Help Rescue The Redondo Beach Waterfront; Revitalize, not Supersize
Breaking News! The lawsuit against the city by Redondo Beach Waterfront LLC (CenterCal Properties) is over! The short version is the city will be paying $2 Million Dollars to Redondo Beach Waterfront LLC (CenterCal Properties) in exchange for them dropping the lawsuit. While this is good news it is only the latest […]
The angry crony spin masters are attempting to rewrite history – again! This time it’s about the 5-year-old lawsuit stopping King Harbor revitalization and costing the city, by most estimates approximately $20 Million. The short version is that, about a month prior to the March 2017 general election, the Redondo Beach City Council signed an […]
The latest news is the appeal of attorney fees awarded to the Defendants in the “shill lawsuit” against Mayor Brand, his volunteer campaign treasurer, Council Member Nils Nehrenheim and ROW President Wayne Craig will be heard at the California State Supreme Court in San Francisco for oral arguments on Wednesday December 7th at 1PM. (You […]
We thwarted the latest big moneyed outside special interest and their local enablers attacking our city. This latest pathetic effort has apparently set a record to buy a city council seat. In total nearly $500,000 was pumped into a recall election to crown an alleged PR expert from the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce […]
The 2017 Redondo Beach City Councilmembers who approved the CenterCal Harbor Mall. (From Left to Right Christian Horvath, Laura Emdee and Martha Barbee. Former Mayor Steve Aspel is in the middle and floating above is City Attorney Mike Webb overseeing it all). Exactly 4 years ago today on 1/31/2017 the Redondo Beach City Council rushed […]
Two years ago today justice prevailed when ROW, its leadership, and two Redondo Beach elected officials and a campaign volunteer were awarded just over $898,000 defending themselves from a malicious SLAPP lawsuit. The victorious defendants were Mayor Bill Brand, his volunteer Treasurer, Council Member Nils Nehrenheim, and ROW President Wayne Craig. Since that verdict, the […]
Rescue Our Waterfront and Building A Better Redondo filed an appeal today with the California State Supreme Court. It asks to overturn a lower-court ruling undermining the California Coastal Act and weakening citizen-led ballot initiatives. If this ruling were left unchallenged it would allow cities to approve construction projects in the coastal zone without […]
In the attached story, just published in the San Diego Reader , leaders of a Oceanside citizens group have been personally sued by CenterCal’s law firm. This lawsuit, filed by Bradley Hertz of the Sutton Law Firm, is another example of what legal experts are calling “ethically challenged”, a loosely veiled SLAPP lawsuit, and grounds […]
As the New Year begins, ROW continues to protect Redondo Beach Residents, because a majority of our elected officials will not. Specifically, the same three North Redondo City Council members scramble to retain power of the “Old Guard” regime at all costs, blocking everything Mayor Brand was elected to accomplish to benefit all Redondo Residents. The Combination […]
CenterCal Sued Again! Redondo Beach residents know CenterCal doesn’t pay their bills, their contractual obligations, their lawsuit judgments and has cost us millions. But do other cities? Buyer beware! In another stunning display of flagrant “If It Doesn’t Go Our Way, We’ll Refuse To Pay”. CenterCal has apparently turned on yet another of their “Paid […]