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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JULY 7, 2026
N.2 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY’S GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
DIRECT STAFF TO INCLUDE THE LATEST HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE IN
THE ARTICLE XXVII TRAFFIC ANALYSIS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED
GENERAL PLAN MODIFICATIONS
PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE SCOPE OF THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE
ELEMENT AND ZONING ORDINANCE MODIFICATIONS TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL BY AUGUST 4, 2026 AND
THE CORRESPONDING BALLOT MEASURE TO BE SCHEDULED FOR THE NOVEMBER 2026 GENERAL ELECTION
• Public Comments
CONTACT: Marc Wiener, Community Development Director
From: Jacqueline Caro
To: CityClerk; James Light; Paige Kaluderovic; Zein Obagi; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky; Scott Behrendt
Subject: Agenda Item N2-Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2026 8:12:58 PM
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Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers,
BCHD should not receive special treatment with a 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is expected to again aggressively pursue a special treatment 1.25 FAR. What it means in reality is that BCHD, which sits on acres of publicly owned land, can turn over its public land to private development, allowing "supersized" structures to be built.
A 1.25 FAR for BCHD would be:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Equal only to City Hall and Annex, and greater than even Police and Fire Departments. BCHD provides NONE of the essential and emergency services of the City. (It seems obvious BCHD should not be allowed a greater FAR than the Police and Fire Departments.) <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->The 1.25 FAR is nearly twice the proposed maximum
0.75 FAR applicable to other public land. In fact, some public land might be subject to a 0.2, or even a 0.1 FAR. Yet, BCHD wants many times more FAR than other public land may be allowed.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Massive buildings on BCHD's land for private businesses would divert BCHD from its mission to support public health. The structures would be totally incompatible with the surrounding neighborhoods, and have harmful impacts to a large number of people.
2 - A SEPARATE ballot vote on the major change in land use for BCHD must be required. - Let Redondo Beach Voters decide.
If the City Council decides that BCHD will be given special treatment, a SEPARATE VOTE on the BCHD
1.25 FAR exception should be taken. It appears the City and certainly BCHD, are trying to circumvent a separate vote by bundling up all the major changes in a single ballot vote on the General Plan. The November elections should include the voices of Redondo Beach voters.
Respectfully,
Jackie Ecklund
July 2, 2026
Mayor and City Council:
Subject: General Plan Update and Proposed Floor Area Ratio Limits On behalf of Beach Cities Health District, I would like to reiterate our gratitude for the City Council’s decision in January to place a 1.25 FAR on the BCHD Campus on Prospect Avenue as part of its proposed General Plan Update. This thoughtful decision, made after many opportunities for the public to provide input and based on Staff’s finding that a 1.25 FAR would have no significant environmental impacts, will provide important flexibility for our Campus and our partners to meet the health needs of our community into the future.
We request that in the upcoming adoption of the Land Use Element and relevant zoning ordinances the Council holds firm on their unanimous decision for a 1.25 FAR on the BCHD property.
It is important to remind our constituents that the General Plan Update is a statemandated land use issue. State law calls for general plans to address land use for public buildings and grounds and to include standards related to population density and building intensity across all land use categories (California Government Code § 65302(a)).
Like the City of Redondo Beach, our mission is focused on serving the long-term and evolving needs of the community. Public institutions like the City and BCHD have remained responsive to changing demographics, service delivery models and community priorities, and BCHD values planning frameworks that support adaptability while remaining compatible with and in service to the community.
From BCHD’s perspective, this flexibility is relevant to the General Plan and public institutional uses, which must remain adaptable to ensure public-serving facilities can continue to meet current and future community needs.
With parts of the General Plan Update set to be on the ballot in November, BCHD requests that you consider that all FAR updates be included as part of a single General Plan ballot measure. Keeping the ballot measure simple will help voters better understand this complex land use issue and make a responsible choice for our City.
Voters must also understand that this upcoming ballot measure is focused on longterm land use planning, and not a referendum on our campus project or any other projects currently planned. Keeping the voting process simple and easy to understand will be a benefit. BCHD believes that including all FAR updates in one ballot question will ensure the community can consider the full set of proposed changes together rather than in separate, potentially complex measures.
A process is already in place to evaluate specific development projects, including a Conditional Use Permit, allowing a city to impose conditions on developers to ensure compliance.
BCHD also notes that public institutions are already accountable to the electorate through elections of governing board members every two years. FAR caps in the General Plan could duplicate existing oversight mechanisms and may limit the ability of future governing bodies to respond to changing community needs.
As the City Council considers these issues, we at BCHD look forward to continued collaboration with the City as it plans for the future. Our shared goal is to ensure that public institutions remain able to meet the community’s needs today and in the future.
In Health,
Tom Bakaly
CEO
Beach Cities Health District
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From: Debra Clark
To: CityClerk
Subject: BCHD- ALLOW PUBLIC VOTE
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 2:24:37 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Debbie Clark
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From: William Shanney
To: CityClerk
Subject: BCHD Threat
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2026 5:51:07 AM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
William and Vivian Shanney
From: LINDA Zelik
To: CityClerk
Subject: BCHD
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 3:32:10 PM
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Dear R.B CityClerk and Council members;
Please don’t let BCHD intimidate you into approving the over sized FAR to 1.25. It should be put to the voters to decide
as it will have disastrous effects for both the Redondo Beach residents and entire surrounding communities!
Thank you for doing the right thing,
Linda and Joe Zelik
From: Aileen Pavlin
To: CityClerk
Subject: (Subject) Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE
GENERAL PLAN ZONING VOTE
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 10:40:09 AM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING.
That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Aileen Pavlin
From: p Yee
To: CityClerk
Subject: (Subject) Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE
GENERAL PLAN ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 7:31:17 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Patricia Orz
From: MONIKA OLMOS
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 7:45:35 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Monika Olmos
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From: JOHN STAUFFER
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 6:18:06 AM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
From: Mari Ramskill
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 7:42:22 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you,
Mari Ramskill
From: Vin Raju
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. vote must be separate from the general plan zoning vote
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 7:20:27 AM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING.
That was wrong!
Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R. - the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you,
Vin Raju
From: Amy Matsuda
To: CityClerk
Subject: BCHD F.A.R Vote Ballot
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 9:06:22 AM
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Dear Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
Please ensure that the BCHD F.A.R. 1.25 VOTE is a separate question on the ballot.
Thank you,
Amy Yick
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To: CityClerk
Subject: BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 10:22:56 AM
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Giving BCHD special treatment is not fair to the residents right to vote.
Philip de Wolff
From: Gennaro Pupa
To: CityClerk
Subject: Bchd out of redondo
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 5:47:43 AM
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Stop BCHD from any further additions. Order BCHD to abandon the entire project and no longer conduct any business in redondo beach.
From: Krista Allen
To: CityClerk
Subject: Bchd up zoning needs public vote!
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 1:22:05 PM
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Please distribute to all city council members.
It's important that Beach city health District not have 1.25 floor area ratio.
If required, we have to vote against the general plan.
Giving bchd such special consideration is not compatible with our resident wishes Krista Allen
607 Esplanade
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; Communications; [email protected]; Garth Meyer; Jane Diehl; Martha Koo; Noel Chun; Michelle Bholat Subject: Comment due to failed Zoom - Excessive Comm Dept Labor Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026 7:17:07 PM
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BCHD spends 11% of all labor funding on the Comms department. It has 2 executives. Because BCHD actively REFUSES to conduct benefit to cost analysis, it has NO VALIDATION of the level of benefits from the $750K of Comms spending. Nor does BCHD provide a consolidated marketing comms budget that include other costs.
This is a poor and unacceptable level of controls.
From: Melanie Cohen
To: CityClerk
Subject: Fwd: BCHD Action Alert: One Quick Email to the RB City Council Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 7:20:57 PM
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From: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 7:17 PM
Subject: BCHD Action Alert: One Quick Email to the RB City Council To: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
If you just want to help and not read - HEAD TO THE BOTTOM NOW! BCHD threatened to sue the City over the floor area ratio (FAR, campus density). The Council rolled right over and gave BCHD an FAR of 1.25, or about 3X their current density. And the Council knows that it will be used for COMMERCIAL PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT since BCHD has never developed ANYTHING.
So the City's fear of being sued by BCHD has caused the City to bundle the BCHD upzoning vote (required by Article 27 of the charter) with the ENTIRE GENERAL PLAN.
That means VOTERS WILL HAVE TO KILL THE WHOLE GENERAL PLAN TO STOP BCHD. OUTRAGEOUS!
We need to FORCE THE CITY to put the BCHD UPZONING on the ballot as its own item.
Otherwise RB voters are DISENFRANCHISED.
PLEASE CONSIDER SENDING THE FOLLOWING EMAIL TO THE CITY COUNCIL NOW!
(Email) [email protected]
(Subject) Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE
SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN ZONING VOTE
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING.
That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! 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: D. Dangelo
To: CityClerk
Subject: Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN ZONING VOTE Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 7:27:10 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Denise Dangelo
MEMORANDUM
TO: Redondo Beach Public Works, Sustainability, and Infrastructure Commission FROM: The 500-600 N. Prospect Resident Community
DATE: June 22, 2026
SUBJECT: Enhanced Environmental Noise Analysis: Integration of Hard Data from BCHD Healthy Living Campus EIR and Redondo Beach General Plan EIR
1. Executive Summary & Call to Action
The 500-600 block of North Prospect Avenue—situated between Diamond Street and Beryl Street—is suffering from a severe, compounding environmental health hazard: chronic traffic noise pollution. While our parallel memorandum addresses the immediate physical dangers of speeding and vehicle collisions, this document integrates hard, empirical data from recent Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) to detail the systemic damage inflicted on our neighborhood by sustained, excessive decibel levels.
The Quantitative Reality
● Violations of California Noise Standards: The Redondo Beach General Plan Noise Element (Draft updated 2024–2026) and its companion EIR establish that traffic noise along the North Prospect Avenue secondary arterial corridor routinely exceeds 60 to 65 dBA CNEL (Community Noise Equivalent Level). This explicitly violates the State Noise Insulation Standards for outdoor-to-indoor noise reduction in dense multi-family residential zones.
● EIR-Documented Baseline Spikes: Acoustic monitoring conducted at 514 N. Prospect Ave for the Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) Healthy Living Campus EIR records actual ambient noise baselines that continually encroach upon public health thresholds.
Due to the over-wide 4-lane secondary arterial cross-section, off-peak speeding creates sustained noise spikes well above acceptable residential limits. ● The Velocity-Noise Link: Traffic noise increases exponentially with speed. A vehicle traveling at 40 MPH (the 85th percentile reality on our block) generates roughly twice the acoustic energy of a vehicle traveling at the legal 35 MPH limit. When un-designated heavy commercial vehicles over 3 tons exploit this wide corridor, low-frequency noise and vibration levels spike even more severely.
Call to Action
The peer-reviewed scientific consensus and local EIR data are absolute: chronic traffic noise is not a mere inconvenience; it is a direct physiological stressor that causes severe cardiovascular, psychological, and developmental harm. Because the physical width of North Prospect Avenue actively encourages high-velocity, off-peak driving, the road is a structural noise generator cutting directly through a high-density neighborhood filled with multi-family homes, medical facilities, and schools.
The 500-600 N. Prospect Resident Community calls upon the Commission to:
1. Formally recognize that the excessive traffic noise on the 500-600 block constitutes a public safety and environmental health hazard that violates the intent of the Redondo Beach General Plan Noise Element.
2. Incorporate acoustic mitigation as a primary objective of the Prospect Avenue Mobility Corridor and Complete Streets Proposal, prioritizing street narrowings ("Road Diets") and rubberized asphalt concrete (RAC) resurfacing, which has been proven to reduce traffic noise by 4 to 6 decibels.
3. Direct code enforcement and the Redondo Beach Police Department to aggressively enforce the Torrance/Redondo Truck Route restrictions, eliminating the illegal, low-frequency acoustic disruptions caused by un-designated commercial vehicles over 3 tons bypassing main thoroughfares.
2. Municipal & Campus EIR Empirical Noise Data
The following sections integrate the data points published by the City of Redondo Beach and localized environmental impact studies.
A. The Redondo Beach General Plan EIR Noise Element
The City’s 2024–2026 General Plan Updates outline strict parameters for community noise environments.
● The 60 dBA Threshold: The State Noise Insulation Standards require specified levels of outdoor-to-indoor noise reduction for new multifamily residential construction in areas where the outdoor noise exposure exceeds CNEL 60 dBA.
● Future Roadway Noise Contours: The General Plan's acoustic modeling projects that Prospect Avenue’s over-built 4-lane secondary arterial layout channels maximum possible noise levels directly into residential setbacks. Because these contours do not account for individual property walls or localized traffic speed spikes, the off-peak 38–41 MPH reality forces actual local exposure much closer to the hazardous 65 dBA CNEL contour line.
B. The BCHD Healthy Living Campus EIR (514 N. Prospect Ave) Site-specific acoustic tracking for the multi-phase campus master plan at 514 N. Prospect Ave establishes a clear, undeniable empirical baseline for our exact block. ● Ambient Baseline Levels: Short-term and long-term noise monitoring conducted directly on the Prospect Avenue frontage reveals a highly compressed acoustic environment. The constant flow of traffic along the four lanes ensures that baseline daytime noise levels rarely drop below comfortable residential margins. ● Construction vs. Mobile Source Cumulative Impacts: While the BCHD EIR extensively mitigates temporary, stationary noise sources (such as HVAC systems, deliveries, and construction equipment), it explicitly flags mobile traffic noise along Prospect Avenue as a permanent fixture.
