J1 - BLUE FOLDER — Redondo Beach City Council, August 4, 2026

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
August 4, 2026
J.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
• Public Communications
SOURCE: CITY OF REDONDO BEACH CPRA PRODUCTION
RBMC §10-2.1524 / §10-5.1524 / §4-10.02(C)(1) RBMC §10-2.1524 / §10-5.1524

REDONDO BEACH CODE ENFORCEMENT
Hedge, Fence & Obstruction Case Analysis

THE SYSTEMIC BACKLOG
3 Unres
9 olved
%
Within 1 Year
DATA WINDOW: 2012 – 2025
1 in 5
Cases Take 2+ Years to Close
DATA WINDOW: 2012 – 2025
13+ Yrs
Longest Active Open Backlog Case
DATA WINDOW: DEC 2012 – MAY 2026

THE ENFORCEMENT GAP
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Annu
4 alize
0 d Gro
%
wth in Complaints
TREND WINDOW: 2020 – 2025
Zero
Citations Produced or Issued
3-YR WINDOW: APR 1 2023 – MAR 31 2026
1 Residential Legal Action Taken & Dismissed
3-YR WINDOW: APR 1 2023 – MAR 31 2026
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Redondo Beach Code Enforcement — Key Statistics
Source: City of Redondo Beach CPRA production - Comcate case log,, cleaned by removing OCR / date errors.

Statistic Value Population / Date Range Notes
Cases not resolved within
12 months

39.3% (about 2 in 5)
Cases taking 2+ years to
close

19.1% (about 1 in 5)
Open cases already 2+
years old
10 of 63 open cases
Filings, compound annual
growth rate
~39–41% / year
Confirmed open NOV
cases (live-verified)
16 of 21 originally flagged
145 cases opened 2012–2025 (2026
excluded, partial year)
Includes still-open cases and cases that took >365 days to close
115 cases opened AND closed 2012–2025
(2026 excluded)
Median 85 days to close; mean 511.5 days — large gap driven by long tail
Snapshot as of 5/30/2026 (latest data in file)
Point-in-time count, not a historical rate; oldest is 13.5 years (CE-6097)
2020–2025 (2026 excluded, partial year)

38.7% using only directly-dated rows; 40.6% including 14 case-number-inferred rows
Verified by user directly, 7/25/2026
Average 99 days since NOV issued, zero enforcement action recorded
Case Resolution Time Distribution
115 cases opened AND closed 2012–2025 (2026 excluded). Source:

CPRA
Time to Close Case Count % of Total
0-30 days 41 35.7%
31-60 days 12 10.4%
61-90 days 6 5.2%
91-180 days 15 13.0%
181-365 days 13 11.3%
1-2 years 6 5.2%
2+ years 22 19.1%
Median: 85 days | Mean: 511.5 days
Total 115 100.0%
Age of Currently Open Cases
63 open cases with valid Created date, snapshot as of
5/30/2026. Source: CPRA
Age of Open
Case
Case Count
% of Open
Cases
Case Address Open Since Days Open Years
0-30 days 24 38.1%
31-90 days 14 22.2%
91-180 days 9 14.3%
181-365 days 4 6.3%
1-2 years 2 3.2%
2-3 years 2 3.2%
3+ years 8 12.7%
CE-6097 1634 Armour Ln 12/5/2012 4924 13.5
CE-8676 2219 Ripley Ave 5/8/2018 2944 8.1
CE-9141 627 Camino Real 12/5/2018 2733 7.5
CE-10408 2120 Gates Ave 5/18/2020 2203 6
CE-10578 2600 Mathews Ave 8/24/2020 2105 5.8
CE-10865 2210 Graham Ave A 2/18/2021 1927 5.3
CE-11206 2913 Gibson Pl 12/2/2021 1640 4.5
CE-11234 2314 Ruhland Ave 4/13/2022 1508 4.1
Total 63 100.0%
Cases Open 3+ Years (Detail)
Open NOV Cases — Live Verified
16 of 21 flagged cases confirmed still OPEN by direct user verification, 7/25/2026. Days since NOV counted through 7/25/2026, not the file's 5/30/2026 snapshot date.

