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Residents urge attention to sidewalk hazards, rail extension safety and neighborhood cleanliness during public comment
Summary
Several residents used oral communications to raise safety and quality-of-life concerns: a low metal sign at a local coffee shop that a resident said caused a head strike, riders of motorized bicycles not wearing helmets, safety questions about the Metro rail-extension DEIR near a refinery, and widespread street litter and trash.
During the meeting’s public-comment period several members of the public raised safety and quality-of-life issues affecting Torrance neighborhoods.
Charlie Salinas asked the council to address two safety risks: a rigid metal sign outside Offset Coffee that he said projects 30 inches from the wall and is 5 feet 8 inches above the sidewalk — he reported hitting his head on…
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