● Vibration and Low-Frequency Noise: The EIR documents that heavy vehicle movement generates measurable ground-borne vibration. When un-designated heavy commercial vehicles bypass main routes to utilize Prospect, these vibrations rattle the aging infrastructure and non-ductile concrete configurations of nearby campus facilities and residential complexes alike.
3. Peer-Reviewed Evidence: The Damages of
Environmental Noise
For decades, public health organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have studied the systemic impacts of environmental noise. The damages are divided into three primary categories:
A. Cardiovascular and Physiological Stress
Chronic traffic noise activates the sympathetic nervous system, triggers the body's fight-or-flight response, and elevates cortisol and adrenaline levels—even when a person is entirely accustomed to the sound or asleep.
● Ischemic Heart Disease: Large-scale epidemiological studies show a direct, linear relationship between long-term exposure to road traffic noise above 55 decibels and an increased risk of ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction (heart attacks). ● Hypertension: Sustained acoustic stress impairs endothelial function (the handling of blood vessels), leading to chronically elevated blood pressure.
B. Severe Sleep Disturbance and Cognitive Impairment
The 500-600 block suffers from significant nighttime speeding, which creates erratic, high-decibel noise spikes that shatter healthy sleep architecture. ● Sleep Fragmentation: Nighttime noise causes shifts from deep REM sleep to light sleep, hidden micro-arousals, and elevated heart rates during sleep, preventing restorative rest. ● Cognitive Impacts on Children: Beryl Heights Elementary and Redondo Union High frame this corridor. Peer-reviewed research consistently demonstrates that children exposed to chronic ambient traffic noise suffer from impaired reading comprehension, diminished long-term memory, and reduced attention spans due to constant acoustic distraction.
C. Psychological Well-being and Property Value Degradation ● Chronic Annoyance and Anxiety: Sustained exposure to high-volume traffic noise is heavily correlated with increased rates of anxiety, depression, and psychological distress. ● Economic Externality: In urban economics and hedonic price modeling, traffic noise functions as a major negative externality. Properties flanking high-noise secondary arterials see depressed valuation growth compared to identical homes situated just one block away from the acoustic impact zone.
4. Summary of Documented Corridor Metrics &
Impact Factors
Factor Baseline Condition Environmental & Health
Impact
General Plan Contour
Target
> 60-65 dBA CNEL Corridor Exceeds California's
preferred residential
thresholds, mandating
indoor structural noise
insulation.
BCHD EIR Acoustic
Monitoring
Constant daytime/evening
mobile source noise
Validates resident claims of
a constant, unrelenting wall
of traffic noise on the
500-600 block.
85th Percentile Speed
(38-41 MPH)
Exceeds posted 35 MPH
limit.
Acoustic energy increases
exponentially; 40 MPH
creates double the noise
force of 35 MPH.
Roadway Geometry (64-ft
Cross-Section)
4 wide lanes with empty
off-peak space.
Acts as an acoustic
megaphone, reflecting
tire-and-engine noise
directly into multi-family
residential setbacks.
Heavy Commercial
Bypass Traffic
Vehicles over 3 tons utilizing
residential Prospect.
Introduces structural
low-frequency vibrations
and high-decibel diesel
engine braking.
5. Proposed Structural Mitigations
Standard law enforcement cannot solve a systemic environmental problem caused by poor roadway design. We urge the Commission to recommend a multi-layered engineering and policy approach to quiet the corridor:
● Geometric Modification (The Road Diet): By reducing North Prospect Avenue from 4 lanes down to 2 active driving lanes with a center-turn median and Class IV protected bike lanes, the city will narrow the field of vision for drivers. This structurally caps vehicle speeds, lowering the baseline ambient noise level.
● Acoustic Resurfacing: When this segment undergoes future maintenance, the city should mandate the use of open-graded friction courses or rubberized asphalt. This material absorbs tire-pavement interaction noise, providing an immediate, permanent reduction in neighborhood decibels.
● Heavy Vehicle Diversion: Enforcing the existing commercial vehicle ordinances will remove heavy trucks from an un-designated route, instantly deleting the most disruptive, low-frequency sound elements from our daily lives.
The data proves our street is too fast; science and municipal EIRs prove it is too loud. We urge the Commission to take action tonight to restore safety and peace to the 500-600 North Prospect community.
Respectfully Submitted,
The 500-600 N. Prospect Resident Community
From: sinsheimer
To: CityClerk
Subject: Please have the BCHD FAR 1.25 separate from the upzoning General Plan Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 10:13:02 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; Noel Chun; Michelle Bholat; Martha Koo; Jane Diehl; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; City Council; [email protected]; info; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; Los Angeles Mayor"s Office; [email protected]; [email protected]; Representative Ted Lieu; James Light; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Garth Meyer; Kevin Cody; Letters; [email protected]; Steve Napolitano; Mike Witzansky; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Public Comment - Unless BCHD LIED to the City of Redondo - The CEO is LYING TO THE EASY READER NEWS Date: Sunday, June 28, 2026 4:03:03 PM
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99.7% of the BCHD campus square footage is 51.5-feet OR SHORTER. Only the "Penthouse" is taller and it's only 954-sqft of the 312,000 sqft total.
From: [email protected]
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 11:01:10 AM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Long time South Bay residents Pam & George Afremow
From: kevork Ajamian
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 10:03:29 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
From: Rosann Taylor
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 9:28:38 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Rosann Taylor
Resident on Diamond St
From: M. Nava
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 10:28:52 AM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Marcio N
From: Tim Ozenne
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 7:39:55 PM
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All:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
From: [email protected]
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 8:21:20 AM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
mike woolsey
From: Louis Friedman
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 7:39:37 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Louis Friedman
From: Mike and Jill
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 7:41:03 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial upzoning. That was wrong! Redondo voters must be allowed to vote on the increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits disenfranchised the voters of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE needs to be a separate item on the ballot.
If it isn’t separated, I will vote “no” on the general plan, and encourage other voters to also vote “no”.
It’s time for BCHD to make their case directly to the voters.
Thank you.
Mike Jamgochian
Clark Lane
District 3 Redondo Beach
From: Jennifer McAulay
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 8:02:27 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING.
That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Jennifer McAulay
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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: Paul Schlichting
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 9:19:20 AM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
STAND UP FOR PRINCIPAL AND LAW...
... ALL DEVELOPERS THINK THAT THE MAGIC THREAT IS "THREATEN TO SUE" - AS HA BEEN DONE ON PRIOR PROJECTS, INCLUDING DENSE HOUSING ON SOUTH PCH.
Do your JOBS - Or quit your job, and stop taking taxpayers' money for caving to some or your "buddy developers". 98% of the day-to-day stuff is "no-brainer easy". These are the moments when the public expects you to stand up - THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES ...
... BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
Paul Schlichting
South Broadway, Redondo Beach, CA
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment July 7 Meeting - Allow a vote on BCHD FAR Separate of the other Article 27 issues Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 12:56:43 PM
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BCHD threatened to SUE THE CITY with TAXPAYER MONEY. Don't be intimidated.
Allow voters to pick the FAR of BCHD. NO FAR is better than 1.25. Residents can fight it out at the planning commission in the CUP and PCDR.
Don't be a serial abuser. BCHD threatened YOU. Don't THREATEN VOTERS with a BUNDLED VOTE.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; Noel Chun; Michelle Bholat; Martha Koo; Jane Diehl Cc: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; City Council; [email protected]; info; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; Los Angeles Mayor"s Office; [email protected]; [email protected]; Representative Ted Lieu; James Light; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Garth Meyer; Kevin Cody; Letters; [email protected]; [email protected]; Mike Witzansky; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Public Comment: BCHD EXECUTIVE PAY IS 36% of TOTAL EMPLOYEE COSTS AT BCHD - 10% OR LESS IS THE
NORMAL BENCHMARK
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 1:23:38 PM
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I challenge anyone to benchmark any local agency and find another that CHARGES TAXPAYERS 36% of total employee costs for EXECUTIVES. THERE ARE NONE.
Hermosa is 10% executive pay as a share of total employee costs and it is the closest in size to BCHD. The other Cities are less. BCHD is 350% out of any reasonable BENCHMARK.
The result is that each BCHD EXECUTIVE oversees, ON AVERAGE, a tiny revenue due to the excessive number of executives.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: PRR; [email protected]; CityClerk; Paige Kaluderovic; Sean Scully; Marc Wiener; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; James Light; info Subject: Re: California Public Records Act Request to BCHD and Public Comment All Agencies Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026 8:59:29 PM
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NON RESPONSIVE TO CPRA QUESTION. BCHD PROVIDED NO VALID RESPONSE.
BCHD conducted no analysis of the health impacts of the excessive noise above FTA level.
NONE. BCHD Misrepresents this by providing a link to non-responsive text in an attempt to avoid stating NO DOCUMENTS RESPONSIVE.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM PRR <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Please see below (in red) for the District’s response to your public records requests received 4/20/26 that reads:
REQUEST
Provide documents demonstrating the expected rate of health damages to residents surrounding the proposed HLC construction project that will be caused by the significant exceedance of FTA noise thresholds approved by the BCHD Board in the FEIR.
FACT BASE BACKGROUND
The following is a summary from the BCHD FEIR for the HLC demonstrating that BCHD plans to subject surrounding neighborhoods and campus users to dangerous noise levels:
1. Threshold Exceedance: Construction is expected to last over five years and will exceed Federal Transit Authority (FTA) noise thresholds for both daily and 30-day average residential standards.
2. Reason for Unavoidable Impact: The extreme height of the proposed buildings and the site's position on a hill make standard noise barriers (limited to 31 feet) ineffective at higher elevations, meaning noise cannot be fully mitigated for nearby sensitive receptors.
3. Regulatory Context: Because these impacts cannot be reduced to "less than significant" levels, the BCHD Board of Directors had to adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations to approve the project, acknowledging that its public benefits outweigh these unavoidable environmental costs.
4. Health Damages: BCHD's now disgraced environmental consultant Wood PLC apparently provided guidance to BCHD to ignore the peer-reviewed health damages provided by commenters.
Further, dozens of peer-reviewed studies of health damages from BCHD's planned noise levels were ignored by BCHD and its now disgraced oil-field services company that prepared the EIR.
As an example:
Peer-reviewed research indicates that exceeding transit noise standards, such as those established by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), triggers physiological stress responses that lead to cardiovascular, metabolic, and cognitive impairments. While the FTA's specific daily and monthly criteria are used for environmental impact assessments to mitigate community annoyance, health studies show that physiological risks begin at levels often lower than these regulatory thresholds.
Summary of Research Findings
1. Cardiovascular Impact: Chronic exposure to transportation noise (road, rail, and aircraft) triggers a "noise reaction model" where sound activates the sympathetic nervous system and the HPA axis. This leads to elevated stress hormones (cortisol, adrenaline), vascular inflammation, and oxidative stress. Meta-analyses consistently show a 2–5% increase in the risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke for every 10 dB(A) increase in long-term noise.
2. Metabolic Disorders: Noise exposure is strongly linked to Type 2 diabetes and obesity. One major study found that a 10 dB increase in road traffic noise was associated with a 17% increase in obesity and an 11% increase in diabetes risk.
3. Sleep and Mental Health: Noise is a primary cause of fragmented sleep, reducing REM and slow-wave sleep phases essential for recovery. This disruption is a precursor to hypertension, depression, and anxiety.
4. Cognitive Development: In children, chronic transit noise exposure is associated with impaired reading comprehension, memory loss, and hyperactivity, with risk increasing by 9–11% per 10 dB(A).
APA Bibliography & Summaries
Cai, Y.
,
Ramakrishnan, R.
, &
Rahimi, K.
(2021). Long-term exposure to traffic noise and mortality: A systematic review and metaanalysis. Environment International, 146, 106303.
This meta-analysis synthesized data from multiple cohort studies to evaluate the relationship between long-term transportation noise and mortality. The researchers found a robust association between road traffic noise and mortality from ischemic heart disease (IHD), with a pooled relative risk of 1.03 per 10 dB increase. The study concludes that while evidence for other mortality types remains weak, the link to cardiovascular death is significant enough to warrant stricter public health interventions.
Foraster, M.
, Eze, I. C.,
Schaffner, E.
,
Vienneau, D.
,
Héritier, H.
, Endes, S., ... & Probst-Hensch, N. (2018). Long-term exposure to transportation noise and its association with adiposity markers and development of obesity. Environmental Health Perspectives, 126(10), 107005.
This longitudinal study investigated the impact of road, rail, and aircraft noise on weight gain and obesity over an eight-year period. The findings demonstrated that road traffic noise, in particular, was significantly associated with increases in Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference.
The study suggests that noise-induced stress leads to cortisol release, which promotes central fat accumulation, identifying noise as a modifiable risk factor for metabolic disease.
Münzel, T.