Case Address NOV Since
Days Since NOV (as of
7/25/26)
CE-12908 / CE-13031 1803 Clark Ln A 10/26/2025 272
CE-12967 2200 Harriman Ln 1/8/2026 198
CE-13064 2217 Huntington Ln 3/20/2026 127
CE-13089 2120 Clark Ln A 4/11/2026 105
CE-13095 1911 190th St 4/17/2026 99
CE-13100 740 Knob Hill Ave 4/23/2026 93
CE-13099 804 Knob Hill Ave 4/23/2026 93
CE-13126 1902 Flagler Ln 5/6/2026 80
CE-13123 2122 Huntington Ln 5/6/2026 80
CE-13121 2210 Huntington Ln Unit A 5/6/2026 80
CE-13115 1903 Huntington Ln 5/6/2026 80
CE-13150 2104 Huntington Ln 5/14/2026 72
CE-13143 1816 Clark Ln A 5/14/2026 72
CE-13142 1805 Clark Ln A 5/14/2026 72
CE-13141 1800 Clark Ln 5/14/2026 72
CE-26-12 1817 Huntington Ln A 5/28/2026 58
Average 103.3

40% Exponential Growth in Complaints
§ 10-2.1524 / § 10-2.1524 Fences, hedges, walls, and obstructions in all zones.

Year Filings % change vs. prior year
2012 2 —
2013 2 0%
2014 3 +50%
2015 1 -67%
2016 1 0%
2017 4 +300%
2018 7 +75%
2019 3 -57%
2020 8 +167%
2021 23 +188%
2022 22 -4%
2023 17 -23%
2024 22 +29%
2025 44 +100%
CAGR 2020→2025: ~40.6%/year (with case-number-inferred rows) Notes:
● 2026 data from CPRA data excluded because it is partial.. ● CPRA data contained some record issues (date mistypes, missing created dates) that were corrected or inferred since filings were date/time sequential.

REDONDO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Telephone: 310.379.2477 401 Diamond Street, P.O. Box 639 Fax: 310.379.8822
Redondo Beach, California 90277-0639 Website: Redondo.org Date: ___
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Redondo Beach — NOV cases confirmed STILL OPEN (generated 2026-07-25 08:16 UTC) Data taken from CPRA request data ending - 5/30/2026
Data taken from CPRA request data ending - 5/30/2026
"Days open" = As-of − Case opened. "Days since NOV" = As-of − NOV since. Per the CPRA data, each case was opened the same day the NOV issued, so the two match here (except 1803, dated per initial owner records)
As of date: 7/25/2026
Case # Owner Address
Case
opened
NOV since
Days
open
Days
since
NOV
Status Assignee Notes
CE-12908/13031 1803 Clark Ln A 10/26/2025 10/26/2025 272 OPEN Norma Cook CE-12967 2200 Harriman Ln
1/8/2026 1/8/2026 198 OPEN Isabella Colindres
They trimmed the corner
but not the left hedge
CE-13064 2217 Huntington Ln
3/20/2026 3/20/2026 127
OPEN Isabella Colindres
Trimmed the hedge and
added a 6 ft illegal chicken
fence in its place.

CE-13089 2120 Clark Ln A 4/11/2026 4/11/2026 105 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13095 1911 190th St 4/17/2026 4/17/2026 99 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13100 740 Knob Hill Ave 4/23/2026 4/23/2026 93 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13099 804 Knob Hill Ave 4/23/2026 4/23/2026 93 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13126 1902 Flagler Ln 5/6/2026 5/6/2026 80 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13123 2122 Huntington Ln 5/6/2026 5/6/2026 80 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13121 2210 Huntington Ln Unit A 5/6/2026 5/6/2026 80 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13115 1903 Huntington Ln 5/6/2026 5/6/2026 80 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13150 2104 Huntington Ln 5/14/2026 5/14/2026 72 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13143 1816 Clark Ln A 5/14/2026 5/14/2026 72 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13142 1805 Clark Ln A 5/14/2026 5/14/2026 72 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-13141 1800 Clark Ln 5/14/2026 5/14/2026 72 OPEN Isabella Colindres CE-26-12 1817 Huntington Ln A 5/28/2026 5/28/2026 58 OPEN Milca Venegas-Martinez 272
198
127
105
99 93
93 80
80 80
80 72
72 72
72 58
Cases 16
Average days open 103
Median days open 80
Oldest (days open) 272
Newest (days open) 58
Over 90 days 7
Over 60 days 15
Over 180 days 2
SUMMARY (all 16 still open)
1803 CLARK LN 2 NOVS — 2025 280+ DAYS OLD
BEFORE 2217 HUNTINGTON LN AFTER
Google Street View, Jul 2022
CASE OPEN 145+ DAYS — FILED MAR 10 2026
Aug 2, 2026
6FT CHICKEN WIRE FENCE

