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Light said the existing rules dated to the 1970s and that the package combines updated meeting procedures (based on Rosenberg’s rules), new public-participation scripts for disruptive behavior, and an overarching ordinance to harmonize commission powers and duties. \"Be quick, but don't hurry,\" Light quoted from coach John Wooden in urging steady, methodical progress.

The proposed changes would: consolidate duplicated language into a single \"uniform\" article for all commissions; clarify appointment and quorum rules; narrow or reassign some commission authorities; set clearer expectations for public comment and procedures to remove disruptive attendees; and update recommended meeting start times. The draft also includes sample scripts developed with the police chief and city attorney to warn and, if necessary, exclude disruptive individuals from chambers and to manage disruptive remote participants.

Council members discussed several thorny questions: whether to retain teleconference public participation (some members supported keeping remote participation to maintain access, while staff warned the Brown Act and teleconferencing rules can change); whether to require formal written disclosure of ex parte communications for public hearings (some council members worried that a heavy written-disclosure regime would chill informal questions and advantage well-funded interests); and what is an appropriate standard for commissioners' absences (the mayor suggested four absences in a rolling 12 months; several council members favored a stricter three-absence standard).

Council Member Behrend proposed that a council subcommittee work further on the draft; after discussion the council agreed to continue the matter to next week and asked Mayor Light to circulate a revised clean draft and to collect redlines. Council members Barrett and Light agreed to be the Brown-Act partners to coalesce edits and submit working redlines for the next meeting. Staff and the city attorney will review proposed changes for conflicts with state law before the next discussion.

No ordinances were adopted at the meeting. The council directed staff to return with updated drafts and a comment matrix showing how each council suggestion was addressed; staff said any ordinance changes would return for formal introduction and adoption only after that review.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","REDONDO BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING - SEPTEMBER 2, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Mayor Light presented an integrated overhaul of meeting rules, public-participation scripts and commission ordinances. Council agreed to continue the item; two council members will circulate redlines for a next-week discussion and staff will return with updated draft language.","taxTitle","Redondo Beach City, Los Angeles County, California","taxId",4669,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6455976,"City pursues alternative crisis response team; tentative deal with nonprofit requires risk review",537,5656000,6193000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5709270-9c6a86aafabab4154d704f16277dbe50&start=5656&end=6193","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5709270-9c6a86aafabab4154d704f16277dbe50/thumbnail_5656000.jpg","/articles/6455976/Redondo-Beach-City/Los-Angeles-County/California/City-pursues-alternative-crisis-response-team-tentative-deal-with-nonprofit-requires-risk-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6455976-161c998b0a687f1891a53a57071cc6f8/orig.mp4?Expires=1771162123&Signature=cxNa9PU15jHjWOvZhyO52NzS~YEEkY4E1QJ8HlmuIADDwKwl3ksORk6Pq~dwL4I2eziMHXLAniyuhhExdYefuKt6ejbdJH~OcKixcNIX~LFEM4P01I2bkN8V2~sNHRpCz5Ox1kn1txikiArud9JqTxXxoQMTAxViITwN0fxEXkMgC2F3fXkrDcGkKCqLzciHScd7eGcMcmNaWxanQLcUKL2moXowSvXGNb9575O5Y7W4M40j8jYpDOVi0~2mcOyF7x1-NqIHEjLW5w1buBe8DI7m-RZw9cgdtI~RWLfU6fJLFVewlp~H2zoTLicLGFMLYMK8wgzK2eHgOc5nI07H6g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City attorneys and staff briefed the council on ongoing efforts to stand up an alternative crisis response (ACR) team to respond to mental-health–related incidents without dispatching armed officers.

City Attorney Joy Ford said the city has explored multiple models — hiring a city clinician (complicated by HIPAA and malpractice concerns), sole-source vendors, and partnerships with health agencies — and had a recent breakthrough in talks with CLEAR Recovery Center, a local nonprofit partner. \"They have agreed to provide a project director for supervision, a licensed therapist, and a counselor,\" Ford told the council.

Ford said CLEAR seeks a mutual-indemnity clause limited to each party’s negligence and a cap tied to CLEAR’s insurance limit, which the vendor has quoted as $10 million. She said staff had not yet completed a risk-management review and that the city’s risk manager would need to confirm whether accepting the requested insurance limit and indemnity language was acceptable.

Council members expressed support for moving quickly because the city’s current grant funding for ACR work is scheduled to expire in December unless extended. Council Member Waller, who said he had toured comparable programs, said he would \"be very comfortable with you moving forward as stated\" provided the insurance and indemnity terms pass risk-management review. Other members urged continued work with Hermosa Beach on a joint grant application and emphasized that the city should not delay necessary safeguards while final contract language is reviewed.

Ford told the council that Hermosa’s existing Locata contract expires Sept. 30 and that Hermosa had signaled willingness to partner with Redondo Beach on future funding. She advised that a fully compliant city-contracted ACR team would reduce improper law-enforcement responses to mental-health crises and that many 911 calls involve housed individuals. The council directed staff to continue negotiations with CLEAR, to consult the city’s risk manager about the indemnity and insurance limits, and to return with a draft contract for final approval.

