This pandemic has demonstrated more than ever how important and critical the school district and board are to our everyday lives. Learn here what issues could impact you and engage with the board of education meetings.

Updated 6/16/2022

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City of Redondo Beach

5+ yo (fully vaccinated)	82.3%
With vaccination rates dropping, these projections likely overestimate the rate of vaccination progress.
Source: LA County

Monitor this chart more carefully when reviewing the below RBUSD status.
12-17 yo (vaccinated, 1+ add'l dose)	40.5%
With vaccination rates dropping, these projections likely overestimate the rate of vaccination progress.
Source: LA County

Monitor this chart more carefully when reviewing the below RBUSD status.
5-11 yo (1+ dose)	58.2%
With vaccination rates dropping, these projections likely overestimate the rate of vaccination progress.
Source: LA County

Daily new cases/100k, 7d avg	06/16/2022: 46.37 ⬇️
Source: Beach Cities Health District

Redondo Beach Unified School District

6/9/2022	7:35 am
Community <—> Schools The case rates in the community (above) and school (below) indelibly correlate, especially when RBUSD has determined that cases have not originated on campus (note that the timelines are different).
Source: RBUDS COVID_19 Dashboard

Hear from informed Redondo Beach residents Grace Peng, PhD, and Matthew Hinsley, Planning Commissioner, about important considerations to keep in mind with the housing element. We are hoping to have a civil discussion to listen, learn, and effect change.

• How does the climate and housing crisis intersect with RHNA? Can we look at housing policy as one way to work towards social justice and racial equity? How can Redondo Beach residents productively voice suggestions to the city council?
• Let's take a step back and thoughtfully consider our vision for Redondo Beach and how the housing element can be part of that.

Register here for the Friday, May 7 panel at 7:30pm.

Slides:

• Matthew Hinsley presented an overview of the Housing Element process for Redondo Beach.
• Grace Peng detailed the connections between housing, climate, transportation, and equity.

Poll responses

You can also access the meeting recording here.

Listen in at the City Council meetings!

• 5/11/2021: Council to allocate approx 2400 of 2800 housing units in district 5. Recording here.
• 5/18/2021: Council to present updated density calculations by planning staff.

Hate crimes and assaults targeting Asian Americans are on the rise in our country over the past year, correlated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anti-Asian hate crimes surged by 149% in 2020 in an analysis of hate crime data in 16 of the largest cities in the United States (California State University San Bernardino) - 114% in Greater Los Angeles. Self-reporting tools from various AAPI organizations have recorded over 4,000 incidents since Feb. 2020.

The 2020 Census counts Asians and Pacific Islanders as 12.3% of the demographics in the City of Redondo Beach. The City Council issued a draft resolution on April 13, 2021 to denounce xenophobia and anti-Asian AAPI sentiment and to affirm the city's commitment to the well-being and safety of Asian American communities. 321Vote gathered a diverse group to propose revisions for which Jerome Chang made a public comment at the City Council meeting on April 13, 2021. Council Member Laura Emdee from district 5 immediately motioned to pass these revisions and the City Council unanimously approved them. See the resolution here.

While AAPI are 12.3% of the city, they uniquely constitute 20.4% of the student enrollment in the Redondo Beach Unified School District, which suggests the bulk of the Asians have families with kids. Further, these kids are young: they populate the elementary schools the most (15%), followed by middle school (12%), then the least in the high school (9%). The demographic breakdown is here. There will soon be an influx of Asian students in the upper grade levels, followed by an increase in young voters. Current Asian parent voters have an outsized impact: for every vote, they can affect nearly 2 students!

Watch the announcement!
News: Easy Reader, Daily Breeze

Noteworthy: She also is the only non-"white male" superintendent in the surrounding Beach Cities area: Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Torrance, Palos Verdes, and even Carson. Adding in El Segundo, Lawndale and Long Beach, Dr. Wesley is the only POC superintendent.

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COVID Dashboard
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We are a group who are dedicated to increasing voter turnout in the local elections in the City of Redondo Beach. We also collaborate with local organizations on initiatives and causes that increase awareness to their constituents and communities.

The next Redondo Beach General Municipal Election will be March 7, 2023, and the City Clerk will run this election, as it did on March 2, 2021. The City of Redondo Beach took over from County to save money, but this meant the turnaround to tally and finalize results now take longer.