3031 Torrance Blvd.  Torrance, California 90503  Telephone 310-618-5867  Fax 310-618-5922 Visit Torrance’s home page: http://www.torranceca.gov
owning, occupying or having charge of any property in the City to place or maintain on any sidewalk or public right-of-way abutting or adjoining such property any rubbish or waste material, construction material, play equipment, signs, trash, vegetation, or any object which obstructs or interferes with the free passage, use or view by the public of any sidewalk, street, alley, parkway, beach, or other public right-of-way, or which may impede emergency access…” As a result of the noted violations, corrected actions must be taken immediately including:

1. Please trim and remove all overgrown vegetation throughout the property as well as the parkway and make sure it does not impede the public right of way or can be seen from the public right of way.

Failure to comply with all listed corrections by FEBURARY 23, 2026 may result in the City assessing its legal options. Under Torrance Municipal Code Section 12.8.050(d), these violations are subject to continued administrative fines. Torrance Municipal Code Section

12.8.050(b) provides that each day the violation continues constitutes a new and separate offense for which the full penalty may be imposed. Moreover, pursuant to Torrance Municipal Code Section 11.2.1, each of the violations constitute misdemeanor offenses subject to 6 months in jail and/or $1,000 in fine. Finally, the city may seek compliance through a civil injunctive action and/or health and safety receivership. The City is hopeful that you will comply in a timely manner and that further legal action will not be necessary.

As required by law, we are providing you notice that “in accordance with Sections 17274 and 24436.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, a tax deduction may not be allowed for interest, taxes, depreciation, or amortization paid or incurred in the taxable year” for any property that is deemed a public nuisance. (Cal. Health & Safety. Code § 17980(d).) Moreover, we are hereby providing you with notice that it is unlawful for a lessor to retaliate against a lessee pursuant to Section 1942.5 of the Civil Code for reporting a violation.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (310) 618-5867 or via email at [email protected]. I am in the office Saturday – Wednesday.

Sincerely,
Stephen Truong
Code Enforcement Officer
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MAX B. SCHWARTZ, M.S.

August 2, 2026

SENT VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
Ms. Eleanor Manzano
City Clerk
City of Redondo Beach
415 Diamond St.

Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Email: [email protected]
Ms. Manzano:

It is very nice to meet you through this letter. The following is my Aug. 4, 2026, City Council Meeting public comment for an off-agenda item.

Shortly before 3:00 p.m. on July 28, 2026, two moderately loud booms came from a Southern California Edison power pole in front of Jefferson Elementary School on Harkness Ln. I also heard sparks, and one of my neighbors briefly saw a flame coming from the power pole in question. This caused a short power outage, and the school’s fire alarm was activated. My neighbors discovered that a bird caused this power surge.

When I heard the two booms, I immediately called 911 from my Verizon Wireless iPhone because we do not have a landline phone. When a Redondo Beach dispatcher answered the phone, he said it was the non-emergency line. This is not OK because it was an emergency. Is this a City of Redondo Beach problem, a Verizon problem or a combination of the two? Either way, I will inform Verizon.

One engine from the Redondo Beach Fire Dept. responded code three, but I believe it took between five and six minutes for the engine from Station 2 to arrive. This emergency response time should not be acceptable to neither the Redondo Beach City Council nor to the Redondo Beach residents. Even though there was no active fire, the fire engine responded with lights and sirens, so, to me, the response seemed to be to that of an emergency incident. The dispatcher also made it seem like he made this an emergency call.

Redondo Beach Fire Station 2 is, according to Google Maps, 1.3 miles away from Jefferson Elementary School. I am not sure from where the fire engine was responding, but regardless, it should not take between five and six minutes for a fire engine to respond in a city that has a land area of just over six square miles. My family and I moved from Beverly Hills to Redondo Beach in Oct. 2025. If it took this long for the Beverly Hills Fire Dept. to respond, there would be meetings after meetings after meetings. The City of Beverly Hills’ land area is just over five-and-ahalf square miles, and the fire and police response times are three minutes or less.

The average response time is 90 seconds. In Beverly Hills, residents can hear the fire dept. coming before they get off the phone with the dispatcher. That was not the case with this incident.

