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Council asks staff to study church‑based options and security steps after complaints about library crowding during storms

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After parent complaints about unhoused people sheltering at the downtown library during bad weather, council directed staff to study limited, non‑publicized church‑based inclement‑weather shelter options and to return with cost estimates for security and a budget‑response report.

Citing parent complaints about unhoused people congregating in the downtown library during inclement weather, the Redondo Beach City Council asked staff to study limited inclement‑weather shelter options and to bring back cost estimates and a budget‑response report.

Mayor Jim Light had raised the issue after voters and library users described people sheltering in the lobby and outside the library during recent storms. City Attorney Mike Webb, Community Services Director Elizabeth House and Library Director Dean Vink described the practical and…

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