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Beach City Health District outlines plans for old South Bay Hospital campus, Allcove usage and opioid-settlement spending
Summary
Tom Backley of Beach City Health District briefed the council on the district’s campus master plan, reuse of the 510 Prospect building, an RFEOI for development of the old hospital parcel, Allcove youth mental-health utilization by Hermosa residents, and local use of $145,000 in opioid settlement funds.
Tom Backley of Beach City Health District presented an update to the Hermosa Beach City Council on the district’s campus master plan (old South Bay Hospital site), services relocation plans, Allcove youth mental-health utilization by Hermosa residents and how the district is spending its opioid settlement funds.
Backley said the district adopted a master plan for the campus and is implementing components of it, including moving the Center for Health and Fitness and a Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to the 510 Prospect building. The 510 Prospect building will revert to district control in 2030, he said, and the district has no immediate plan to demolish that structure.
The district has issued a Request for Expression of Interest (RFEOI) to solicit development ideas for the former hospital building and the parking area to the north. Backley said responses are expected in August and that potential uses under consideration include residential care for the elderly, senior affordable housing, or medical office space. He said the RFEOI includes restrictions on height and density that reflect community input, and that any private development would need to align with the district’s mission.
Backley provided Allcove (youth mental-health center) statistics for Hermosa Beach: more than 700 visits from Hermosa youth in three years, with more than 80 youth receiving services. He said Allcove is supported by a state grant that covers about half the cost and that the district covers the other half.
On opioid-settlement funds, Backley said the district received $145,000 from Hermosa Beach and used the funding for school assemblies, naloxone training for students, parents and staff, public naloxone distribution, fentanyl-test strip distribution and related outreach. Since October, the district has distributed more than 2,800 naloxone/fentanyl test kits.
Councilmembers asked about demographic breakdowns of district users and about whether the district had studied forming an independent local health department for the three beach cities; Backley said the district had examined hospital-district expansion during the pandemic and concluded it would require significant additional funding to provide full local health-department services, but the district can prepare a formal analysis on request.
No council action was requested or taken; the presentation was informational and Council thanked Backley and district staff for the update.