, Schmidt, F. P., Steven, S., Herzog, J., Daiber, A., & Sørensen, M. (2018). Environmental noise and the cardiovascular system. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71(6), 688-697.
This review details the biological mechanisms by which environmental noise causes vascular damage. It introduces the "noise reaction model," explaining how even low-level nighttime noise triggers the release of stress hormones, leading to oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction. The authors emphasize that these physiological changes occur even when the individual does not feel "annoyed," highlighting the hidden cardiovascular threat posed by urban transit environments.
Stansfeld, S. A., & Clark, C. (2015). Health effects of noise exposure in children. Current Environmental Health Reports, 2(2), 171-178.
Focusing on younger populations, this study reviewed the cognitive and physiological impacts of transit noise in school and home settings. The research found that chronic exposure to aircraft and road noise was linearly associated with impaired reading comprehension and recognition memory.
The study highlights that children are particularly vulnerable as they lack the coping mechanisms adults use to mitigate the psychological stress of a noisy environment.
Wang, M., Kuang, X., & Zhang, J. (2023). Long-term exposure to traffic noise and risk of incident cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1205315.
This 2023 update analyzed 23 longitudinal studies to quantify the dose-response relationship between transit noise and cardiovascular events. The meta-analysis revealed that for every 10 dB increment of road noise, the risk of heart failure increased by 5% and stroke by 3.4%. It established that these risks are often linear and begin at noise levels as low as 35-40 dB(A), well below typical regulatory mitigation thresholds.
Please refer to Table 11-1, Section MM-NOI 1-3c, in Section 11.0 (Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Program) of the Final EIR: Final EIR for the Districts Healthy Living Campus Master Plan 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 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.
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.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2026 11:41 AM
To: PRR <[email protected]>
Cc: Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; City Council <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk <[email protected]>; Marc Wiener <[email protected]>; Joy Ford <[email protected]>; Paige Kaluderovic <[email protected]> Subject: California Public Records Act Request to BCHD and Public Comment All Agencies
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California Public Records Act Request to BCHD and Public Comment City Councils, City Attorneys, Planning Commissioners
REQUEST
Provide documents demonstrating the expected rate of health damages to residents surrounding the proposed HLC construction project that will be caused by the significant exceedance of FTA noise thresholds approved by the BCHD Board in the FEIR.
FACT BASE BACKGROUND
The following is a summary from the BCHD FEIR for the HLC demonstrating that BCHD plans to subject surrounding neighborhoods and campus users to dangerous noise levels:
Threshold Exceedance: Construction is expected to last over five years and will exceed Federal Transit Authority (FTA) noise thresholds for both daily and 30-day average residential standards.
Reason for Unavoidable Impact: The extreme height of the proposed buildings and the site's position on a hill make standard noise barriers (limited to 31 feet) ineffective at higher elevations, meaning noise cannot be fully mitigated for nearby sensitive receptors.
Regulatory Context: Because these impacts cannot be reduced to "less than significant" levels, the BCHD Board of Directors had to adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations to approve the project, acknowledging that its public benefits outweigh these unavoidable environmental costs.
Health Damages: BCHD's now disgraced environmental consultant Wood PLC apparently provided guidance to BCHD to ignore the peer-reviewed health damages provided by commenters.
Further, dozens of peer-reviewed studies of health damages from BCHD's planned noise levels were ignored by BCHD and its now disgraced oil-field services company that prepared the EIR. As an example:
Peer-reviewed research indicates that exceeding transit noise standards, such as those established by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), triggers physiological stress responses that lead to cardiovascular, metabolic, and cognitive impairments. While the FTA's specific daily and monthly criteria are used for environmental impact assessments to mitigate community annoyance, health studies show that physiological risks begin at levels often lower than these regulatory thresholds.
Summary of Research Findings
Cardiovascular Impact: Chronic exposure to transportation noise (road, rail, and aircraft) triggers a "noise reaction model" where sound activates the sympathetic nervous system and the HPA axis. This leads to elevated stress hormones (cortisol, adrenaline), vascular inflammation, and oxidative stress. Meta-analyses consistently show a 2–5% increase in the risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke for every 10 dB(A) increase in long-term noise.
Metabolic Disorders: Noise exposure is strongly linked to Type 2 diabetes and obesity. One major study found that a 10 dB increase in road traffic noise was associated with a 17% increase in obesity and an 11% increase in diabetes risk.
Sleep and Mental Health: Noise is a primary cause of fragmented sleep, reducing REM and slow-wave sleep phases essential for recovery. This disruption is a precursor to hypertension, depression, and anxiety.
Cognitive Development: In children, chronic transit noise exposure is associated with impaired reading comprehension, memory loss, and hyperactivity, with risk increasing by 9–11% per 10 dB(A).
APA Bibliography & Summaries
Cai, Y.
,
Ramakrishnan, R.
, &
Rahimi, K.
(2021). Long-term exposure to traffic noise and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environment International, 146, 106303.
This meta-analysis synthesized data from multiple cohort studies to evaluate the relationship between long-term transportation noise and mortality. The researchers found a robust association between road traffic noise and mortality from ischemic heart disease (IHD), with a pooled relative risk of 1.03 per 10 dB increase. The study concludes that while evidence for other mortality types remains weak, the link to cardiovascular death is significant enough to warrant stricter public health interventions.
Foraster, M.
, Eze, I. C.,
Schaffner, E.
,
Vienneau, D.
,
Héritier, H.
, Endes, S., ... & Probst-Hensch, N. (2018). Long-term exposure to transportation noise and its association with adiposity markers and development of obesity. Environmental Health Perspectives, 126(10), 107005.
This longitudinal study investigated the impact of road, rail, and aircraft noise on weight gain and obesity over an eight-year period. The findings demonstrated that road traffic noise, in particular, was significantly associated with increases in Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference. The study suggests that noise-induced stress leads to cortisol release, which promotes central fat accumulation, identifying noise as a modifiable risk factor for metabolic disease.
Münzel, T.
, Schmidt, F. P., Steven, S., Herzog, J., Daiber, A., & Sørensen, M. (2018).
Environmental noise and the cardiovascular system. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71(6), 688-697.
This review details the biological mechanisms by which environmental noise causes vascular damage. It introduces the "noise reaction model," explaining how even low-level nighttime noise triggers the release of stress hormones, leading to oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction. The authors emphasize that these physiological changes occur even when the individual does not feel "annoyed," highlighting the hidden cardiovascular threat posed by urban transit environments.
Stansfeld, S. A., & Clark, C. (2015). Health effects of noise exposure in children. Current Environmental Health Reports, 2(2), 171-178.
Focusing on younger populations, this study reviewed the cognitive and physiological impacts of transit noise in school and home settings. The research found that chronic exposure to aircraft and road noise was linearly associated with impaired reading comprehension and recognition memory. The study highlights that children are particularly vulnerable as they lack the coping mechanisms adults use to mitigate the psychological stress of a noisy environment.
Wang, M., Kuang, X., & Zhang, J. (2023). Long-term exposure to traffic noise and risk of incident cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1205315.
This 2023 update analyzed 23 longitudinal studies to quantify the dose-response relationship between transit noise and cardiovascular events. The meta-analysis revealed that for every 10 dB increment of road noise, the risk of heart failure increased by 5% and stroke by 3.4%.
It established that these risks are often linear and begin at noise levels as low as 35-40 dB(A), well below typical regulatory mitigation thresholds.
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: PRR; Kevin Cody; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; info; Garth Meyer; [email protected]
Subject: Re: CPRA - loan financing for all ALLCOVE requirements Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026 8:55:58 PM
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Despite the simple fact that VOTERS REFUSED TO PAY FOR ALLCOVE IN MEASURE
BC - BCHD PLANS TO FORCE VOTERS/RESIDENT-TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR ALLCOVE AGAINST THEIR STATED INTENTION.
CPRA to BCHD: Where in Measure BC did BCHD disclose that an adverse outcome would lead to FORCED PAYMENT BY VOTERS?
On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 10:38 AM PRR <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Please see below (in red) for the District’s response to your public records requests received 6/1/26 that reads:
Provide documents that reflect any loan obligations of the District associated with ALLCOVE There are no responsive records.
Provide documents demonstrating any expected borrowing by the District for any ALLCOVE purpose, operations, building, materials, etc.
Please see attached Project Funding Update slide from the June 8, 2026 Finance Committee Presentation
Provide documents demonstrating the most recent total of all expected costs of developing the ALLCOVE facility
Please see Project Overview - allcove Beach Cities section in the attached CEO Report – May 2026
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 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.
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.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2026 2:46 PM
To: PRR <[email protected]>
Subject: CPRA - loan financing for all ALLCOVE requirements
EXTERNAL EMAIL - CAUTION
Provide documents that reflect any loan obligations of the District associated with
ALLCOVE
Provide documents demonstrating any expected borrowing by the District for any ALLCOVE purpose, operations, building, materials, etc.
Provide documents demonstrating the most recent total of all expected costs of developing the ALLCOVE facility
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INFORMATION, DATA OR OTHER ITEMS THAT MAY BE CONTAINED IN ANY CORRESPONDENCE.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: PRR
Cc: James Light; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; CityClerk; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; Paige Kaluderovic; Sean Scully; Marc Wiener; [email protected] Subject: Re: CPRA - Shadowing for Proposed Sunrise Project Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026 8:52:01 PM
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NON-RESPONSIVE CPRA LINK FROM BCHD TO THE QUESTION ASKED. LINK CONTAINS NO DATA IN FEIR ANALYZING SHADOWING IMPACTS OF 60-FOOT BUILDINGS 40-FEET FROM FLAGLER AND FLAGLER ALLEY. NONE.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]> wrote:
The CPRA response is NON-RESPONSIVE to the Question.
BCHD CPRA:
Provide shadowing studies for 60-foot tall structures on the Flagler side of the campus, especially near Towers St. The prior EIR did not have any structures in that location, thus, shadowing was not studied nor self-certified by BCHD in the FEIR.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 11:56 AM PRR <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Please see below (in red) for the District’s response to your public records requests received 6/2/26 that reads:
Provide shadowing studies for 60-foot tall structures on the Flagler side of the campus, especially near Towers St. The prior EIR did not have any structures in that location, thus, shadowing was not studied nor self-certified by BCHD in the FEIR.
Please see attached responsive record that was included in the May 27, 2026 Board Packet.
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 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.
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.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 4:53 PM
To: PRR <[email protected]>
Cc: Marc Wiener <[email protected]>; Paige Kaluderovic <[email protected]>; Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>; Sean Scully <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: CPRA - Shadowing for Proposed Sunrise Project
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Provide shadowing studies for 60-foot tall structures on the Flagler side of the campus, especially near Towers St. The prior EIR did not have any structures in that location, thus, shadowing was not studied nor self-certified by BCHD in the FEIR.
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: PRR; [email protected]; CityClerk; Paige Kaluderovic; Marc Wiener; Sean Scully Cc: Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Zein Obagi; James Light; Scott Behrendt; info Subject: Re: Public Comment All Agencies and CPRA BCHD only Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026 9:02:26 PM
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BCHD wasted nearly $13M in pre-development spending, though BCHD was not the developer. Yet, BCHD has no documents to provide.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM PRR <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Please see below (in red) for the District’s response to your public records requests received 3/23/26 that reads:
For the press release drawing of March 20 2026, provide building use, expected REAL SHAPE and location, setback and height for surrounding neighborhood information. The neighborhoods of Redondo and Torrance are mounting a litigation ready defense with multiple peer-reviewed studies as the result of BCHD's secrecy.
The District has reviewed your request and determined that the records responsive to your request, like pre-decisional information (i.e., drafts), are subject to the deliberative process privilege and, further, are exempt until decisions have been finalized per Cal. Gov’t Code §6254(a). The identified records seek exactly the type of pre-decisional information that is exempt and protected by the deliberative process privilege, such as drafts, proposals, analyses, and preliminary reports that may contain internal discussions and recommendations considered by the District prior to reaching final conclusions.
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 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.
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.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2026 10:57 PM
To: PRR <[email protected]>; Jane Diehl <[email protected]>; Martha Koo <[email protected]>; Noel Chun <[email protected]>; Michelle Bholat <[email protected]>
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Subject: Public Comment All Agencies and CPRA BCHD only
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; Noel Chun; Michelle Bholat; Martha Koo; Jane Diehl Cc: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; City Council; [email protected]; info; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; Los Angeles Mayor"s Office; [email protected]; [email protected]; Representative Ted Lieu; James Light; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Garth Meyer; Kevin Cody; Letters; [email protected]; [email protected]; Mike Witzansky; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Public Comment: BCHD EXECUTIVE PAY IS 36% of TOTAL EMPLOYEE COSTS AT BCHD - 10% OR LESS IS
THE NORMAL BENCHMARK
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 6:56:24 PM
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 1:22 PM Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]> wrote:
I challenge anyone to benchmark any local agency and find another that CHARGES TAXPAYERS 36% of total employee costs for EXECUTIVES. THERE ARE NONE.
Hermosa is 10% executive pay as a share of total employee costs and it is the closest in size to BCHD. The other Cities are less. BCHD is 350% out of any reasonable BENCHMARK.