It seems to me like the Redondo Beach Fire Dept. can have and should have a faster response time. If it cannot achieve a faster maximum response time, there should be changes, and the residents of Redondo Beach should expect better. This faster response time is especially the case when the call/incident involves a school. I am more than happy to help the Redondo Beach Fire Dept. with any changes needed to achieve a faster maximum response time. (We also need to discuss fire apparatus procurement, but we will do that at another time.)
I will address this with the Redondo Beach Unified School District, but the following also needs to be brought up to the City Council too. For some reason – even though the fire alarm was initiated and there were at least three adults in Jefferson Elementary at the time of this incident – my 911 call seemed to be the first time dispatchers heard of what happened. I believe this was the case because the dispatcher with whom I spoke had not heard of this issue with the power pole.

Why are dispatchers not notified in some way when a public-school fire alarm goes off? That seems to be a flaw in the system that needs to be urgently addressed. In Beverly Hills, the dispatchers somehow always knew when a school fire alarm started.

I have additional questions for the City Council and the Redondo Beach Fire Dept. I will ask those at a later time.

Thank you,
/s/ Max Schwartz, M.S. on 08/02/2026, at 10:46:24 p.m.

Max Schwartz, M.S.

Date Channel Outlet / Account Relationship Title URL Reported audience value 7/9/2026 Daily newspaper / web Los Angeles Times Original reporting Nearly 100 dementia patients are being evicted from their Redondo Beach home. Why it's sparking outrage https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-09/scores-of-la-dementia-patients-set-to-be-evicted-families-outraged 40,000,000 7/9/2026 Syndicated web portal AOL Full/near-full republication Nearly 100 dementia patients are being evicted from their Redondo Beach home. Why it's sparking outrage https://www.aol.com/articles/nearly-100-dementia-patients-being-120000000.html 31,000,0007/9/2026 Syndicated web portal Yahoo News New Zealand Full/near-full republication Nearly 100 dementia patients are being evicted from their Redondo Beach home. Why it's sparking outrage https://nz.news.yahoo.com/nearly-100-dementia-patients-being-120000211.html 180,000,0007/9/2026 News aggregator Ground News Aggregator listing Nearly 100 dementia patients are being evicted from their Redondo Beach home. Why it?s sparking outrage https://ground.news/interest/redondo-beach 3,890,0007/9/2026 News aggregator NewsNow Headline/index listing Nearly 100 dementia patients are being evicted from their Redondo Beach home. Why it's sparking outrage https://www.newsnow.com/ca/?search=%22Redondo+Beach%22 11,000,000+6/8/2026 Weekly newspaper / web Easy Reader News Independent local reporting Beach Cities Health District board chooses Sunrise, to evict Silverado residents in one year https://easyreadernews.com/beach-cities-health-district-board-chooses-sunrise-to-evict-silverado-residents-in-one-year 100,000+4/9/2026 Weekly newspaper / web Easy Reader News Independent background reporting Plan for Beach Cities Health District campus shifts, contracts in Redondo Beach https://easyreadernews.com/plan-for-beach-cities-health-district-campus-shifts-contracts-in-redondo-beach 100,000+5/7/2026 Petition / campaign web Change.org Advocacy campaign Save Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care Community https://www.change.org/p/save-silverado-beach-cities-memory-care-community 2,2142026-05 Social media Reddit ? r/SouthBayLA Community discussion Save Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care in Redondo Beach https://www.reddit.com/r/SouthBayLA/comments/1t7z0pv/save_silverado_beach_cities_memory_care_in/ 30+ 2026-06 Social media LinkedIn ? Silverado Organizational post Silverado's Post: #DontEvictSilverado #SilveradoBeachCities https://www.linkedin.com/posts/silverado-senior-living_dontevictsilverado-silveradobeachcities-activity-7465576068662415360-c8A_ 140+5/6/2026 Social media Instagram ? @rustin4congress Campaign post Silverado Beach Cities has served the Redondo Beach community for nearly 20 years https://www.instagram.com/p/DY0QuxTEqI0/ 10+ 5/6/2026 Social media Instagram ? @rustin4congress Campaign reel Silverado Beach Cities has served the Redondo Beach community for nearly 20 years https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY0RRsnSQwj/2026-07 Social media Instagram Derivative commentary Important Update on Senior Care in California: Nearly 100 dementia patients face displacement https://www.instagram.com/p/Dak_4viltug/2026-07 Social media Instagram Derivative commentary Important Update on Senior Care in California https://www.instagram.com/p/DYidrV_Gk_A/2026-07 Social media Instagram ? Golden Years Retreat Inc. Derivative commentary Important Update on Senior Care in California https://www.instagram.com/goldenyearsretreatinc/ 2026-07 Social media Facebook Derivative commentary Shocking: Families outraged as nearly 100 dementia patients face eviction https://www.facebook.com/bhavnishkakkar2026/posts/-shocking-families-outraged-as-nearly-100-dementia-patients-face-eviction-for-lu/1455880449984614/5/6/2026 Social media Facebook ? North Redondo Beach group