Division among council on the subject of business fee hikes. Jackson pushes for more, while Saemann makes the case for a more careful approach in the current climate
City budget finally approved. 2026-27 is balanced, but deficit still looms in future years. Sales tax increase proposal back on the ballot in November.
Hermosa Beach recorded just 45 serious crimes in March, capping a first quarter that saw total offenses fall 36% from the prior year. That's the lowest Q1 figure in the last four years.
Hermosa Beach has joined the South Bay's regional housing trust. Could the trust achieve progress that state mandate and city constraints have struggled to unlock?
Hermosa Beach has roughly 3,000 dogs and not a single place to legally let any of them off-leash. The City Council on Tuesday will consider whether to change that, with Valley Park East emerging as the preferred location for the city's first off-leash dog park.
An in-depth look at the latest moves by Redondo to avoid the dreaded 'Builders Remedy' sledgehammer under state law. What do our neighbor's legal moves mean for the future of housing development in Hermosa ?
The City is spending $8M to $12M a year fixing things. Available project funding for next year: $4.7M. A pandemic-era cushion that papered over the gap is gone and the unfunded backlog has now grown to somewhere between $148 million and $280 million, with the Pier replacement now added to the list.
A $3.2 million structural deficit has been sitting under Hermosa Beach's budget for five years, masked by pandemic relief, vacancy savings, and unspent carryforward. With all three now exhausted, the council inherits a problem its predecessors chose to defer.
Council meeting opened by recognizing two pillars of the community — a gold-medal winning hockey coach and a century-old civic club — before working through a heavy agenda that included a contested fee study, Little League field improvements and police vehicle contracting.
The first comprehensive update to Hermosa Beach's master fee schedule since 2016 would shift increased costs from taxpayers to applicants, with large hikes landing on developers, businesses and dispute filers.
