Residents urge Wiseburn board to press El Segundo to rezone Catalina Pacific concrete plant site

Several residents asked the board to push El Segundo to rezone the parcel that houses the Catalina Pacific concrete batch plant and to adopt an amortization policy to phase out the nonconforming industrial use.

Molly, who said she lives less than 50 meters from the plant, told trustees the Weisburn Sports Complex and a middle school are within the SCAQMD “sensitive receptor” threshold and described frequent early‑morning operations that generate diesel exhaust and silica dust. “Student athletes train outdoors at the sports complex and kids walk to school while the plant's generating diesel exhaust and silica dust, which are both California recognized carcinogens,” Molly said.

Other residents — Leslie Johnson, Robert Stinson, Jerry Riddle and Debbie Tonori — described chronic noise, piled debris and indoor dust accumulation and asked the board to submit a formal letter to the Vision 2025/2050 team requesting that the parcel be designated residential or mixed use and that the city adopt an amortization policy with a defined endpoint for the nonconforming use. One commenter suggested forwarding the request to County Supervisor Holly Mitchell for additional influence.

Board response and next steps: trustees thanked residents, discussed staff preparing a letter to the city and indicated they would coordinate with the city’s land‑use planning schedule (public workshops in August and a preferred alternative selection in September as reported by speakers). Staff accepted the request for a formal letter and said they would evaluate the timing relative to the Vision process.