the 8am to Noon meeting a "public meeting" - but the timing on a Friday morning and the location in Manhattan Beach with limited parking seems designed to prevent public attendance. Based on observation, there were only 2 members of the public at the meeting and one on the telephone. Otherwise, BCHD paid the Board, Executives, and Employees to attend. The rest of the room was packed with BCHD committee members, consultants, contractors, and volunteers.This was yet another BCHD "public meeting" packed with 90% to 95% BCHD employees and affiliates.
ANY SURVEY RESULTS OR OTHER INFORMATION FROM THE MEETING CANNOT BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC INPUT. PERIOD.
BCHD THREATENING TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD TO 85-FEET BCHD has apparently hired VERY PRO-DEVELOPMENT consultants. They made a point of claiming that BCHD can allow the private developers to go up to 85-feet, which would be about 15-feet taller than the tallest height on the campus right now. By the way - what do you suppose BCHD does in the 950 square foot "PENTHOUSE" above the 51-foot tall, 4-story hospital?
THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO REQUIRE OPPOSITION - AS BCHD
PLANS TO AUTHORIZE CEO BAKALY TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE
WITH A PREFERRED DEVELOPER AT THE NOVEMBER 2025
MEETING. THE PUBLIC IS BEING DENIED ALL ACCESS TO THE
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS!
BCHD'S AGGRESSIVE CONSULTANT STAND ON BUILDING TO 85-
FEET IS AN INCREASED THREAT TO NEIGHBORHOOD
CHARACTER, HEALTH, AND PROPERTY VALUES.
GOOGLE EARTH SIMULATIONS OF
THE BCHD CONSULTANT'S 85-FOOT
TALL HEIGHT THREAT
CC: Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo Beach Mayors and City Councils, Redondo Beach Planning Commission
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From:
To: Stop BCHD; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Quick Update on BCHD Half-Day Meeting on Development - BCHD Threatens 85-foot buildings and still HIDES commercial developer proposals (SIMULATION VIEWS INCLUDED)
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Seems like this would be a great development for Hermosa or Manhattan. They love living on top of eachother next to large buildings. Torrance residents do not! On Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 12:03:26 PM PDT, Stop BCHD <[email protected]> wrote:
NOT A PUBLIC MEETING AT ALL
BCHD will call the 8am to Noon meeting a "public meeting" - but the timing on a Friday morning and the location in Manhattan Beach with limited parking seems designed to prevent public attendance. Based on observation, there were only 2 members of the public at the meeting and one on the telephone. Otherwise, BCHD paid the Board, Executives, and Employees to attend. The rest of the room was packed with BCHD committee members, consultants, contractors, and volunteers.This was yet another BCHD "public meeting" packed with 90% to 95% BCHD employees and affiliates.
ANY SURVEY RESULTS OR OTHER INFORMATION FROM THE MEETING CANNOT BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC INPUT. PERIOD.
BCHD THREATENING TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD TO 85-FEET BCHD has apparently hired VERY PRO-DEVELOPMENT consultants. They made a point of claiming that BCHD can allow the private developers to go up to 85-feet, which would be about 15-feet taller than the tallest height on the campus right now. By the way - what do you suppose BCHD does in the 950 square foot "PENTHOUSE" above the 51-foot tall, 4-story hospital?
THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO REQUIRE OPPOSITION - AS BCHD PLANS TO
AUTHORIZE CEO BAKALY TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE WITH A PREFERRED DEVELOPER AT THE NOVEMBER 2025 MEETING. THE PUBLIC IS BEING
DENIED ALL ACCESS TO THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSALS!
BCHD'S AGGRESSIVE CONSULTANT STAND ON BUILDING TO 85-FEET IS
AN INCREASED THREAT TO NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, HEALTH, AND PROPERTY VALUES.
GOOGLE EARTH SIMULATIONS OF THE
BCHD CONSULTANT'S 85-FOOT TALL
HEIGHT THREAT
CC: Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo Beach Mayors and City Councils, Redondo Beach Planning Commission --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
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To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: stop the nonsense
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 4:44:03 PM
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Public Comment to BCHD, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach BCHD has been hiding in the shadows, after sending requests for proposals to over 100 private developers to use OUR PUBLIC LAND. BCHD refused to release the names of the developers to the TAXPAYER-OWNERS of the District. BCHD refused to release the proposals made by the three private developers that have already been short-listed. BCHD has had at least 6 meetings that have locked out the TAXPAYER-OWNERS and the general public.
This BCHD LAND LEASING process has been conducted IN THE SHADOWS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
BCHD'S MEASURE BC FAILED - THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT AN ALLCOVE BUILDING, OR 2 ACRES OF EXPENSIVE OPEN SPACE, OR 2 EXPENSIVE BCHD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. VOTERS AUTHORIZED $600M IN BONDS FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED! $0 FOR BCHD PROJECTS!
