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Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand shared his vision to upgrade Seaside Lagoon and build a coastal education center for kids at King Harbor. Mayor Brand is a tireless advocate for Redondo.
Let's go surfing again soon Bill!
Governor Newsom signed my Assembly Bill 2432 sponsored by South Bay Cities Council of Governments! This new law will allow LA County cities to adopt local safety plans for Neighborhood Electric Vehicles as a clean, safe and affordable local transportation option.
Thank you Environment California and Cal PIRG for supporting my AB 1395 California Climate Crisis Act! Time to go big on climate to save our planet!
This morning I hosted a community coffee in Gardena. Thank you to the Gardena City Council, City Manager, and community members for attending the event. Great discussion on education, mental health, homelessness and coyotes! Thank you to the City of Gardena - City Hall for hosting us at the City Hall Lawn and for the support from the Gardena Police Department!
Today I delivered $500,000 to Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District to fix their bathrooms at Palos Verdes and Palos Verdes Peninsula High Schools.
At the Palos Verdes Council of PTAs event Capitol Comes to the Hill, students at both high schools complained about bathroom stalls with no privacy, doors or locks as their top priority. I heard them loud and clear, and I was able to secure state funding to help fix this problem. Thank you students for speaking up and thank you PTA for your advocacy!
But I was sad to see the aging facilities at both schools over 50 years old. Palos Verdes needs to pass a school bond to upgrade our schools and invest in our communities.
Congratulations Torrance Batting Cages, our California Small Business Association Small Business of the Year! Kevin and Tammy Tyler have been running this family business first started by Kevin’s father in 1978. Torrance Batting Cages at Wilson Park is not only a favorite of baseball and softball players, boys and girls, young and old, but also a big supporter of local charities like Special Olympics, Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Campaign, and Autism Speaks. The Tylers are All-Torrance. Kevin played baseball at Torrance High, Tammy is a South High alum who works for the City of Torrance, and their daughter teaches at Wood Elementary. Congratulations Kevin and Tammy!
80th Annual Nisei Week Japanese American Cultural Festival and Parade at Little Tokyo in Downtown LA!
This great cultural festival is one of the longest running in the West and has been held every year except during World War II and the COVID pandemic. Great to see Nisei Week and the community back!
I hosted a Senior Scam Stopper Seminar at Silverado Beach Cities. Thank you to Jose Soriano from the California Contractors State License Board, Jackie Wiley with the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation, Ryan Waters with the US Postal Inspection Service and Zuleimy Gonzalez with the Department of Insurance for their great presentations on how seniors can avoid scams. Thank you to Silverado Beach Cities for hosting the event and to everyone that came and participated in this conversation.
I attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Friendship Foundation’s new Friendship Campus in Redondo Beach! This 3.25 acre campus is a longtime dream for the Friendship Foundation to build a community center to provide job training and support for students and young adults with special needs in the South Bay. Thank you to Rabbi Yossi Mintz of Manhattan Beach who has been the driving force of this dream to build the Friendship Campus, together with Friendship Foundation cofounder Michael Greenberg, President of Skechers, and many other South Bay supporters. I also want to thank Kelly Stroman of the Friendship Foundation for her hard work organizing this beautiful event!
Delivered $500,000 to the City of Redondo Beach to support the city’s Homeless Court Program in this year’s #CABudget! The Redondo Beach homeless court program has been effective in helping homeless individuals find housing and provide them with treatment and support services such as for mental health, alcohol and substance abuse, and job training. I will continue to work with Redondo Beach City Attorney Mike Webb to take the Redondo Beach program statewide!
