Torrance council approves solar installation on open-space parcel despite resident concerns

The Torrance City Council voted to adopt Resolution No. 2025-53 approving a modification (MOD 203-00010) that allows a large solar installation on property described as open space at 2550 Pacific Coast Highway.

Council and staff spent more than an hour debating whether the contested parcel should remain open space, the legal effect of earlier environmental documents that referenced “natural open space,” and which agency would review construction plans for solar panels proposed inside a mobile home park.

Community Development Director Michelle Ramirez told the council the city will not issue building permits for work inside the mobile home park and that construction permits for the project would be processed by the state: “The permit goes through the state of California Housing and Community Development Department, otherwise known as HCD, because this land is located within a mobile home park,” Ramirez said. “The…