Redondo Beach
Curbed LA: Dramatic revamp of Redondo Beach waterfront put on hold
“Redondo Beach’s plans to dramatically remake its waterfront are on hold. “A court ruling says a key document in the planning process must be altered and re-distributed to the public before the project can get underway. “Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant has ordered a number of revisions to the project’s final environmental impact…
City of Redondo Beach Ordered to Decertify Waterfront Project EIR and Set Aside Project Entitlements
Angel Law is pleased to announce a successful outcome for its client Building a Better Redondo in California Environmental Quality Act enforcement litigation challenging environmental information disclosure omissions in the City of Redondo Beach’s environmental impact report for the controversial Waterfront Project at King Harbor. The project proposes an upscale RDE (retail, dining & entertainment)…
Easy Reader: Measure C doesn’t apply to Waterfront project, judge rules
Angel Law proudly represents the proponents of Measure C (the King Harbor Care Act) as intervenors in the developer’s attack on this popular initiative. After much briefing and two court hearings, we convinced the court that, despite the developer’s claim that it has a vested right to move forward with its plans for the waterfront…
Easy Reader: Measure brings “C change” to the Redondo Beach waterfront
In this week’s municipal election, the voters of Redondo Beach resoundingly endorsed Measure C, a coastal access zoning initiative Angel Law proudly helped draft. Over 57% of the local voters chose enhanced coastal access and water-oriented recreational opportunities over ubergentrification of a working harbor into a 524,000 square-foot mega-mall and a high-priced, exclusionary “boutique” hotel.…
Daily Breeze: Opponents of $300 million Redondo Beach waterfront overhaul file ballot initiative challenge
Angel Law proudly served as the grassroots citizen activists’ legal adviser on the ballot initiative lodged yesterday with the Redondo Beach city clerk. The King Harbor CARE (Coastal Access, Revitalization, and Enhancement) Act seeks to revitalize the city’s King Harbor-Pier area by improving and amplifying public coastal access and water-oriented recreation opportunities, while preventing harbor…
Daily Breeze: Voters to decide Redondo Beach power plant’s fate
“Later this month, Redondo Beach officials will weigh in on a plan that aims to transform the city’s hulking concrete-centric 1960s-era waterfront. “And later this week, city voters will render a verdict on another similarly outdated and massive oceanfront barrier – the AES power plant. […] “AES has warned voters that Measure A would exact…
Court Victory for Building a Better Redondo
Angel Law is pleased to announce that on July 28, 2010, the Los Angeles County Superior Court (Hon. Robert H. O’Brien, Judge Presiding) handed Angel Law clients Building a Better Redondo and Jim Light (collectively BBR) a decisive victory in their lawsuit against the City Council of Redondo Beach, following the city council’s refusal to…