16 new surveillance cameras for city
The City of Redondo Beach will add 16 surveillance cameras, not to exceed $125,733 in total cost over the next three years, the City Council agreed at its Tuesday meeting.
The cameras are to improve safety and situational awareness for city employees and visitors alike at city facilities, according to Police Chief Joe Hoffman.
Video from the cameras will be stored for 30 days, then purged from the system automatically. Redondo Beach city cameras will now total 77.
The new cameras are to go in at the Public Works Yard at Beryl Street (four cameras); City Council Chambers (two); Fire Station No.3 on Marina Way (two), North Police Department office (one); police department annex building (two); police department pier substation (two); police department property warehouse (one) and police department lobby (one).
Lewis bows out of debate
Catalyst Cannabis Co. CEO Elliot Lewis bowed out of a planned Easy Reader debate Monday night with Jonatan Cvetko, executive director of United Cannabis Business Association and member of the City of Redondo Beach cannabis steering committee.
Lewis initially agreed to the debate last week before dropping out Monday because, he said, Easy Reader has been biased against him, and in its coverage of District Four city council candidate Tonya McKenzie, and Measure E, the retail cannabis initiative. Both are on the Wednesday, October 19 ballot.
City Attorney’s Homeless Court honored
A representative of the League of California Cities presented the City of Redondo Beach with the 2022 Helen Putnam Award Tuesday night, for its Enhanced Response to Homelessness, begun by City Attorney Mike Webb and the Redondo Beach P.D.
Jeff Kiernan, regional public affairs manager for League of California Cities, spoke at the Redondo city council meeting, telling how the city was chosen for the award among 155 submissions and 12 nominees.
Redondo’s homeless court is the first-ever in Los Angeles County.
CORRECTION:
The article “LA. County Democrats endorse Redondo Cannabis measure” (Sept. 29) contained an inaccurate statement about Measure V in Manhattan Beach.
The L.A. County Democratic Party opposes Measure V, a city-council written ordinance that would maintain a ban on retail cannabis stores and delivery in the city. ER