Community discussion What's happening with Beach Cities Health District after the Sunrise deal? https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthRedondoBeach/posts/4368147236776870/ 20+ 5/6/2026 Social media Facebook ? Keep the Esplanade Beautiful group Campaign sharing Save the Beach Cities Silverado Memory Care https://www.facebook.com/groups/KeeptheEsplanadeBeautiful/posts/26880051104960972/ 3/20/2026 Agency website / newsletter source Beach Cities Health District Official announcement Sunrise Senior Living Signs Letter of Intent with BCHD for Redevelopment of Redondo Beach Campus https://bchd.org/blog/sunrise-senior-living-signs-letter-of-intent-with-bchd-for-redevelopment-of-redondo-beach-campus/ 125,294Current Agency website / newsletter source Beach Cities Health District Official FAQ Healthy Living Campus Frequently Asked Questions https://bchd.org/healthy-living-campus/faq/ 125,294Current Facility website Silverado Organizational background Silverado Beach Cities | Memory Care in Redondo Beach, CA https://www.silverado.com/locations/beach-cities/ Approximately 100 5/28/2026 Agency website / online newsletter Beach Cities Health District Official announcement / newsletter item Beach Cities Health District Board Votes to Authorize Agreement with Sunrise Senior Living for Healthy Living Campus Redevelopment https://bchd.org/blog/beach-cities-health-district-board-votes-to-authorize-agreement-with-sunrise-senior-living-for-healthy-living-campus-redevelopment/ 125,294 5/28/2026 Online newsletter archive Beach Cities Health District e-Newsletter Newsletter listing BCHD Campus Takes Step Forward on Ground Lease with Sunrise Senior Living https://bchd.org/news-media/recent-newsletters/ 125,2947/9/2026 Daily newspaper / web Daily Mail Independent derivative reporting Dementia patients booted out of their home to make way for luxury senior living https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15965299 218,000,0007/9/2026 Online news site Streamline Feed Derivative article Tragic Eviction Crisis Threatens 100 Dementia Patients in Redondo Beach https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/tragic-eviction-crisis-threatens-100-dementia-patients-in-redondo-beach2026-05 Social media Reddit ? r/dementia Community discussion Memory care closing https://www.reddit.com/r/dementia/comments/1t6x2n7/memory_care_closing/5/6/2026 Campaign website Silverado Organizational advocacy page Preserving Access to Specialized Memory Care in the South Bay https://www.silverado.com/silverado-bchd/ Approximately 100 5/27/2026 Social media Instagram ? @southbaytimes Local-news social post Families of Silverado Memory Care residents are asking BCHD to delay a major Redondo Beach redevelopment vote https://www.instagram.com/southbaytimes/ 1 2026-05 Social media Facebook ? Steve Goldstein Campaign sharing Save Silverado Beach Cities memory care for dementia residents https://www.facebook.com/steve.goldstein/posts/the-issuesave-silverado-beach-cities-memory-care-protect-dementia-residents-from/10165067482327065/ 3 5/26/2026 Weekly newspaper / web Easy Reader News Independent local reporting Silverado families seek pause on new BCHD Redondo Beach redevelopment plan https://easyreadernews.com/silverado-families-seek-pause-on-new-bchd-redondo-beach-redevelopment-plan/ 100,000+ 5/9/2026 Social media Reddit ? r/RedondoBeach Cross-post / community discussion Save Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care in Redondo Beach https://www.reddit.com/r/RedondoBeach/comments/1t7z40x/save_silverado_beach_cities_memory_care_in/5/27/2026 Social media Reddit ? r/RedondoBeach Meeting-day advocacy post Save Silverado Beach Cities ? BCHD Board of Directors Votes Tonite https://www.reddit.com/r/RedondoBeach/comments/1tpfudt/save_silverado_beach_cities_bchd_board_of/7/10/2026 Social media Bluesky ? Los Angeles Times Publisher social distribution Nearly 100 dementia patients are being evicted from their Redondo Beach home. Why it's sparking outrage https://bsky.app/profile/latimes.com/post/3mqbpfhxivf2b Follower count not reliably parsed 2026-05 Social media Facebook ? North Redondo Beach Community awareness post Concern about Beach Cities Health District's proposed redevelopment and Silverado https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthRedondoBeach/posts/4306033152988279/ 2026-05 Social media Instagram ? campaign carousel Campaign amplification Save Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care Community https://www.instagram.com/p/DWynzTRDlvT/?img_index=5 2026-07 Web indexing / reference site Thesaurus.com Automated example citation Evict ? Synonyms & Antonyms https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/evict 500,000,000+ 2026-07 Business-information aggregator ZoomInfo Automated company-news indexing Los Angeles Times ? News & Media overview https://www.zoominfo.com/c/los-angeles-times-communications-llc/22184531 35,000+ From: Stop BCHD
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Subject: Public Comment All Agencies - Beach Cities Health District Executive Staffing Levels Revealed to be Least Effective Benchmarked Agency in Area Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2026 3:00:57 PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2026
StopBCHD.com, a community protection organization
[email protected]