The result is that each BCHD EXECUTIVE oversees, ON AVERAGE, a tiny revenue due to the excessive number of executives.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: PRR; [email protected]; CityClerk; Paige Kaluderovic; Sean Scully; Marc Wiener; James Light; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi Subject: Re: RB Public Comment and BCHD CPRA - FEIR Noise Impact Analysis Appears Insufficient for Current Sunrise Proposal
Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026 8:49:18 PM
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NON-RESPONSIVE CPRA LINK FROM BCHD TO THE QUESTION ASKED. LINK CONTAINS NO DATA IN FEIR ANALYZING NOISE IMPACTS OF 60-FOOT BUILDINGS 40-FEET FROM FLAGLER AND FLAGLER ALLEY. NONE.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM PRR <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Please see below (in red) for the District’s response to your public records requests received 6/8/26 that reads:
Provide documents demonstrating the FEIR for the HLC considered the noise impacts of 60-foot tall buildings on the Flagler Alley and Flagler Street edges of the lot within 40-feet (2 cars) of the lotlines.
Please see the responsive document link to your records request: Final EIR Report 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 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.
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.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2026 3:30 PM
To: PRR <[email protected]>
Cc: Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>
Subject: RB Public Comment and BCHD CPRA - FEIR Noise Impact Analysis Appears Insufficient for Current Sunrise Proposal
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: PRR
Cc: [email protected]; CityClerk; Paige Kaluderovic; Sean Scully; Marc Wiener; James Light; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi Subject: Re: RB Public Comment and BCHD CPRA - FEIR Noise Impact Analysis Appears Insufficient for Current Sunrise Proposal
Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026 8:50:28 PM
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NON-RESPONSIVE CPRA LINK FROM BCHD TO THE QUESTION ASKED. LINK
CONTAINS NO DATA IN FEIR ANALYZING NOISE IMPACTS OF PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL AT PROPOSED LOCATION.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM PRR <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Please see below (in red) for the District’s response to your public records requests received 6/8/26 that reads:
Provide documents demonstrating the FEIR for the HLC considered the noise impacts of a public swimming facility in the front of 60-foot tall buildings on the Prospect side of the proposed Sunrise project. At this time, I see no reference to this Phase 2 item that would have required reopening the CEQA process.
Please see the responsive document link to your records request: Final EIR Report Provide noise studies and other supporting evidence that clearly demonstrates the pool was part of the FEIR certification for a location 100 feet from residential abutting lot lines.
Please see the responsive document link to your records request: Final EIR Report 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 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.
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.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2026 3:39 PM
To: PRR <[email protected]>; Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: RB Public Comment and BCHD CPRA - FEIR Noise Impact Analysis Appears Insufficient for Current Sunrise Proposal
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Public Comment - Redondo Beach Mayor and Council, Redondo Beach Planning Commission, Redondo Beach Planning Department, Redondo Beach City Attorney Provide documents demonstrating the FEIR for the HLC considered the noise impacts of a public swimming facility in the front of 60-foot tall buildings on the Prospect side of the proposed Sunrise project. At this time, I see no reference to this Phase 2 item that would have required reopening the CEQA process.
Provide noise studies and other supporting evidence that clearly demonstrates the pool was part of the FEIR certification for a location 100 feet from residential abutting lot lines.
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LEGAL TIMING & LIABILITY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Redondo Beach Public Works, Sustainability, and Safety Commission FROM: The 500-600 N. Prospect Resident Community
DATE: June 22, 2026
SUBJECT: Statutory Notice of Dangerous Condition of Public Property: City Exposure under Government Code 835 and Potential Financial Liability for Kinetic and Acoustic Hazards
1. Executive Summary & Statement of Intent
The 500-600 block of North Prospect Avenue Resident Community presents this memorandum to formalize the actual and constructive statutory notice of systemic hazardous conditions impacting our corridor. While our previous submittals established the physical, data-driven, and environmental aspects of these threats, this document outlines the severe, multi-million dollar fiscal vulnerability facing the City of Redondo Beach by its continued deferral of necessary traffic-calming measures.
We are deeply concerned for the health and physical safety of our families, neighbors, and local school children. Simultaneously, as local taxpayers, we are driven to protect the financial stability of our municipality.
The Financial Core of this Notice
By establishing exhaustive, written documentation of documented speeding, failure to enforce heavy truck bans, high collision baselines (13.8 per year), and extreme dBA spikes, the community is permanently stripping the City of its defense of "ignorance" or "lack of notice" under California municipal liability law.
Should a severe or fatal collision occur along this segment, or should the ongoing structural noise violations precipitate chronic health issues, this record will serve as cornerstone evidence.
It will demonstrate that the City possessed actual knowledge of a Dangerous Condition of Public Property and intentionally failed to exercise due care to execute remedial protections, expanding the City's exposure to massive tort liability.
2. California Statutory Framework for Municipal
Liability
Under the California Government Claims Act (Government Code, Section 810 et seq.), public entities generally enjoy sovereign immunity unless a specific statute establishes liability.
Our community's legal strategy centers on the explicit exceptions provided for under California law.
A. Government Code Section 835: Dangerous Condition of Public Property
A city is held directly liable for personal injuries or wrongful death if a plaintiff can establish that the public property was in a dangerous condition at the time of the incident, that the injury was proximately caused by that condition, and that the risk was reasonably foreseeable. To establish liability, the plaintiff must satisfy one of two conditions under Section 835:
● Subdivision (a): A public employee negligently or wrongfully created the condition. ● Subdivision (b): The public entity had actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition under Section 835.2 a sufficient time prior to the injury to have taken protective or remedial measures.
B. Defining the Legal Threshold of "Dangerous Condition" Under Government Code Section 830, a dangerous condition is defined as a physical attribute of property that creates a substantial risk of injury when used with due care in a reasonably foreseeable manner. California courts have consistently held that a public entity cannot escape liability by claiming a third party (i.e., a speeding motorist) was the immediate cause of the injury.
As established in Castro v. City of Thousand Oaks (2015), a public entity is liable under Section 835 when a physical characteristic or feature of the property increases or intensifies the danger to users from predictable third-party negligence. The over-wide, 64-foot, under-capacity 4-lane cross-section of North Prospect Avenue is the precise physical feature that encourages and intensifies third-party speeding, rendering the road dangerous in its own right during off-peak hours.
3. The Power of Written Notice and Defeating "Design
Immunity"
A primary defense deployed by municipalities in traffic lawsuits is Design Immunity (Government Code Section 830.6), which attempts to shield a city from liability if the road was constructed according to an approved plan that was reasonable at the time of construction.
However, California Supreme Court precedent dictates that this immunity is neither permanent nor unconditional.
A. The Loss of Design Immunity
In the landmark case Tansavatdi v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes (2023), the California Supreme Court affirmed that even if a city is protected by design immunity for a physical element of a roadway, it can still be held liable for a separate failure to warn or protect against a known hazard that has manifested over time.
Furthermore, under long-standing precedent from Baldwin v. State of California (1971), design immunity terminates completely when:
1. The approved design has map-proven, data-driven hazards in practice.
2. The city is put on explicit notice of those hazardous conditions.
3. The city undergoes a change in physical traffic conditions (such as the volume spikes and development detailed in the BCHD Healthy Living Campus EIR) and fails to remedy the setup within a reasonable timeframe.
B. Establishing Actual Notice Under Section 835.2(a)
This memorandum, alongside our prior submittals linking the 85th percentile speed overruns (38–41 MPH) and the SWITRS data proving that unsafe speed causes 26% of local collisions, cements actual notice into the City's formal records. The City Attorney, City Council, and this Commission are now legally deemed to possess direct, actual knowledge of the risk. Continued inaction will be interpreted in a court of law as a deliberate choice to tolerate a known public hazard, entirely removing the City's primary defenses in future litigation.
4. Acoustic Recourse: Public Nuisance and
Environmental Writs
While kinetic vehicle impacts represent an immediate physical threat, the documented noise levels exceeding 60–65 dBA CNEL generated by the roadway design create an independent pathway for legal recourse.
● Code Compliance and the Noise Element: The Redondo Beach General Plan EIR establishes strict noise thresholds for residential land uses. By maintaining an arterial design that causes constant mobile-source noise overruns, the City is actively failing to comply with its own regulatory mandates.
● Code of Civil Procedure Section 1085 (Writ of Mandate): If an administrative agency or municipal commission fails to execute its ministerial duties—such as enforcing heavy truck route restrictions or implementing mandated traffic controls—neighborhood associations possess the legal right to file a Writ of Mandate. This asks a California Superior Court judge to compel the City to implement its own public health and safety protocols.
● Inverse Condemnation Actions: In distinct circumstances where public infrastructure projects generate noise, vibration, or systemic pollution that disproportionately destroys the quiet enjoyment and economic value of private residential assets, property owners can pursue inverse condemnation under the California Constitution, forcing the public entity to compensate for the diminished value of their homes.
5. Risk Assessment: Financial Impact of Municipal
Inaction
The fiscal risk of ignoring the 500-600 North Prospect block is substantial. In the state of California, recent jury verdicts and pre-trial settlements involving cities that failed to implement traffic-calming or pedestrian safety improvements after receiving notice of a dangerous condition have resulted in massive payouts:
Liability Component Legal Vector Potential Financial
Exposure
Wrongful Death / Gov. Code 835 (Dangerous $5,000,000 – $25,000,000+ Catastrophic Tort Condition) per incident
Inverse Condemnation /
Property Claims
CA Constitution Art. I, Sec.
19 Diminished valuation claims
aggregated across corridor
parcels
Class Action
Environmental / Writs
CCP 1085 Mandamus
Actions
Direct city expenditure on
mandatory court-ordered
fast-track redesigns and
legal fee shifts
Workers' Comp /
Employee Liability
BCHD / Municipal Medical
Frontages
Multi-party structural liability
for compromised access
routes to public healthcare
assets
6. Conclusion: A Mutual Mandate for Safety and Fiscal
Prudence
The 500-600 N. Prospect Resident Community does not deliver this memorandum as an adversarial gesture, but rather as an exercise in community co-governance. We are providing the Commission with the exact legal and data-driven leverage needed to justify prioritizing capital expenditures for the Prospect Avenue Mobility Corridor and Complete Streets Proposal.
The choice before this Commission is simple: allocate local funds proactively to execute a standard, traffic-calming Road Diet that quiets the street, protects local school children, and lowers operational speeds to the legal limit—or face the virtual certainty of future litigation where the City will have no defense, no immunity, and an undeniable record of prior notice.
We strongly urge the Commission to recommend immediate, structural, complete-streets engineering solutions to city staff tonight.
Respectfully Submitted,
The 500-600 N. Prospect Resident Community
MEMORANDUM
TO: Redondo Beach Public Works, Sustainability, and Safety Commission FROM: The 500-600 N. Prospect Resident Community
DATE: June 22, 2026
SUBJECT: Speed Study Data Summary, Collision Realities, and Critical Call to Action for the 500-600 Block of N. Prospect Avenue
1. Executive Summary & Call to Action
The 500-600 block of North Prospect Avenue—spanning the critical residential corridor between Diamond Street and Beryl Street—presents an immediate, measurable public safety hazard. For years, neighbors have voiced concerns regarding excessive vehicular speeds, near-miss pedestrian incidents, and disruptive noise levels. This memorandum synthesizes a decade of traffic data to demonstrate that driver behavior along this corridor is an active danger to our community, structurally enabled by the roadway's outdated geometry.
The Quantitative Reality
● Excessive Operational Speeds: While the legal posted speed limit is 35 MPH, local Engineering and Traffic Surveys (E&TS) reveal that the 85th percentile speed consistently reaches 38 to 41 MPH.
● Speed as a Primary Weapon: A comprehensive Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS) analysis over a 5-year block proves that North Prospect Avenue suffers an average of 13.8 crashes per year (69 total collisions). Unsafe speed is the leading cause of these accidents, accounting for 26% of all recorded incidents—outpacing right-of-way violations (23%) and traffic signal failures (22%). ● Severe Under-Capacity Design: The 2024 Housing Element Implementation Traffic Operational Study confirms that this segment handles between 7,600 and 18,200 vehicles per day. This volume is drastically below the capacity of a standard 4-lane secondary arterial cross-section.
Call to Action
The empirical data confirms that the physical 64-foot curb-to-curb width of North Prospect Avenue over-allocates lane space relative to actual traffic volume. This excess capacity acts as a visual invitation for drivers, directly driving off-peak and nighttime speeding.
The 500-600 N. Prospect Resident Community calls upon the Commission to:
1. Formally acknowledge that current speed-management measures are failing to protect this high-density residential and school-adjacent zone.
2. Direct the Public Works Department to immediately transition the Prospect Avenue Mobility Corridor and Complete Streets Proposal from an exploratory concept into an active, funded engineering project.
3. Initiate a formal pilot program for a "Road Diet," reallocating the underutilized driving lanes into a 2-lane configuration with a green center-turn median and Class IV protected bicycle infrastructure to organically bring operational speeds down to the legal limit.
2. Comprehensive Review of Last 10 Years of Speed &
Traffic Studies
The following sections detail the municipal and state data sets compiled over the last ten years concerning the 500-600 block of N. Prospect Avenue.