BCHD MUST STOP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS
PROVIDED ALL DEVELOPER PROPOSALS
I oppose BCHD’s current rush-to-judgement on the future use of the publicly owned campus land. BCHD must provide the public with all private developer presentations for review and stop the process while the public becomes informed. BCHD has HIDDEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC!
THE EXPECTED $1M PER YEAR LAND RENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY A 100-YEAR LOSS
OF PUBLIC LAND
BCHD wants to take the land from five generations for only $1M/year. Future generations cannot be stripped of their rights.
BCHD CAN EASILY CUT $1M FROM COSTS – SAVING OUR PUBLIC LAND FOR THE FUTURE
BCHD has many options to continue to provide service to the resident-taxpayers of the District. Cut down on excessive Executives, excessive Executive Payroll and bloated Overheads.
BCHD CAN CUT EXECUTIVE PAYROLL by $1M WITH NO IMPACT ON SERVICES Executive payroll is approaching $3M per year. That 50% of our property tax payments to BCHD and 20% of the OVERALL BUDGET.
BCHD CAN REQUIRE CITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO FULLY FUND THEIR OWN
ALLCOVE COSTS
ALLCOVE services an area of 1.4M population while the District is only 120,000. There is no reason that BCHD residents should be responsible for $6-10M in ALLCOVE building costs and $1-2M per year in outside-the-District costs.
THE PUBLIC CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE $12 MILLION DEVELOPMENT MISTAKES
BY BCHD
In the past 7 years, BCHD has spent over $12 million of taxpayer funding on consultants and lawyers for pre-development and taxpayers. We cannot suffer another mistake by BCHD that allows another developer to walk away with a free-ride.
BCHD’S PLAN TO LEASE OUR PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 5
GENERATIONS IS FLAWED
The land was purchased by the public for a long defunct hospital. BCHD’s plan will very likely put 4-1/2 acres of our public land in the hands of a private developer for up to 100 years. Five generations of the public will lose control of our precious land asset. Our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still have no voice in the use of land that BCHD has privatized.
99.7% OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS IS 51-1/2 FEET TALL OR SHORTER CEO Bakaly claims the 4-story hospital is 60-feet tall. IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO BCHD $12M IN CONSULTANTS. BCHD’s Certified Environmental Impact Report and preConditional Use Permit filing clearly state that the 4-story hospital is 51-1/2 feet tall.
BCHD CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO LET PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD AT 65-FEET TALL
BCHD’s current proposals exceed 51-1/2 feet tall (existing campus) by 30%. BCHD misled the public, the Easy Reader, and the developers to defraud the public. No construction taller than 4-stories and 51-1/2 feet can be allowed.
PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF BCHD ARE ALREADY $200M
REDUCED
Statistical models like those used by Zillow, Redfin, and other real estate sites show that property inside of ½-mile of BCHD has suffered a roughly $200M loss of value compared to what property values otherwise would be. That damage has occurred with the existing BCHD campus that’s 300,000 square-feet and 99.7% below 51.5-feet tall. Increased size or height is expected to increase the property value loss.
BCHD refuses to be transparent – instead – it’s actively hiding the private developer process from the public.
BCHD MUST SHARE ALL MATERIALS AND HALT ALL ACTIVITY UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS FULLY INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT PROCESS.
BCHD’s FAILED PMB LLC PROJECT COST TAXPAYERS $12 MILLION. WE CANNOT ALLOW BCHD TO FAIL AGAIN WITH OUT PRECIOUS TAXPAYER FUNDING! From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: James Light; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; Paige Kaluderovic; CityClerk Cc: Darryl Boyd
Subject: Public Comment 500-600 Prospect Noise and Safety Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 12:13:04 PM
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BCC Prospect Neighbors (Anyone can "REPLY ALL" to this email and weigh in at the City with their concerns)
A month ago now, Mr Boyd sent a correspondence to the City outlining the safety needs of the 500-600 N Prospect block residents regarding noise reduction, safety from Prospect traffic and accidents, wrong way traffic (especially eBikes), reduction in emissions from Prospect, and other health and safety issues. I spoke about his request in public testimony at the Council the week that Council received the correspondence both by mail and email. To date, I have seen no response from the City.
I urge the City to promptly and comprehensively reply to Mr. Boyd's correspondence so that we can all better understand when we can expect some relief from the hazards we face day-today.
As the City is aware, we had an 8AM traffic incident last week where a BCHD driver ignored the red light and pulled out into the high speed traffic of Prospect. The event narrowly missed launching a car onto the Prospect frontage and tearing through the bus stop area. Clearly, traffic and safety are active serious and issues.
Thank you.