Voters Favor Redondo Beach Measure RB In Early Results

REDONDO BEACH, CA— Election night has come and gone and preliminary results show residents leaning toward the passage of Measure RB in Redondo Beach.

As of 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, yes votes on Measure RB were in the lead with about 63 percent of calculated votes, or 15,182 in total, were in favor of Measure RB and about 37 percent of calculated votes, or 8,941 in total, were against the measure.

According to the Los Angeles County Registrar, only 2,615,541 of the county's 5,736,803 registered voters' ballots had been counted as of Wednesday morning.

Real-Time Race Results For Redondo Beach/Los Angeles County: Nov. 5, 2024 General Election:

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Here is the official language of Measure RB as it appears on the ballot for the Nov. 5 general election:

Shall the measure be adopted (1) amending the Redondo Beach City Charter sections relating to “ Major Changes in Allowable Land Use” in conformity with a Superior Court ruling that the voter approval requirement of the City Charter shall not apply to an amendment to, or update of, the Housing Element of the City’s General Plan, or the zoning changes contemplated by the Draft Housing Element; and (2) changing the requirement that sample ballot materials be “mailed” to “made available”?

On April 22, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled that Senate Bill 9, a state housing law that aimed to increase the housing supply by allowing lot splitting, does not apply to charter cities. The ruling stated that the bill violated the authority of charter cities to manage their own municipal affairs.

Petitioners of the bill also argued that SB9 is neither reasonably related nor narrowly tailored to ensure access to affordable housing, as required by the California Constitution. The court concluded that there was no evidence that SB9 would result in increased access to below-market-rate housing.

Following the court's decision, Redondo Beach city leaders were inspired to review the City Charter to update the language to prevent future lawsuits. If approved, Measure RB will amend sections relating to"major changes in allowable land use" in order to maintain current zoning regulations in Redondo Beach.

According to Council member Nils Nehrenheim, Measure RB will protect residents' rights to vote on major zoning changes, prevent exploitation of state law by developers, modernizes communication for future ballot measures and safeguards local control.

"Measure RB will protect Redondo Beach from predatory developments trying to exploit little known State laws that can run rough shot over our local zoning. This is vital that we pass this Charter change," Nehrenheim said.

The changes proposed by the measure will be automatically removed in 2035 to account for any potential changes to State law in the future.

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