A. California Engineering and Traffic Surveys (E&TS)
To legally enforce speed limits via radar equipment under California Vehicle Code (CVC) Section 40802, the City of Redondo Beach conducts periodic E&TS evaluations. ● Segment Evaluation: Surveys covering the segment from Anita Street to Beryl Street confirm that the wide, unobstructed 4-lane layout creates a "speedway effect." ● The 85th Percentile Disconnect: Engineers design roads for the 85th percentile speed.
On Prospect, this threshold clocks in at 38–41 MPH. Because the physical infrastructure feels like a higher-speed thoroughfare, motorists drive faster than the character of a residential zone allows, rendering the 35 MPH posted limit functionally ineffective without constant, costly police deployment.
B. Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS) Corridor Analysis
UC Berkeley’s Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) data provides a stark look at the human cost of the corridor's current design over a designated 5-year block of historical data:
Collision Metric Five-Year Data Point
Total Recorded Collisions 69 Incidents
Average Annual Collision Rate 13.8 Crashes/Year
Primary Collision Factor: Unsafe Speed 26% (Ranked #1)
Primary Collision Factor: Auto
Right-of-Way
23% (Ranked #2)
Primary Collision Factor: Traffic
Signals/Signs
22% (Ranked #3)
The fact that unsafe speed is the single largest catalyst for collisions on our street invalidates any claim that Prospect's speeding problem is merely a perceived nuisance. It is an empirical safety crisis.
C. 2024 Housing Element Implementation Traffic Operational Study This city-wide capacity and grid analysis provided the technical justification for a complete street overhaul:
● Geometric Surplus: The study verified that the 500-600 block operates as a four-lane north-south secondary arterial with highly restricted parking on the western edge near Diamond Street.
● Off-Peak Velocity Spikes: Capacity models prove the road easily absorbs daily volumes (<20,000 vehicles/day). However, during off-peak hours (mid-day and late-night), the empty extra driving lanes allow drivers to accelerate rapidly between the signalized intersections at Diamond and Beryl, creating extreme speed variances that endanger pulling vehicles and crossing pedestrians.
3. Active Municipal Initiatives & Next Steps
The Resident Community notes that the city has recently acknowledged the deficiencies of this corridor through fragmented infrastructure updates, but a cohesive, safety-first redesign is missing.
● The Prospect Avenue Mobility Corridor and Complete Streets Initiative (2025–2026): Local residential advocacy has successfully pushed this proposal to the forefront of Council discussions. The technical baseline established in city reviews indicates that a 4-to-2 lane reduction, paired with a dedicated center turn lane, is the single most cost-effective and permanent method to lower the 85th percentile speed to safe levels.
● Commercial Route Restrictions: Ongoing coordination via the Torrance/Redondo Truck Route Operational Analysis (2024–2025) highlights that un-designated commercial vehicles over 3 tons frequently exploit the wide lanes of Prospect Avenue, compounding noise violations and increasing the kinetic severity of potential collisions. ● Signalization Modernization: While the city's current construction contract to upgrade traffic signals and ADA curb ramps along Prospect is a welcome step toward modernization, structural speed calming must accompany these intersection improvements to secure true corridor safety.
We look forward to the Commission's discussion tonight and urge you to direct city staff to prioritize the safety of N. Prospect Avenue residents over vehicular throughput.
Respectfully Submitted,
The 500-600 N. Prospect Resident Community
From: neil minami
To: CityClerk
Subject: Stop construction
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 7:29:04 AM
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Your choice to go ahead and construct a traffic nightmare in RB with taxpayers taking the hit is morally and ethically wrong. You were elected by the people of RB not the rich corporations that will profit from your decision.
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To: James Light; Paige Kaluderovic; Eleanor Manzano; CityClerk Cc: Gina Lukin
Subject: Comments for July 7 City Council meeting
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2026 11:44:46 AM
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My wife and I have been using BCHD’s gym facilities since we moved to Redondo Beach, 5 years ago. We were disappointed with BCHD management’s decision to demolish the existing facilities, which are structurally sound and meet LA county’s earthquake regulations. But since that decision has been made, we are in favor of Redondo Beach maintaining the 1.25 FAR for BCHD’s campus that was approved in January 2026. A 1.25 FAR will provide important flexibility for the revitalized campus to meet the health needs of the community.
Finally, common sense would dictate that all FAR updates be voted on in one ballot question this November, to ensure the voters in the community consider the full set of proposed changes together rather than in separate, potentially complex measures.
Thank you,
Fred and Regina Lukin
1111 Slauson Ln
Redondo Beach, Ca 90278
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From: Kathy McLeod
To: CityClerk
Subject: BCHD
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2026 9:20:59 AM
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Greetings.
We oppose BCHD's 1.25 SPOT UPGRADE FAR (Floor Area Ratio). It is unfair and damages surrounding resident health and property values.
If ANY P-I Land Use is to be upgraded to FAR 1.25, then ALL SCHOOLS, FIRE STATIONS, CIVIC AREAS, CITY YARDS, POLICE STATIONS, etc. that are classified at Public-Institutional Land Use must also be upgraded to FAR 1.25. That allows their buildings on the sites to be 1.25 times the square footage of their lots. For example, it would allow RBUSD to further develop the RUHS site to have up to 3 million square feet with nearly limitless revenue possibilities for RBUSD.
While this FAR 1.25 would be a severe burden on City residents, the only FAIR WAY to upgrade to FAR 1.25 is if EVERY P-I land use gets the same treatment.
Alternatively, BCHD could reduced to the same 0.75 FAR as other P-I Land Uses.
Thank you.
Kathy McLeod
James McLeod
310-491-4877
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To: Khatirah Nazif
Subject: FW: BCHD Support
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 12:29:49 PM
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Subject: BCHD Support
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Beach Cities Health District is very important to the health and well-being of me, my husband, my friends, and my community.
I especially like the support and activities of the Center for Health and Fitness, I work out and attend classes there. I always feel welcomed, encouraged, and healthy. I am 84 years old.
My husband works out approximately five times a week. He is strong and healthy. In addition to the exercise he has found a cohort of friends and looks forward to his visits. He is 83 years old.
Family members and friends have availed themselves of the support groups and referral programs. A close friend whose husband has dementia is grateful for the help she is getting. Another close friend whose husband had Parkinson's was at Silverado. She raves about the care he got and the grief support group she attended after he passed.
And someday my husband or I may need to stay in a place like Sunrise. Glad it is so convenient to home.
I look forward to the Healthy Living Campus projects. For many reasons I support a 1.25 FAR for the BCHD campus and keeping all FAR updates as part of one ballot measure this November.
Sincerely,
Anita Caplan (and Robert Caplan)
402 South Lucia Avenue
Redondo Beach CA 90277
From: Eleanor Manzano
To: Khatirah Nazif
Subject: Fwd: BCHD 1.25 FAR
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2026 8:10:25 PM
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From: R and B Moore <[email protected]>
Date: July 5, 2026 at 4:13:03 PM PDT
To: Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>
Subject: BCHD 1.25 FAR
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Dear Ms. Manzano,
I have been a parent and community volunteer for BCHD for the past 19 years! I especially love the Livewell Kids programs (garden, nutrition and Walking School Bus). I love the more recent alcove program, benefiting the mental health of our South Bay teens and young adults. I strongly support a 1.25 FAR for the BCHD Campus and keeping all FAR updates as part of one ballot measure this November.
Thank you for listening, and thank you for all you do, Rebecca Moore Redondo Beach resident
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From: Abbes Khani
To: CityClerk
Subject: Opposition to BCHD Request For 1.25 FAR
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2026 3:35:59 PM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR.
Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
Abbes G Khani
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; CityClerk; City Council; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment - All Agencies - BCHD is ELECTIVELY DESTROYING TAXPAYERS" HOSPITAL BUILDING Date: Thursday, July 2, 2026 4:43:05 PM
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; CityClerk; Jane Diehl; Garth Meyer; [email protected]; City Council; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; Holly J. Mitchell; [email protected]; [email protected]; info; Letters Subject: Public Comment - Fortunately - the citizenry SETS THE RECORD straight from BCHD"s $750K PR Staff"s SPIN &
LIE STRATEGY
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 7:24:42 PM
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CEO Bakaly stated openly to the Silverado families that Silverado would stay open in the 514 building until a replacement Silverado was built on campus by CDC. Redondo Beach Councilmember Horvath, a family member, entered that information into the BCHD record and it was uncontested.
The implication of CEO Bakaly's statement to Silverado families is that the 514 building was SAFE for at least 2 more years. The CEO and the Board lie about the seismic risk. They were wiling to ignore it until BCHD blundered and the CDC deal could not be saved. CDC's letter to the City implies that BCHD withheld material information.
Yes BCHD - this is ALL ABOUT SILVERADO and the 120 "souls" that you plan to kill prematurely with eviction.
The attachment is peer reviewed documentation of BCHD's knowingly harming the health of the Residents of Silverado in order to proceed with Sunrise.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; City Council; info; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Representative Ted Lieu; Mike Witzansky; CityClerk; Jane Diehl
Cc: Garth Meyer
Subject: Public Comment All Agencies - BCHD"s Death Sentence to Evicted Silverado Residents Date: Saturday, July 4, 2026 3:15:11 PM
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; CityClerk; [email protected]; City Council; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; info; [email protected]; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; Representative Ted Lieu; Mike Witzansky; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Public Comment All Agencies - Peer Reviewed Studies of the Health Damages of BCHD"s Eviction of Silverado Memory Care
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2026 12:43:15 PM
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A few words on the true gravity of BCHD's decision to evict Silverado memory care residents. As you can see from this peer reviewed, evidence based report with citations below, this is a grave situation for the residents and their families. As former Redondo Beach Councilmember Horvath reminded BCHD Board President Diehl - the BCHD Board and Executives had planned to allow the facility to remain open if BCHD been able to negotiate with Continental Development. THAT MEANS ANY
SEISMIC ISSUE WAS NOT A SERIOUS AS BCHD NOW CLAIMS WHEN IT WANTS TO DEMO THE BUILDING TO LEASE OUT THE LAND. Sadly, BCHD’s extreme lack of development experience and apparent withholding of key information made a deal with a sophisticated local developer impossible. BCHD’s lack of negotiating ability turned into a death sentence - LITERALLY - for some of the 120 residents. "The situation is grave and as a result, the words used must reflect that sad, sad truth.
BCHD clearly valued a real estate deal with a private developer above the lives of the Silverado residents." MEMORANDUM DATE: July 4, 2026 SUBJECT: Fatal and Severe Health Impacts of Forced Relocation on Memory Care and Dementia Patients Executive Summary: The Catastrophic Costs of Involuntary Relocation Involuntary relocation from long-term care facilities, particularly for individuals residing in memory care units, constitutes a profound physical and psychological trauma. Academic literature establishes that forcing highly vulnerable, cognitively impaired patients out of familiar, structured environments is not merely disruptive—it is frequently fatal. This memorandum provides an unvarnished analysis of the severe health degradation, psychological shock, and accelerated mortality rates directly associated with the forced displacement of dementia patients. Relocation Stress Syndrome and Acute Psychological Trauma The moving of an elderly individual, particularly against their will or without their cognitive understanding, triggers an acute physiological and psychological response known as Relocation Stress Syndrome (RSS). For individuals with advanced cognitive decline, their surroundings serve as an external framework that compensates for failing internal memory structures. When this framework is abruptly stripped away, patients experience extreme disorientation, intense anxiety, severe depression, and paranoia. The psychological trauma manifests physically through drastically elevated cortisol levels, sleep disturbances, and complete behavioral dysregulation, severely compromising the patient's remaining immune and metabolic defenses. Accelerated Cognitive Decline and Surge in Mortality Rates The shock of forced relocation acts as an accelerant on neurodegenerative pathologies.
Following an involuntary move, dementia patients frequently exhibit a rapid, irreversible drop in cognitive functioning, losing language skills, spatial awareness, and basic self-care abilities within weeks. Far more critically, the statistical correlation between forced relocation and early death is stark. The destabilization of a patient's routine and care network causes a profound physiological shock, leading to a massive surge in mortality rates—often referred to as "transfer trauma." Patients who were otherwise physically stable succumb rapidly to cardiovascular failure, systemic infections, or a generalized failure to thrive, directly induced by the trauma of the move. Conclusion The evidence across clinical gerontology proves that involuntary moves for memory care residents are high-risk events that regularly result in the worst possible medical outcomes. For a population entirely dependent on environmental consistency, forced relocation is a catastrophic intervention that directly compromises both quality of life and survival expectancy. References Holder, J. M., & Jolley, D. (2012). Forced relocation between nursing homes: Residents' health outcomes and potential moderators. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 22(4), 301–319. Robinson, V. (2002). A Brief Literature Review of the Effects of Relocation on the Elderly. Hospital Employees' Union. Ryman, F. V. M., Erisman, J. C., Darvey, L. M., Osborne, J., Swartsenburg, E., & Syurina, E. V. (2018). Health effects of the relocation of patients with dementia: A scoping review to inform medical and policy decision-making. The Gerontologist, 59(6), e674–e682. Walker, C., Curry, L. C., & Hogstel, M. O. (2007). Relocation stress syndrome in older adults transitioning from home to a long-term care facility: Myth or reality? Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 45(1), 38–45.
From: Skye
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 2:51:06 PM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR.
Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
Please let the voices be heard and let constituents who pay taxes decide for themselves.