BENCHMARKING DEMONSTRATES BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT AT BOTTOM OF

EXECUTIVE EFFICIENCY
BCHD EXECUTIVE EFFICIENCY IS 9% COMPARED TO ALL BENCHMARKED AGENCIES BCHD EXECUTIVE EFFICIENCY IS 17% COMPARED ONLY TO BENCHMARKED

HEALTH DISTRICTS
A comparative review of executive staffing and 2024 non-police, non-fire, and non-firstresponder expenditures found that the City of Redondo Beach achieved the strongest executive-efficiency benchmark among the seven agencies studied, narrowly outperforming the larger City of Torrance. Redondo Beach supported approximately $97 million in qualifying expenditures with six executives, or $16.2 million per executive, establishing the benchmark score of 100; Torrance supported approximately $244 million with 16 executives, or $15.3 million per executive, for a score of 94. At the other end of the comparison, Beach Cities Health District supported only about $1.4 million in expenditures per executive, resulting in an overall benchmark score of 9%. Even when compared only with the three healthcare districts, BCHD ranked last, with an efficiency score of 17%, compared with 67% for Peninsula Health Care District and 100% for Grossmont Healthcare District.

The analysis used 2024 payroll records from Transparent California to identify chief officers, city and general managers, department directors, and comparable executives, while excluding police, fire, emergency-response, and other first-responder positions. Expenditure estimates were drawn primarily from each entity’s FY 2023–24 audited financial statements, annual comprehensive financial reports, and official financial reports, with police, fire, and publicsafety expenditures removed where separately reported. The payroll and expenditure data were subjected to a complete agency-by-agency re-audit after preliminary discrepancies were identified, including a second review of job titles, partial-year officeholders, compensation records, and financial-statement classifications. The resulting benchmark is a managementintensity measure based on qualifying expenditures per identified executive.

Note: Results were validated with multiple audits from multiple databases and intelligence services.
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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.

The following is an excerpt from a UK-based publication's article (a former UCLA Bruin is the author) about the BCHD debacle of evicting 100-memory care patients from Silverado.

The building meets all applicable seismic codes, is exempt from the hospital retrofit requirements (it's not a hospital anymore), and best practice allows for up to 25 years continued use. THESE 100 RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE THEIR LIVES CUT SHORT BY THE BCHD BOARD'S CASH NEEDS TO PAY $2.5M PER YEAR IN EXECUTIVE SALARIES. 20-cents of every BCHD dollar goes to its executive team compensation. Imagine if your City, Agency, NGO, or Company spent 20% of its gross spend on EXECUTIVES.

It's immoral, unconscionable, and beyond EVERY REASONABLE BENCHMARK OF SPENDING ON EXECUTIVE STAFF FOR A PUBLIC AGENCY.

For a patient suffering from advanced cognitive decline, a sudden change in environment is not just an inconvenience. It is a medical hazard. Transfer trauma is a well-documented phenomenon where abrupt relocation accelerates cognitive deterioration, spike anxiety, and dramatically increases mortality rates within the first year of a move.

The Human Toll of Transfer Trauma
The medical community has long warned about the physical cost of these corporate recalculations. When an individual with advanced Alzheimer's or dementia is removed from a familiar environment, the disruption to their spatial orientation and daily routine causes severe physiological stress.

