Riviera Homeowners Association

In June 2021, Torrance City Council approved a temporary housing program for people experiencing homelessness in Torrance for a pilot period of 12 months. Please stop by and learn more about the program, 3290 Temporary Housing Village at Civic Center Drive. The Village will offer transitional housing for individuals experiencing homelessness along with wraparound services in the form of case management and housing navigation. It’s set to open next month. Harbor Interfaith Services, the service provider, will be available to answer any questions. For questions contact Torrance City Hall (310) 618-5880.

Coyotes and Us

Here’s some advice we can all take to minimize our interactions with these amazing, but sometimes threating, neighbors:

Visit the interactive Coyote Management Portal to learn more about urban coyote behavior and report coyote activity: TorranceCA.Gov/coyotes
For immediate assistance, call the 24-hour Coyote Hotline at (310) 618-3828.
If a coyote is behaving aggressively toward a human, please call 9-1-1.

Going for a walk?

• Take a coyote deterrent such as a noise-maker or personal alarm.
• Keep dogs on a short leash (6 feet or less).

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We’re in election season with important state and local elections upon us. The last day to vote is June 7, but mail-in voting is already available, and in-person voting begins this weekend.

This will be the first opportunity to vote for a City Council member from our new 5th District, encompassing the Hollywood Riviera and Southwood Riviera, instead of at-large. So your vote has even more weight — don’t hesitate!

The League of Women Voters has made available recordings of their recent forums where the candidates for local office were grilled on their positions. In the interest of informing you on the most local of these races, we pass along these links to view the recordings:

The Riviera Village Summer Festival is Coming Back!

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Thanks to your membership donations, The Riviera Homeowners Association was able to again, give $1,000 Scholarships to three deserving High School Seniors who live in our neighborhood.

This year the students were Matthew Long, Victoria Belveal, and Daniel Galeev, all attending South High. These exceptional students were chosen out of 23 applicants who applied this year. Please learn more about them on our Scholarship Page.

Do you like the work The Homeowners Association is doing for our community? Please consider renewing your membership or donating today so we may continue helping our neighborhood. For $25 a year you have an excellent resource for important information about what is happening and impacting our area. See how easy on the RHA Membership page where you can use PayPal for credit card payments or find our mail-in membership form.

Latest Winners for the Riviera Landscape Award

The decision has been made, and the winner is…..Check out our Riviera Landscapes to see the April award winner, and all the preceding winners as well.

We truly are lucky to live in our little enclave, The Hollywood Riviera. Won’t you consider helping us by adding a donation to your membership to The Riviera Homeowners Association so we can keep you informed of all things that concern our residents, support our schools, our students, and promote and preserve the Riviera?

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The candidate forum previously scheduled for the South High cafeteria will instead be held via Zoom, so you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home (or car). You will still have a chance to submit questions via chat, so sharpen up your typing skills. Here are the details for accessing the meeting:

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://bit.ly/3uhbtiQ

Webinar ID: 876 3090 4098
Passcode: 90505

Or One tap mobile : 
    US: +16699006833,,87630904098#,,,,*90505#  or +12532158782,,87630904098#,,,,*90505#

For a current list of qualified candidates running for Torrance office in the June 7 election, click here.

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Join our Zoom Meeting at 7:00pm by clicking this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83318615392?pwd=OHJPdnE5cGFVdDdFY3NLRGVhQkhKQT09
Meeting ID: 833 1861 5392
Passcode: 954783
One tap mobile: +16699009128,,83318615392#,,,,*954783# US (San Jose)

Our featured Guest on Wednesday January 26 is Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand, co-author of a voter initiative which would STOP SACRAMENTO from taking control of local zoning and overturn SB9 and SB10. In addition there will be announcements and time for questions and answers.

• Background article on the initiative to block the zoning bills
• Our Neighborhood Voices, with link to the initiative text

This meeting will be recorded and made available on this website after the meeting. Look for posted signs announcing the meeting and a mailed postcard in days to come.

Ashai Project to be Redesigned

The Ashai development project, a multi-use office building and condo project, is going back to the drawing board. The directors of Ashai Development Corporation, Billy and Arthur Ashai, have confirmed that they are going to lower the height and scale of the project, to make it more compatible with the neighborhood.  The project is located at the corner of Via Valmonte and Hawthorne, on the border of the Riviera and Walteria areas. 

The redesign is a result of public opposition to the original large, 3-story plan seen above.  Residents wrote emails, called in to the Planning Division, and about 80 residents showed up to a public meeting in October at the Torrance Airport meeting room to state their opposition to the project. Thank you to everyone who voiced their opinion.

Click here for documents related to the development at the Torrance Planning department

We’ll soon see what the new plans and the new silhouette look like. We’ll keep you posted!

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