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Peninsula High senior John Zuercher is getting ready to deliver what could be his biggest donation collection yet for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach with the help of State Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi’s office.
The football player started collecting donations for veterans when he started a Veterans Appreciation Club at his school last year.
With the passage of Measure S, a $59 million general obligation bond in June 2016, the Hermosa Beach City School District has the opportunity to rebuild its ailing North School, which is expected to have an enrollment of more than 500 third and fourth grade students.
But before demolition can even begin, The North School Reconstruction Project Draft Environmental Impact Report must be considered. The 480-page document details any potentially significant impacts on the surrounding community, from noise to traffic.
Perhaps developers will now flock to Redondo Beach.
City officials announced a plan to shut down the massive AES Power Plant and redevelop the 50 acres into a public park with a “coastal resort,” Curbed reported. AES was already planning on replacing the 1950s-era power plant with a more energy-efficient facility.
SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, on Nov. 16 released the following statement on the University of California Board of Regents report finding the UC Office of the President interfered with a state audit:
Setting the stage for the next chapter of one of the biggest development battles in Redondo Beach history, officials announced ambitious plans Monday to purchase the oceanfront AES power plant site, which has generated electricity and contentious debate in the beach town for decades.
“This report is deeply disappointing to me,” Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, who sits on a subcommittee that deals with education finances, said during a phone interview.
Bill follows investigations into UCOP’s role in campus-wide audits
On Oct. 2, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 562 into law. The bill adds wording to an existing section of California Code as well as adds a new section meant to prohibit the interference of state audits by any individual, making the act punishable by fine. A new section, 8545.6, was written into law.
State lawmakers reacted angrily on Thursday to an investigation that found University of California President Janet Napolitano approved a plan that led her top aides to interfere with a state audit into her office’s finances.
The audit of the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) had been requested by legislators including Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance).
Torrance, CA – Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), Chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, released the following statement on the University of California Board of Regents report finding the UC Office of the President interfered with a state audit:
“The University of California Board of Regents’ investigation into the UC Office of the President confirmed the State Auditor’s findings from her April 2017 report. UC President Janet Napolitano and her top aides deliberately interfered with the Legislature’s attempt to provide greater transparency and accountability as to UCOP’s finances.
Eve Irvine, who became the first female police chief in Manhattan Beach in 2011, has been tapped to make history again as the first woman to lead the Torrance Police Department, the South Bay’s largest municipal law enforcement agency.
Torrance City Manager LeRoy Jackson said Irvine, one of four finalists for the vacant police chief job, had accepted an offer from the city. All that remains is a background check, which typically takes a couple of weeks but is expected to be largely a formality.