Cortisol levels spike. Sleep cycles break down completely. This neurological shock frequently manifests as sudden behavioral shifts, increased agitation, and a rapid decline in mobility. A resident who was previously able to feed themselves or navigate a hallway independently can lose those functions within days of a forced move.

Families are left to bear the psychological brunt of this decline. They watch relatives who had achieved a fragile stability deteriorate rapidly under the stress of relocation.

The anger directed at the Redondo Beach facility is not just about logistics or money; it is a reaction to the commodification of the final years of human life.

From: Stop BCHD
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment All Agencies: National and International Coverage of Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) Memory Care Eviction Action for Increased Revenues
Date: Thursday, July 23, 2026 8:00:48 AM
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BCHD Eviction Media.csv
CAUTION: Email is from an external source; Stop, Look, and Think before opening attachments or links. (Note: BCHD has mandatory services commitments to all LA County SPA8 communities as a result of BCHD's BHCIP funding agreements. Contact BCHD for more information.) The following is a Non-Agenda Item Public Comment to ALL AGENCIES for the Next Council Meeting In order to increase BCHD's revenues by replacing Silverado Memory Care with Sunrise Assisted Living's proposed private development, Beach Cities Health District (BCHD, Redondo Beach) elected to evict nearly 100 seniors with memory care and dementia issues according to the LA Times and a host of other media.

The action raised the ire of families and readers across the world. See the listing below of the many media outlets that carried news of BCHD's dementia care eviction action in Redondo Beach, CA.

BCHD CEO Tom Bakaly's advice to Silverado families at the April 22, 2026 BCHD Board meeting was "there are 1,500 available memory care beds available within a 60 mile radius." https://youtu.be/1tcknJNxEIo?t=1243 The table below demonstrates the current breadth and depth of media coverage of BCHDs eviction action.

For those seeking the data behind the media, a csv file is attached that can be easily pasted into Excel. --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality- of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.

From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; CityClerk; [email protected]; Chadwick B. Castle; Brad Waller; Marc Wiener; Sean Scully; Paige Kaluderovic; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; [email protected]; info; [email protected]; [email protected]; Los Angeles County District Attorney"s Office; Residents Against Overdevelopment; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment: BCHD PROJECT HAS NO AIR TOXICS MONITORING PLAN - Torrance and Redondo Beach City Councils, Redondo Beach Planning Commission, TUSD Board
Date: Monday, July 27, 2026 8:01:09 AM
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Subject: BCHD failure to implement monitoring for 1/4-mile Air Toxics in the so-called "Healthy" Living Campus FEIR
This is especially important for the Cities of Torrance and Redondo Beach. BCHD is a CEQA lead agency in name only. It was forced to use exclusively consultants in its EIR process, because BCHD has no meaningful development experience. Further, it had NEVER functioned as a lead agency. As a result, the FEIR is a shoddy work product that BCHD spent nearly $13M of pre-development taxpayer funds to conclude.

Specifically, BCHD acknowledges that failure to adhere to all Federal State and Local rules and ordinances leave the 1/4-mile of surrounding residents at risk for significant air toxic health damages. Yet, the "health" district has no plan for any oversight or sampling of air toxics throughout the entire span of demolition and construction.

Toxics range from cancerous asbestos to PM2.5 and PM10 to organic exhaust to TCE and other cancer causing chemicals.

DUE TO THE PREVAILING WINDS - TORRANCE RESIDENTS AND THE CHILDREN AT TOWERS ELEMENTARY ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK.

Torrance has an affirmative obligation to intervene at the Redondo Beach Planning Commission when the BCHD "Healthy" Living Campus is brought forward by BCHD, Sunrise Assisted Living, or any of a small army of consultants.

Redondo has a moral obligation to require full protection at the full expense of BCHD.

BCHD requires NO MONITORING as the LEAD AGENCY and a HEALTH agency. That is hypocritical and absurd to endanger children and residents with toxics that have no LEAD AGENCY monitoring.

NO ONE SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO RELIANCE ON VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE

WHEN FAILURE MEANS A LIFETIME OF HEALTH DAMAGES FOR DEVELOPING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN! The CITIES and TUSD MUST PROTECT THE RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN SURROUNDING THIS PROJECT!
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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.

Redondo Beach City CouncilAugust 4, 2026

Redondo Beach City Council
August 4, 2026