Thank you,
Skye
Resident
From: Stephanie Ishioka
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 11:23:44 AM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
With a 1.25 FAR, BCHD is receiving an area greater than Police and Fire Departments. That is nonsensical. Please keep this in mind when making a decision.
And the 1.25 is nearly twice the proposed maximum 0.75 applicable to other public land.
Again, these massive buildings would be incompatible with the surrounding neighborhoods. They would compromise our sunlight, the ocean breeze and our privacy which is of great concern. Our neighborhood would need to spend more resources from these compromises.
Thank you for your consideration in the above matter.
-Stephanie Ishioka
From: [email protected]
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 5:05:33 PM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
Best regards,
George & Pam Afremow
Long time South Bay residents
From: Danny Fink
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Friday, July 3, 2026 8:10:48 PM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR.
Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
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From: M. Nava
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Friday, July 3, 2026 10:47:17 PM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
Regards
Marcio N
From: Elaine Kirschner
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2026 11:26:15 AM
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Dear City Clerk,
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
I hope you take these comments seriously. People are not happy.
Yours truly,
Elaine Kirschner
Resident
From: Danny Fink
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26Council Meeting - BCHD F.A.R. VOTE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN
ZONING VOTE
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 4:57:07 PM
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Mayor, Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
BCHD threatened to sue the City using taxpayer funds to require commercial UPZONING. That was wrong! Redondo voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on the coerced increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio (the density of commercial construction on our public land) as a separate item on the ballot. Do not let your fear of BCHD lawsuits DISENFRANCHISE the VOTERS of Redondo Beach.
BCHD FAR 1.25 VOTE MUST BE A SEPARATE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT! Thank you.
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From: judith kamp
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public comment fot 7/7/26 meeting - Keep BCHD FAR vote separate from the general plan ballot vote Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 6:47:27 PM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials.
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized FAR. Redondo Beach voters must be allowed to vote on any major increase in BCHD's floor area ratio as a separate item on the ballot.
Thank you,
Judith K Kamp
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
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Cc: CityClerk; [email protected]; City Council; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; Garth Meyer; Holly J. Mitchell; [email protected]; [email protected]; info; Letters Subject: Public Comment LA County Board and All Agencies - BCHD Executive Payroll Audit Required - 36% of ALL Employee Costs are EXECUTIVE COMP
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 1:35:28 PM
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BCHD Executives consume 36% of all payroll dollars at BCHD.
BCHD Executives, on average, manage less than $1M each.
BCHD Executives are a 20% overhead of TOTAL BCHD EXPENSES.
I am very concerned about the LA County Board's lack of oversight regarding funding that it has provided to Beach Cities Health District for ALLCOVE.
BCHD has 13 executives that consume 36% of all employee payroll costs for the organization. Further, 20% of every budget dollar at BCHD is consumed by Executive compensation. Those overheads for executives are UNPRECENDENTED in any public agency. BCHD refuses to bench mark its executive overheads. It does compensation surveys where are a false narrative, because there "mix" of employees is so out of balance. Please conduct the level of diligence that any senior agency should exert. Thank you.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk
Cc: James Light; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Garth Meyer Subject: Public Comment: 7/7/26 - Oppose BCHD FAR 1.25 UNLESS ALL P-I IS FAR 1.25 Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2026 8:36:12 PM
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Mayor, Council, Planning Commissioners, City Manager, City Attorney I oppose BCHD's 1.25 SPOT UPGRADE FAR (Floor Area Ratio). It is unfair and damages surrounding resident health and property values.
If ANY P-I Land Use is to be upgraded to FAR 1.25, then ALL SCHOOLS, FIRE STATIONS, CIVIC AREAS, CITY YARDS, POLICE STATIONS, etc. that are classified at Public-Institutional Land Use must also be upgraded to FAR 1.25. That allows their buildings on the sites to be 1.25 times the square footage of their lots. For example, it would allow RBUSD to further develop the RUHS site to have up to 3 million square feet with nearly limitless revenue possibilities for RBUSD.
While this FAR 1.25 would be a severe burden on City residents, the only FAIR WAY to upgrade to FAR 1.25 is if EVERY P-I land use gets the same treatment.
Alternatively, BCHD could reduced to the same 0.75 FAR as other P-I Land Uses.
Thank you./
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: [email protected]
Cc: CityClerk; [email protected]; City Council; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; Garth Meyer; Holly J. Mitchell; [email protected]; [email protected]; info; Letters Subject: Public Comment: BCHD"s CPRA Reply States it has NO STUDIES to justify a 36% Labor Overhead or 20% Total Overhead for EXECUTIVE COMP
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 1:40:48 PM
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See the comprehensive exchange with BCHD where it fails to provide any expert studies or even audits demonstrating that it's EXECUTIVE OVERHEADS need to be 13 Executives to manage a net $12.5M budget and an average of 5 FTEs each.
LALAFCO has failed in its mission and the Cities in the District and funding agencies like the LA County Board must engage as fiduciaries.
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: CPRA - Exec Payroll
To: PRR <[email protected]>
Cc: Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
So the short answer is - no documents available. The information that was provided provides no evidence of any studies or standards that demonstrate that a mere 67 FTE organization requires 13 executives at the level of CEO, C-suite, Director and GM. Clearly BCHD is extremely top health and needs to trim its management.
CC: Public Comment to the BCHD Cities for their awareness of the lack of studies and documentation for BCHD's $2.4M in executive pay annually and span-of-control of 5 FTEs and under $1M budget on average.
On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 2:08 PM PRR <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Please see below (in red) for the District’s response to your public records request received 7/27/24 that reads:
Provide documents that explicitly address BCHD's 13 executives paid $2.4M per Transparent CA:
1) Provide documents from recognized experts that 13 executives is the correct management structure for BCHDs small workforce of 67 FTEs
2) Provide documents from recognized experts demonstrating that an organization with roughly $15M annual budget should be served by 13 executives
3) Provide documents from recognized experts demonstrating that a span of control of 5 employees on average is reasonable for each of the 13 executives Please see the District annual Budget Report on the website: https://www.bchd.org/operatingbudgets that illustrates the District Executive Leadership, 6 staff including CEO (plus Chief Medical Officer that is an Independent Contractor), and Organizational Chart for each budget year.
FY23-24 Annual Budget Report
On Page 1, you can find the Executive Leadership and further on page 54, you can find the District entity wide organizational chart structured based on business functions and operational program and services offered.
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.
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; Scott Berhrendt; Zein Obagi; Joy Ford
Subject: Public Comment: City Council"s SPOT UP ZONING OF BCHD Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 6:17:37 PM
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Per the January 20, 2026 Meeting Minutes of RBCC
According to the MEETING MINUTES from the Jan 20 2026 - the ONLY zoning upgrade that the City of Redondo Beach examined for PI was for BCHD. That is the absolute DEFINITION of a SPOT UP-ZONING. And it's in writing. Uh-oh! "Community Development Director Wiener wanted to note on the fourth bullet that they did the addendum to the EIR that only studied up to 1.25 at the BCHD property; stated the rest of the PI, that were set at 0.75 in the original land use element draft, would be capped at 0.75 unless they update the EIR." Oopsie - isn't SPOT UP-ZONING ILLEGAL?
FYI - The mayor clearly states that SPOT ZONING for BCHD is illegal.
From: Frank Briganti
To: CityClerk
Subject: Re: 7/7/26 council meeting
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 11:20:45 AM
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For Public Record
BCHD FAR vote must be separate from the General Zoning Vote! New Business *. Allcove There is No EPA. report or studies on the ground soil at the site location? ** Caped oil well
Toxins & Safety (Environmental) DANGERS
No RPD & RFD Safety ( vechile,ped) studies for Prospect,Beryl Del Amo streets ** CONSTRUCTION ZONE*** No Truck routes approved. *** -West Hi,Towers Perry schools exposed to Danger! Thanks F. Briganti Tomlee ave
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From: LINDA Zelik
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Redondo Beach City Council, Agenda Item N2 - proposed upzoning by BCHD Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 4:35:25 PM
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Dear Mayor, City Council and Officials:
Please do not give BCHD special treatment for an oversized 1.25 FAR.
It only makes sense to allow the Redondo Beach voters to decide on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the November ballot. BCHD's proposal, if passed, would destroy our beloved Redondo Beach community.
Thank you, Linda and Joe Zelik
From: sinsheimer
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: City Council Agenda Item N2
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 10:09:20 PM
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I am a long time resident (since 1986). I would like to voice my concern regarding the possibility of having a citywide 1.25 FAR.
approves . ' . , I will .
Please post to the Agenda Item N2
Jeanne Sinsheimer
1915 Spreckels Lane
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
310-625-4408
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Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: Fw: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 7:47:47 AM
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Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on
any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
From: Janis Vogt
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: Fw: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 7:52:38 AM
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Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on
any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
From: M. Nava
To: CityClerk; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford
Subject: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 8:06:08 PM
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Redondo Beach City Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
SPOT UPZONING BCHD IS ILLEGAL
BCHD still wants to have its zoning SPOT UPZONED. That's illegal and wrong. Even the lawyers that BCHD hired and TAXPAYERS paid agree that spot upzoning is illegal.
BCHD HAS PRIVATIZED 100% OF THE SITE BUILDINGS
After the Sunrise lease agreement, BCHD will no longer own one square foot of real estate on the Prospect site. 510 and 520 are real estate investor owned, and Sunrise will be mandated in the agreement to demolish the 514 building.
THE LAND IS NO LONGER P-I
BCHD no longer has a P-I claim on the land. The buildings will be 100% privately owned and operated, like any other medical buildings or assisted living. The lot must be rezoned commercial.
WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO VOTE DOWN BCHD'S FAR IN ARTICLE 27 The BCHD FAR or entire P-I FAR must be available as a separate vote item on the ballot for the Article 27 vote.
UNLESS EVERY P-I SITE WILL BE FAR 1.25, NONE CAN BE
Again, that is the legal opinion of BCHD's law firm, paid for by Taxpayers. BCHD cannot be spot upzoned.
Marcio N
From: Amy Boyd
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 9:19:57 AM
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Redondo Beach City Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
SUBJECT: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
SPOT UPZONING BCHD IS ILLEGAL
BCHD still wants to have its zoning SPOT UPZONED. That's illegal and wrong. Even the lawyers that BCHD hired and TAXPAYERS paid agree that spot upzoning is illegal.
BCHD HAS PRIVATIZED 100% OF THE SITE BUILDINGS
After the Sunrise lease agreement, BCHD will no longer own one square foot of real estate on the Prospect site. 510 and 520 are real estate investor owned, and Sunrise will be mandated in the agreement to demolish the 514 building.
THE LAND IS NO LONGER P-I
BCHD no longer has a P-I claim on the land. The buildings will be 100% privately owned and operated, like any other medical buildings or assisted living. The lot must be rezoned commercial.
WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO VOTE DOWN BCHD'S FAR IN ARTICLE 27 The BCHD FAR or entire P-I FAR must be available as a separate vote item on the ballot for the Article 27 vote.
UNLESS EVERY P-I SITE WILL BE FAR 1.25, NONE CAN BE
Again, that is the legal opinion of BCHD's law firm, paid for by Taxpayers. BCHD cannot be spot upzoned.
Amy Boyd
From: Darryl Boyd
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 9:11:13 AM
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Redondo Beach City Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
SUBJECT: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
SPOT UPZONING BCHD IS ILLEGAL
BCHD still wants to have its zoning SPOT UPZONED. That's illegal and wrong. Even the lawyers that BCHD hired and TAXPAYERS paid agree that spot upzoning is illegal.
BCHD HAS PRIVATIZED 100% OF THE SITE BUILDINGS
After the Sunrise lease agreement, BCHD will no longer own one square foot of real estate on the Prospect site. 510 and 520 are real estate investor owned, and Sunrise will be mandated in the agreement to demolish the 514 building.
THE LAND IS NO LONGER P-I
BCHD no longer has a P-I claim on the land. The buildings will be 100% privately owned and operated, like any other medical buildings or assisted living. The lot must be rezoned commercial.
WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO VOTE DOWN BCHD'S FAR IN ARTICLE 27 The BCHD FAR or entire P-I FAR must be available as a separate vote item on the ballot for the Article 27 vote.
UNLESS EVERY P-I SITE WILL BE FAR 1.25, NONE CAN BE
Again, that is the legal opinion of BCHD's law firm, paid for by Taxpayers. BCHD cannot be spot upzoned.
Darryl Boyd
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From: Vin Raju
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 11:10:24 PM
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Redondo Beach City Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
SUBJECT: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
SPOT UPZONING BCHD IS ILLEGAL
BCHD still wants to have its zoning SPOT UPZONED. That's illegal and wrong. Even the lawyers that BCHD hired and TAXPAYERS paid agree that spot upzoning is illegal.
BCHD HAS PRIVATIZED 100% OF THE SITE BUILDINGS
After the Sunrise lease agreement, BCHD will no longer own one square foot of real estate on the Prospect site. 510 and 520 are real estate investor owned, and Sunrise will be mandated in the agreement to demolish the 514 building.
THE LAND IS NO LONGER P-I
BCHD no longer has a P-I claim on the land. The buildings will be 100% privately owned and operated, like any other medical buildings or assisted living. The lot must be rezoned commercial.
WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO VOTE DOWN BCHD'S FAR IN ARTICLE 27 The BCHD FAR or entire P-I FAR must be available as a separate vote item on the ballot for the Article 27 vote.
UNLESS EVERY P-I SITE WILL BE FAR 1.25, NONE CAN BE.
Again, that is the legal opinion of BCHD's law firm, paid for by Taxpayers. BCHD cannot be spot upzoned.
Thank you,
Vinay Raju
From: Peter Friedman
To: James Light; CityClerk
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: OPPOSE BCHD
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 8:35:10 PM
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I want to add my voice in opposition to the commercial development of the City real estate expansion to what was once South Bay District Hospital. Being a property owner on Prospect Ave. the continued expansion of this property poses some serious financial, economic and environmental challenges to the tax paying base. Moreover, continuing down this slippery slope could result in the City facing a “Reverse Condemnation” lawsuit for indescrimately diluting a large swath of property values in Redondo Beach. Further, this action may result in financial challenges to the City dragging it through the courts for years.
Being a former hospital CEO and having some background knowledge of the plot and edifice development, I believe the City could also be exposed to severe liability. My principal concern is focused on the California Seismic compliance law for healthcare facilities followed by multiple environmental and traffic flow issues. I have yet to view the EIR Report and how the development will impact the public safety which should be of paramount concern to our City leaders
Thank you.
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From: Janis Vogt
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 7:51:37 AM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
From: [email protected]
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 7:45:08 AM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
From: Marcia Gehrt
To: CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Mike Witzansky; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/2026 Council Meeting-Keep the BCHD Vote Separate from the General Plan Ballot Vote Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 8:41:30 PM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials
The citizens of Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach should be allowed to vote the increase in the FAR to 1.25 which would allow BCHD to have special treatment for land that is public property and not zoned for this massive increase in the FAR. The structures would be totally incompatible with the surrounding neighborhoods and have harmful impacts to a large number of people.
This must come to a vote under Article 27 in the general election scheduled in November.
Thank you for this consideration,
Marcia Gehrt
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; James Light; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky; Paige Kaluderovic; CityClerk; Zein Obagi
Cc: Darryl Boyd; [email protected]; Garth Meyer; info; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Representative Ted Lieu; [email protected]; CityClerk Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE CITY: IMPORTANT UPDATE: OPPOSE BCHD 1.25 FAR; REQUIRE BCHD FAR AS A LINE ITEM ON THE ARTICLE 27 BALLOT
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 8:41:11 PM
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(note - if anyone wants to forward this email to the city council and agree with it - feel free! The more the better to get neighborhood environmental justice!) I agree completely with Darryl. This is a fight worth fighting. Currently BCHD owns ONLY the hospital. The other two buildings, 510 and 520 are investor owned and operated. When Sunrise tears down the hospital, and builds 100% private facilities, then BCHD will be an absentee landlord ONLY on the site. The site should NOT BE Public-Institutional land. It is only a commercial rental space when BCHD vacates it.
Below is my eComment to the Council the website:
The City is better to have NO general plan than to allow BCHD to turn the taxpayer purchased Prospect campus into a 100% PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT with an FAR 1.25. The Sunrise deal will demolish the ONLY BCHD owned building and replace it with 100% PRIVATE, non-dedicated to the District real estate. BCHD will become the most costly landlord of all Health Care district with 13 executives consuming 36% of the total District employee compensation. BCHD will have NO OWNERSHIP on the campus of any operating asset.
OPPOSE ANY DOCUMENT WHERE BCHD IS SPOT ZONED TO FAR 1.25 BCHD should not be spot zoned up to FAR 1.25. Further, any Article 27 vote MUST expose BCHD's FAR as a separate ballot measure to REJECT by voters. If that means all of P-I is exposed for rejection, then so be it. The City on January 20 2026 had numerous BCHD only exhibits of FAR for the Council and the public. CLEARLY - BCHD WAS SINGLED OUT FOR SPOT UPZONING. THAT IS ILLEGAL. Even BCHD's taxpayer funded law firm agrees that is spot zoning.
OPPOSE ANY ELECTION WHERE BCHD FAR (AND P-I FAR IF NEEDED) IS NOT
AVAILABLE FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE
Do not bundle BCHD's awful FAR decision with the rest of the general plan changes. We do not seek to reject the entire general plan, but we will unless the City exposes this evil BCHD plan for FAR 1.25 for a campus with NO BCHD on it to a VOTE.
BCHD WILL SOON OWN NO OPERATION SPACE ON THE SITE - P-I ZONING
SHOULD BE RESCINDED
BCHD currently owns about 50% of the operational building area, that is, the 514 building.
The 510 and 520 buildings are investor owned and operated. BCHD plans to issue a contract to Sunrise to demolish 514 and its ancillary buildings, leaving the entire campus PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED.
BCHD DOES NOT DESERVE P-I ZONING IN REDONDO BEACH
BCHD is functioning as a commercial real estate company and investor. As a result, the property should be zoned commercial, consist with its actual use.
It's high time for the City Council to listen to the voters of REDONDO BEACH.
We demand to be able to vote to rescind BCHD's P-I zoning and convert is to Commercial (C).
We demand to be able to deny FAR 1.25 to BCHD in the Article 27 vote.
From: Stephen Parker
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: STOP BCHD
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 9:34:31 AM
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Please, for the sake of the well-being of the community, stop BCHD from its illegality The neighborhood is sick and tired of BCHD's dishonesty
STOP BCHD
George Stephen Parker
1619 Lomax Lane
From: Tom McGarry
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: SUBJECT: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 9:14:55 AM
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SPOT UPZONING BCHD IS ILLEGAL
BCHD still wants to have its zoning SPOT UPZONED. That's illegal and wrong. Even the lawyers that BCHD hired and TAXPAYERS paid agree that spot upzoning is illegal.
BCHD HAS PRIVATIZED 100% OF THE SITE BUILDINGS
After the Sunrise lease agreement, BCHD will no longer own one square foot of real estate on the Prospect site. 510 and 520 are real estate investor owned, and Sunrise will be mandated in the agreement to demolish the 514 building.
THE LAND IS NO LONGER P-I
BCHD no longer has a P-I claim on the land. The buildings will be 100% privately owned and operated, like any other medical buildings or assisted living. The lot must be rezoned commercial.
WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO VOTE DOWN BCHD'S FAR IN ARTICLE 27 The BCHD FAR or entire P-I FAR must be available as a separate vote item on the ballot for the Article 27 vote.
UNLESS EVERY P-I SITE WILL BE FAR 1.25, NONE CAN BE
Again, that is the legal opinion of BCHD's law firm, paid for by Taxpayers. BCHD cannot be spot upzoned.
Tom McGarry
Redondo Beach
From: Rosann Taylor
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: SUBJECT: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 9:48:43 PM
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To: Redondo Beach City Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
I live next door to BCHD. I want the right to vote on BCHD’s FAR.
WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO VOTE DOWN BCHD'S FAR IN ARTICLE 27 The BCHD FAR or entire P-I FAR must be available as a separate vote item on the ballot for the Article 27 vote.
Thank you.
Rosann Taylor
Resident on Diamond St.
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From: MONIKA OLMOS
To: CityClerk
Subject: SUBJECT: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 7:54:11 PM
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SPOT UPZONING BCHD IS ILLEGAL
BCHD still wants to have its zoning SPOT UPZONED. That's illegal and wrong. Even the lawyers that BCHD hired and TAXPAYERS paid agree that spot upzoning is illegal.
BCHD HAS PRIVATIZED 100% OF THE SITE BUILDINGS
After the Sunrise lease agreement, BCHD will no longer own one square foot of real estate on the Prospect site. 510 and 520 are real estate investor owned, and Sunrise will be mandated in the agreement to demolish the 514 building.
THE LAND IS NO LONGER P-I
BCHD no longer has a P-I claim on the land. The buildings will be 100% privately owned and operated, like any other medical buildings or assisted living. The lot must be rezoned commercial.
WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO VOTE DOWN BCHD'S FAR IN ARTICLE 27 The BCHD FAR or entire P-I FAR must be available as a separate vote item on the ballot for the Article 27 vote.
UNLESS EVERY P-I SITE WILL BE FAR 1.25, NONE CAN BE
Again, that is the legal opinion of BCHD's law firm, paid for by Taxpayers. BCHD cannot be spot upzoned.
Thank you
Monika Olmos RB Resident and Homeowner
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From: D. Dangelo
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: SUBJECT: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 7:43:08 PM
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Redondo Beach City Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
SUBJECT: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND
BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO
VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
SPOT UPZONING BCHD IS ILLEGAL
BCHD still wants to have its zoning SPOT UPZONED. That's illegal and wrong. Even the lawyers that BCHD hired and TAXPAYERS paid agree that spot upzoning is illegal.
BCHD HAS PRIVATIZED 100% OF THE SITE BUILDINGS
After the Sunrise lease agreement, BCHD will no longer own one square foot of real estate on the Prospect site. 510 and 520 are real estate investor owned, and Sunrise will be mandated in the agreement to demolish the 514 building.
THE LAND IS NO LONGER P-I
BCHD no longer has a P-I claim on the land. The buildings will be 100% privately owned and operated, like any other medical buildings or assisted living. The lot must be rezoned
commercial.
WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO VOTE DOWN BCHD'S FAR
IN ARTICLE 27
The BCHD FAR or entire P-I FAR must be available as a
separate vote item on the ballot for the Article 27 vote.
UNLESS EVERY P-I SITE WILL BE FAR 1.25, NONE CAN
BE
Again, that is the legal opinion of BCHD's law firm, paid for by Taxpayers. BCHD cannot be spot upzoned.
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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.
Denise Dangelo
619-9397
From: Joan Davidson
To: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B.
Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: We want a vote on the FAR for BCHD!
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026 8:01:17 PM
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Dear Councilmembers,
We all need and deserve a vote on the FAR for the BCHD, Thank you
Joan Davidson
From: Eleanor Manzano
To: Khatirah Nazif
Subject: FW: BCHD, General Plan
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 12:02:32 PM
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From: barbara epstein <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 11:46 AM
To: Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>; James Light <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Paige Kaluderovic <[email protected]>; Scott Behrendt <[email protected]>; Brad Waller <[email protected]>; Zein Obagi <[email protected]>; Joy Ford <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Mike Witzansky <[email protected]>
Subject: BCHD, General Plan
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Redondo Beach City Council, City Attorney, and City Manager:
Dear Leaders,
In light of the serious concerns of the public regarding the proposed FAR for the BCHD and its ties to the General Plan, I suggest that the discussions surrounding these issues be extended for further public study. The consequences of a vote right now might have unintended consequences.
My personal position on gifting public lands and property rights to private businesses goes back a very long way.
Looking back on what I’ve learned of the history of Redondo Beach, there has been a pattern of this type of wrongdoing going back to at least the 1960s.
Taking Number One:
Our cousin, Jay Berman, was a young reporter for the Daily Breeze in those days, covering Redondo Beach City Hall. He was at every council meeting, reporting. He shared with us how special developer interests infiltrated city government, and declared “Re-development” action for the entire historic Redondo Beach Downtown. They claimed the Downtown was rat-infested and impossibly run-down. In 1969 the bulldozers began the destruction of the entire city center in order to make way for the giant condo complexes that now line the waterfront and block nearly all views from Catalina Avenue.
Taking Number Two:
When we moved to Redondo in 2012 to retire and walk at the waterfront, the first issue we encountered was that a shopping center developer was given the rights to what was left of our entire waterfront. The city claimed that the parking structure was unstable and the developer would fix it. In return the developer got a 99 year lease, taking all rights from the public’s free use and enjoyment.
Thanks to a heroic public citizen effort the development was cancelled.
Today the people of Redondo still have their waterfront to enjoy in many ways, including our recent 4th of July celebration.
Taking Number Three:
It did not take long for the Beach Cities Health District to declare the buildings seismically unsafe and start the process of giving public land and facilities to private business all over again.
The people of the Beach Cities cannot be served by the senior facility unless it is non-profit. These facilities are owned by venture capitalist interests with profits as their main objective, to milk the public. I know this by personal experience, being of the age to research these facilities.
And here we are again, doing what is wrong.
Of course our neighbors in Hermosa Beach are not disturbed. If this was happening in their city, over and over and over again they might feel differently.
What is happening here has been happening all over California with the new YIMBY laws, and all over our country, in general.
We have been taken over by commercial interests with the help of our elected officials, leaving us with no voice, no rights, no democracy.
I advise other choices in the case of the General Plan, and the BCHD.
Respectfully Submitted
Barbara Epstein
Redondo Beach
[email protected]
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To: Khatirah Nazif
Subject: FW: Lower the FAR for BCHD and RBUSD to 0.75
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 12:03:26 PM
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2026 9:08 PM
To: James Light <[email protected]>; Brad Waller <[email protected]>; Chadwick B.
Castle <[email protected]>; Paige Kaluderovic <[email protected]>; Zein Obagi <[email protected]>; Scott Behrendt <[email protected]>; Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>
Subject: Lower the FAR for BCHD and RBUSD to 0.75
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My husband and I have been residents of Redondo Beach since 1998. We strongly oppose the City Council approving a citywide
1.25 FAR instead of following ' . FAR.
We elected you to represent our community interests and are tired of caving in to special interests.? We as a city will
reject the General Plan if you do not lower the FAR for BCHD and RBUSD to 0.75.