No formal vote was taken on a contract at the meeting. Council members instructed staff to proceed with the sole-source negotiation path conditionally, and the city manager said staff would return with a proposed agreement and risk-management recommendations for council approval. The council also asked staff to coordinate with Hermosa Beach on a joint grant application to support the team’s operations.","Redondo Beach staff reported progress toward a mobile mental-health clinician team through a partnership with CLEAR Recovery Center but said the provider seeks mutual indemnity and an insurance-limit clause; council directed staff to continue negotiations conditioned on city risk management review.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6455982,"Redondo Beach Housing Authority flags modest Section 8 funding shortfall, board approves quarterly report",453,3057000,3510000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5709270-9c6a86aafabab4154d704f16277dbe50&start=3057&end=3510","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5709270-9c6a86aafabab4154d704f16277dbe50/thumbnail_3057000.jpg","/articles/6455982/Redondo-Beach-City/Los-Angeles-County/California/Redondo-Beach-Housing-Authority-flags-modest-Section-8-funding-shortfall-board-approves-quarterly-report","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6455982-a717c965a9cf2bf2072ab3f752669b65/orig.mp4?Expires=1771162123&Signature=dQhcYVEdq7GVz~vo2sHqco4PgM0FjSCGeeVZbCTYHkRjEGuZjNfvgia8BcJ5ryIqAXJrkEReN-NqxIyft~QFZDupCzH232gle-tF24e8RcVz2uykdKvUA5bIsIrUwBhlpwpjZ9gwGVo-3yHLxQrvVl0VY0ahMvvon0isHuZtbq4Vdve0qwNkPdzQmJxZgibcL7A7X-y2bufj6rKN5tED-~ay-YbdwSUMsZ7jJpSAdUKt7qaKzIHqlhYFPhJ9i9vqesO2hG9jwzisFRo3~RbHxzT3HaK2NrIL2H1jh2DgRNNYPS8lJ7bNPMIAedJ8iIXXhZ2tyh8qiVVlpWwATtQ4MA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Redondo Beach Housing Authority on Tuesday received and filed a quarterly status report that flagged a modest funding shortfall in the city’s Section 8 rental-assistance program and outlined proposed steps to avoid dropping any current voucher holders.

Housing staff reported the program currently assists 454 households, including 335 elderly or disabled households, and carries projected quarterly housing-assistance payments in the range of $2.1 million. Imelda Delgado, the city’s housing manager, told the board the authority’s HUD portfolio management specialist projects a funding shortfall of \"a little over $187,000 by the end of this calendar year.\" She described a package of corrective actions aimed at closing the gap without removing existing families from assistance.

\"We are already taking measures to ensure that we watch all our dollars carefully,\" Delgado said. She listed planned steps including right-sizing vouchers so that two-member households receive one-bedroom vouchers when appropriate, reducing payment standards tied to published October indexes and using unrestricted administrative fees or HUD-held reserves as contingency funds. Delgado said staff is also contracting with a non-accounting firm to refine financial reporting for HUD.

Elizabeth Pausk, community services director, added that staff met with HUD and believes the corrective steps will allow the authority to continue serving current participants. \"It really is modest compared to the size of our program,\" she said, adding that staff and HUD \"all seem to be in line with what it is that we can do to make sure that nobody that's currently on a voucher is impacted by the shortfall.\"

Board members pressed staff on specifics. Council Member Kaladjitovich recommended more frequent purges of the waiting list and a reapplication requirement to prioritize local residents and employees; Delgado said the authority currently sends annual waiting-list verification letters and that the waiting list is mostly exhausted of the highest-priority local-preference applicants. Board members also asked about special-program vouchers: the authority currently assists 33 VASH (Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing) vouchers and about 19 emergency housing vouchers; staff noted the emergency vouchers expire in December 2026 and said renewal or set-aside funding would be needed to absorb them permanently.

Board members discussed outreach to the federal delegation. Mayor Light offered to draft letters and work with the city’s federal lobbyist to request supplemental HUD support; the board directed staff to pursue federal outreach in coordination with the city’s lobbyist and to return with follow-up. The Housing Authority then approved a motion to receive and file the quarterly status report on the Section 8 and fair housing programs. The board recorded the action as approved; the transcript records the vote as unanimous but does not list a numeric tally.

Staff said the authority will bring an administrative-plan update to the board next quarter that will include specific numbers for the proposed right-sizing and payment-standard changes. The update will also present any contract language and financial projections before staff implements changes that affect payment levels or voucher sizes.

Notes: The Housing Authority presentation included program counts, waiting-list detail and projected expenditures. Staff emphasized contingency options (administrative fees, HUD-held reserves) and that corrective steps aim to avoid terminating current voucher recipients. The board directed staff to pursue federal advocacy to seek supplemental funding and to return with the administrative-plan update for formal policy changes.","Housing Authority staff told the board the Section 8 voucher program faces an estimated $187,000 shortfall by year-end; the board received and filed the quarterly status report and authorized follow-up about federal advocacy.","actionData","errors"]

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