After Stormwater Project Falls Apart, Redondo Beach Tells Neighboring Hermosa, ‘We Want our Money back

In a cross-town squabble that’s rare in the South Bay beach cities, Redondo Beach has demanded that neighboring Hermosa Beach return more than $400,000 set aside to design a stormwater capture system, a project that has since fallen apart.

Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand wrote a letter earlier this month to officials in Hermosa Beach demanding the return of $431,615.

In June, Hermosa Beach indicated it intended to return roughly $308,000, since $123,000 had already been spent on designs and planning, an expense Brand in his letter called a “waste.”

“We cannot imagine,” Brand wrote, “what justification Hermosa Beach could have for refusing to return those funds immediately.In a statement issued Wednesday, July 24, Hermosa Beach Mayor Stacey Armato did not address what her city plans to do about Redondo’s request.READ MORE