Redondo Beach's District 5 News
by Laura Emdee, City Councilmember

Welcome to Redondo Beach!
Our diverse community is friendly and happy. When you move to Redondo you are part of a community that values tradition, safety and education. We are proud of our area and expect it to be clean and well maintained. Our little corner of paradise is home to Redondo’s largest employer, Northrup Grumman. Our schools are the envy of the South Bay. Our popular hotels on Marine Avenue helped save Redondo Beach’s budget when sales tax dipped. Plus, we are freeway close to everything the LA area has to offer. The Metro Green Line stops at Marine & Redondo Avenue and will be expanding to the Galleria by 2028.
We work hard, we play fair and we are pleased to live here. Below you will see the work we do to keep our neighborhood a safe, clean and happy place to live.
Thank you for visiting this site and being a part of this great community.
Laura Emdee
Redondo Beach City Council
Proudly representing District 5
Latest News
Mandatory Organics Recycling The State of California is now requiring all of us to compost our Green Waste. While R1 neighborhood have been composting organics for awhile in Redondo Beach, businesses and multi-family apartment complexes will now be recycling food waste, green waste, landscape & pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste,…
Read MoreThe design guidelines and related zoning amendments are intended to ensure that new residential structures and additions to existing residential structures are compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. The design guidelines include, but are not limited to, provisions reducing the appearance of mass and bulk; reducing paved surfaces; reducing the impacts…
Read MoreIt’s time to recycle your Christmas Tree. By recycling your Christmas tree, you can help the environment and keep this valuable resource out of landfills. Trees should be free from ornaments, tinsel, stands, lights, metal & plastic containers. Flocked trees and trees coated with fire retardant will be accepted. If…
Read MoreBelow is the schedule for each day. You can also click HERE to download the PDF/Map. Monday 11-29-21 Route 1: Part 1 at Johnston and Beland, Go N/B and cover area Between Johnston and Dow, then Gibson and 159th, 160th to Beland Part 2 at Warfield / Vail, continue westbound…
Read MoreRedondo Beach use to maintain roads by District- regardless of condition, making the budget a bit unpredictable. When the budget dips then roads were sacrificed then every district suffered through delay. When I came into office, we were faced with terrible roads everywhere. I wanted to improve our rating not…
Read MoreRedondo Beach use to maintain roads by District- regardless of condition, making the budget a bit unpredictable. When the budget dips then roads were sacrificed then every district suffered through delay. When I came into office, we were faced with terrible roads everywhere. I wanted to improve our rating not…
Read MoreThink there are more houses? Not so fast, especially around AES Power Plant site & the Riviera Village Thank you to District 5 resident, Dr. Grace Peng, for your insight. October 5, 2021 Honorable Bill Brand Mayor, Redondo Beach 415 Diamond Street Redondo Beach, CA 90277 Re: Housing Element Dear…
Read MoreDo you have a special request? Here’s the web page for resident requests: City of Redondo Beach – Customer Service: Submit Request (comcate.com) Additionally on that page there is a link to download the app for Access Redondo. Apple App Store Google Play Store
Read MoreLet’s choose local control over outside corporations PLEASE Don’t sign the initiative being aggressively circulated. Last year, City Council formed a City Manager Task Force to decide the parameters of allowing Cannabis Retailers in our city. Redondo Beach put together a team from the RB Police, RBUSD Schools, Beach Cities Health District,…
Read MoreMany of you are concerned about an ugly email that was sent out by Rescue Our Waterfront (ROW). Many of you were understandably appalled. I thank you for the support. Why would ROW attack 2 termed out Councilmembers when their candidates have a supermajority on Council? They want to distract…
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