Sincerely,
Leslie Sutphin and Kevin O'Connor
1910A Farrell Ave., Redondo Beach, CA. 90278
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To: Khatirah Nazif
Subject: FW: SUPPORT BCHD & FAR VOTE for purpose of getting a POOL Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 11:12:08 AM
Blue Folder….
From: Tara McNamara <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 10:47 AM
To: Paige Kaluderovic <[email protected]>; Scott Behrendt <[email protected]>; Brad Waller <[email protected]>; Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>
Subject: SUPPORT BCHD & FAR VOTE for purpose of getting a POOL CAUTION: Email is from an external source; Stop, Look, and Think before opening attachments or links.
Hi, please support the BCHD in the FAR vote. I've been a part of the conversations with Sunrise to make their proposed senior swimming pool larger and accessible to Beach Cities residents during hours when senior activities are not programmed, likely in the early morning hours — allowing lap swim for adults and athletes before going to work or school — and in the afternoon after school is out and in the evening — allowing for lessons and other aquatic needs for after work hours. I understand there is something immediate that could impact if the swimming pool at BCHD moves forward: the FAR vote, and keeping it on the ballot. I ask that you support it as Sunrise paying for the pool is something we can't turn away from - especially as Redondo has tried three times in the last two years to figure out how to build a swimming pool for the community. While this won't solve all the problems, it will bring relief to the Redondo Union HS pool which cannot meet the needs of the community. We cannot live in an ocean-bordering town without creating strong swimmers in a safe environment. Additionally, this pool would be available to seniors and those with disabilities at all hours, even if they do not live in Sunrise.
I think the solution is to word support of the BCHD/Sunrise plans with a caveat that the swimming pool available to the community through their center (available at low cost, as municipal pools always are, with different payment models) at certain specific hours is key. We all pay into BCHD and they do create many wonderful and essential programs, especially for kids, teens, and seniors, but I believe the three Beach Cities need for a swimming pool falls into their responsibility to the community. Let's hold them to it here.
Thank you.
With appreciation,
Tara Stabile
924 Loma Dr.
310-486-6579
From: Laurie Craig
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 Council Meeting - Keep the BCHD FAR Vote SEPARATE from the General Plan Ballot Vote
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 11:43:27 AM
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Mayor, City Council and Officials:
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD's Floor Area Ratio as a SEPARATE item on the ballot.
Laurie Craig
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To: Khatirah Nazif
Subject: FW: Beach Cities Health District Comments
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 2:14:20 PM
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From: Delores Gilmore <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 2:12 PM
To: Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>
Subject: Beach Cities Health District Comments
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uly 7, 2026
Dear Ms Manzano,
As a senior and four decades long homeowner in Redondo Beach, I fully support keeping a 1.25 FAR for Beach Cities Health District and would like updates as part of one ballot measure in November.
I support Alcove for teens and gym for seniors on Medicare and I attend Omnilore classes. I am the president of a small, 501c3 nonprofit, Zonta Club South Bay, and we are very grateful to be able to hold our once a month meetings at the facilities.
The City of Redondo Beach has always supported the community and Beach City Health District has been a crucial part of the support system.
Thank you,
Delores Gilmore, President
Zonta Club South Bay
www.zontaclubsouthbay.org
www.zonta.org
231 S Juanita Ave, #B
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
310-650-3975
From: [email protected]
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Joy Ford; Mike Witzansky
Subject: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE 0.75; DEMAND BCHD (Public Institutional) FAR BE SEPARATED OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 1:51:34 PM
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Good Evening,
I oppose BCHD included in the vote to approve the General Plan. This discussion has been going on for years! At what point is the City Council going to listen to the residents who elected you to these positions!
I attended the initial meetings, I think it was 2017 to discuss this project. I attended a meeting in Redondo Beach and one in Hermosa Beach. At both meetings, residents were against the project. I attended some of the Strategic Plans meetings in the beginning and Beach Cities wasn't even mentioned.
The Planning Commission gave their recommendation to the City Council and apparently, the City Council changed the FAR! I can't keep up with all the nonsense! I attended the Beach Cities Health District meeting where it was announced that Sunrise was given the contract and the Silverado residents were to be displaced. The meeting was on a Wednesday and a person I spoke with on the elevator said they were informed on the Friday before.
The ALCOVE was voted down by the residents. The other bonds passed and this one was less than the others. Yet, BCHD is going ahead with construction! Who is paying for this?
Fortunately, there are residents who have taken the time to inform taxpayers of the BCHD budget. Here again where is the funding?? Yes, a lease for 99 years for property that belongs to the taxpayers.
Not only do I propose that this be a separate item on the ballot; I would also like to see a ballot measure that restructures BCHD, as the initial purpose was to oversee a hospital that does not exist. The other option would be to eliminate Beach Cities Health District and select another entity to oversee the programs of Beach Cities that support the residents of the three cities.
Thank you for taking time to read this email. I assure you, it conforms to the three minute time limit.
Marianne Teola
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk
Subject: Oppose Item N2 - Oppose BCHD FAR UPZONING ABOVE ALL OTHER P-CF PARCELS Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 1:32:02 PM
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Elected Officials Siding With Developers or Residents?
Friend,
Right now in Redondo Beach, the City Council is preparing to do something that should worry every Californian who believes neighbors deserve a real vote on the development happening around them.
A massive senior-living project — backed by Beach Cities Health District and developer Sunrise Senior Living — needs the City's General Plan to allow a Floor Area Ratio of 1.25, nearly double what residents and the City's own Planning Commission have said is appropriate for the site. Instead of letting voters decide this on its own merits, city leaders are moving to bury that decision inside a much larger General Plan ballot measure headed for November 2026 — so a “yes” or “no” on this one oversized project gets locked into a “yes” or “no” on everything else in the plan. And they are trying to do this quickly, hoping voters don’t notice.
This is exactly the kind of maneuver Our Neighborhood Voices was built to fight: when local governments try to take the decision-making power on land use out of residents' hands, we step in to make sure communities get heard.
And the human stakes here are real. As part of this deal, around 100 elderly memory-care residents — including a former Redondo Beach fire chief and city councilman — are being evicted from the only home many of them have known, with their families fighting back against a process they say broke promises made to them in writing. Meanwhile, neighbors are sounding the alarm about traffic, school crowding, and emergency paramedic costs that could run as high as $1 million a year for the city.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Joy Ford; CityClerk; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi
Subject: Public Comment Mayor, Council, City Attorney: The City MAY NOT Spot UPZONE BCHD nor UPZONE 200 PCH without EQUAL TREATMENT across all P-CFs and then P-SFs.
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 1:11:30 PM
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Using BCHD's legal firm (paid for by taxpayers) threat to the City of Redondo Beach on spot zoning, we can draw the following conclusions:
This action to upzone only BCHD to FAR 1.25 and NO OTHER P-CF parcels is de facto spot zoning.
The proposed action to upzone only 200 PCH to FAR 1.25 and no other P-SF parcels is de facto spot zoning.
The action to upzone the Civic Center is not, as P-CIV is a wholly separate zoning for the public benefit of Redondo Beach taxpayers and residents.
BCHD counsel makes a bogus argument that BCHD and the City sites are similarly situated when it equates P-CF (BCHD site) and P-SF (200 PCH). That are not similarly situated.
BCHD is a multi-agency special district that services 16 cities by legal agreement (SPA8). PSF is a City leased, RBUSD owned site for the public benefit of Redondo beach taxpayers and residents. Any negative externalities of the use of City or RBUSD land is directly offset against the benefits. In the case of BCHD, the damages of service and facilities to service 16 cities are all forced on Redondo Beach land and nearby residents in Torrance.
Either upzone all of P-CF and P-SF or set it as a reasonable, neighborhood preserving base of
0.5 or .75. SPOT TREATMENT IS ILLEGAL
P-CF (ALL SITES MUST BE TREATED THE SAME OR IT IS SPOT UPZONING) BCHD
Both North Redondo Library Lots
Andrews Park
Fire Station on Grant
Shooting Range and City Yard on Beryl
Kensington site
Fire Station on Broadway
P-SF (ALL OTHER P-SF NEED TO GO WITH THEM FAR 1.25 OR IT IS SPOT
UPZONING)
200 N PCH is being spot upzoned
P-CIV
City Hall - that's the ONLY P-CIV - a change there is NOT SPOT UPZONG From: [email protected]
To: CityClerk
Subject: Re: OPPOSE BCHD FAR ABOVE .75
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 2:22:08 PM
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On Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 02:21:21 PM PDT, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
I ASK THAT BCHD WHICH IS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION BE SEPARATED OUT
TO VOTE AGAINST ON THE
ARTICLE 27 ELECTION
PLEASE LISTEN TO THE LOCAL RESIDENTS OF REDONDO AND TORRANCE I THANK YOU.
JUDITH BUNCH
DISTRICT 1 REDONDO BEACH
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To: Khatirah Nazif
Subject: FW: BCHD FAR and November Ballot Measure
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 2:30:28 PM
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From: Joan Edelmann <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 2:25 PM
To: James Light <[email protected]>; Brad Waller <[email protected]>; Chadwick B.
Castle <[email protected]>; Paige Kaluderovic <[email protected]>; Zein Obagi <[email protected]>; Scott Behrendt <[email protected]>; Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>
Subject: BCHD FAR and November Ballot Measure
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Beach Cities Health District provides a framework for healthy living through it's physical fitness facility. My friends and I really like the professional staff available to train and to conduct the different classes, like Pilates. I support a 1.25 FAR for the BCHD Campus and keeping all FAR updates as part of one ballot measure this November.
Joan Edelmann
1208 Goodman Avenue
Redondo Beach
From: Laura Zahn
To: CityClerk; James Light; [email protected]; Scott Behrendt; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Joy Ford Cc: Stop BCHD
Subject: N-2 Public Comment For City Council 7/7/26 Keep the BCHD FAR Vote Separate from the General Plan Vote in November 2026
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 2:54:28 PM
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Keep BCHD FAR Vote separate from the General Plan Ballot Vote in November 2026.
BCHD should NOT get special treatment and an oversized 1.25 FAR. Redondo Beach voters MUST BE ALLOWED to vote on any major increase in BCHD’s Floor Area Ratio ( FAR) as a SEPARATE item on the November 2026 Ballot.
Redondo Beach Voters voted to keep FAR to a reasonable and responsible scale in keeping with the surrounding neighborhoods, and the established zoning categories, for the intended purposes. SPOT Zoning is illegal.
Laura Zahn
319-693-3317
[email protected]
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From: Ann Wolfson
To: CityClerk; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Paige Kaluderovic; James Light; Joy Ford Subject: Public Comment for 7/7/26 City Council Meeting: Oppose a 1.25 FAR for BCHD in the General Plan, ensure a Separate Vote of the residents
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 2:58:12 PM
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Mayor and City Council Members,
I am writing to strongly urge you to reject the oversized 1.25 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) proposed for the Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) in the updated General Plan. The City Council was elected to act in the best interest of the City of Redondo Beach, not act as a front for another entity who serves multiple cities, and is subsidized annually over $5M (and rising) in property taxes from Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach.
Granting pre-emptive high density for BCHD creates a damaging precedent for the City.
Please consider the following key issues:
A 0.75 FAR is more than sufficient for BCHD.
There is no current BCHD project submitted. A 0.75 FAR is generous and sufficient for any P/I land. According to BCHD, a proposed project with a private developer and still in works, would be 0.82 FAR, and does not require a 1.25 FAR.
Why would any Council member approve nearly twice the FAR, just in case? If BCHD in future years develops a project that exceeds 0.75 FAR, they should go through the standard procedure, like any other entity —and justify their desire for a variance before the Planning Commission and City Council.
A 1.25 FAR is more than double the size of their current facilities (currently 0.58 FAR) and nearly twice the proposed 0.75 maximum for other public land.
Though no cap currently exists for public institutional land, the current average FAR for public land in Redondo Beach is approximately 0.25, drastically lower than even the 0.75 FAR.
BCHD provides optional services and NONE of the City's 24/7 essential infrastructure or emergency services. There is ZERO equivalency between BCHD and the City or Police and Fire. There is no reason to give special treatment to BCHD.
Allowing a massive 1.25 FAR for 100% private buildings on public land is nonsensical. The project would turn public land over to private development owners for a century.
BCHD's ELEVATED site exacerbates the environmental damages causing maximum harm. The significant increase in density/intensity high on a 30 ft. bluff that overlooks the City is fundamentally incompatible with the surrounding neighborhoods and will negatively impact a large number of residents, near and far.
A Separate Ballot Vote is Required
Measure DD (Now Article XXVII) was created and passed by Redondo Beach residents for a reason - do not circumvent direct public transparency. Major land-use changes for BCHD should not be bundled into a single ballot vote on the General Plan. Ensure residents are clearly and properly informed and decide for themselves in a separate vote as is mandated.
Any FAR exception for BCHD must be presented to the voters as a separate ballot measure.
This General Plan is for the residents of the City of Redondo Beach, not BCHD.
Please prioritize the voice of the people.
Thank you,
Ann Wolfson