Riviera Homeowners Association

What could be easier?!

Please join with friends and neighbors for a delicious fundraiser on Wed. Oct. 18 all day (11:00am – 9:30pm) at the Riviera Mexican Grill, 1615 South PCH, Redondo Beach. The RHA will get 15% of the cost of the food, if you show the flyer below. 

The food is reliably great, the margaritas are legendary, and we know the company you’ll find there will be wonderful and fun, so support your RHA with una buena comida!

It’s Touch and Go on Touch and Goes – Weigh in Tuesday!

The Torrance City Council is once again deciding what to do about Torrance Airport “touch and go” training flights at the next City Council Meeting – Tuesday Oct 17, beginning at 6:30pm.

Council will vote on whether to accept the reconsideration of the vote on touch and goes, which would allow councilmember Asam Sheikh to change his vote to “no touch and goes.” This would make a majority vote opposed to touch and go training flights.

This important discussion is scheduled to be the last item on the City Council agenda (Item 9-G)! So you may come in late (sometime after 8:00pm) to the meeting and still hear the discussion live and have a chance to speak for one minute.

They don’t want us to show up and tell them that we are opposed to touch and goes – and that by placing this item at the end of the meeting; by having multiple meetings but not taking action; by making residents wait 3 years from the time the noise monitors were discontinued – they are trying to discourage the 145,000 residents of Torrance from demanding that they end all touch and goes.

You may also watch the meeting live on the internet, on Spectrum Channel 3 and on Frontier Channel 31.

Send your concerns to:
CityCouncil@TorranceCA.gov
AChaparyan@TorranceCA.gov

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Two meetings, both important to Riviera, Seaside, and other South Bay residents will happen in the next two weeks:

Touch and Go No Mo’?

Tuesday Sept 12  The Torrance City Council will reconsider the last vote on touch and go training at Torrance Airport.  The last time the City Council voted on the issue, it failed.   One of the council members who voted in favor of touch and goes has changed his opinion!  We would like to see them finally decide this issue on Sept. 12, but the City wants to wait. City Council meetings start at 7:00.

Write to CityCouncil@TorranceCA.gov to send an email to all council members and the mayor, to say the council must be allowed to reconsider the vote on touch and goes.  The noise and flights are worse, not better, since they ratified the Letter of Agreement.

General Meeting September 19 – open to all residents

Tuesday Sept 19  – The Riviera Homeowners and the Seaside Neighborhood Associations will have a joint meeting at the Riviera United Methodist Church, 375 Palos Verdes Blvd!  There will be two presentations:

• “Home Insurance Woes—what you should know”  There will be two Farmer’s Insurance agents and an insurance broker (who can compare and discuss all agencies and policies). They will suggest how to get and stay insured. 
• “Get off the Gas Stove—easy alternatives” The next presentation features a live demonstration of induction cooking by Doug MacMillan. He will cook (very quickly!) using electricity and induction cookware. Doug has some induction pans to loan out to interested residents!                

The General meeting will start at 7:00. Refreshments served.

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National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. 

The Torrance Police Department and our neighboring Seaside Neighborhood Association invite all Torrance District 5 residents to National Night Out, a community building event held by police departments across the nation.

Millions of neighbors take part in National Night Out across thousands of communities from all fifty states, U.S. territories and military bases worldwide on the first Tuesday in August. Enjoy the full moon and getting together with neighbors!

City Council Listens to Constituents – Initiates Progress on Aircraft Issues at Torrance Airport

On Tuesday, July 25, after hearing testimony during council and reading 450 pages of letters and supplemental materials, the Torrance City Council agreed to resident demands for the airport:

• They will implement landing fees for transient flights and for flight schools
• They will study the noise monitor situation and add noise monitors, as many as are needed
• Leaded fuel will be phased out in favor of unleaded. The goal is to have this within 1 year.
• There are 2 too many flight schools according to the Airport Manual, so the latest 2 schools will not have their permit or business license renewed. No new schools will be added in the future without council approval.
• Councilman Griffiths asked that the Torrance Municipal Code 51,2,3 e) be enforced, which means NO PLANES MAY TURN INTO THE RIVIERA AREA.
• Training flights will be restricted to 10 AM – 6PM Mon.-Fri. , NO TRAINING ON THE WEEKENDS OR HOLIDAYS. The frequency of training flights will be 4 flights every 2 hours maximum.
• The control tower and FAA will be asked to work with the city of Torrance when giving direction to pilots

This is a great result and thanks to all of you who wrote letters, put up lawn signs, and attended the July 25 meeting.   We all owe Richard Root a special thanks for working on this issue for over a decade, and to the Coalition for Torrance Airport Reform (COTAR) board: Chuck Costello, Dan Will and Richard Root.  It was an honor to work with this group, and this success is due  to their  efforts .  Thank you, COTAR for pushing this over the finish line!!!

For more background on the issue, see COTAR’s website and our Torrance Airport Issues page.

Be in Tune with Torrance

There are a number of regular newsletters available to Torrance residents for learning what’s going on directly from city leadership. See what’s available here.

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Suggestions for reducing airport noise and training flights will be thoroughly discussed during the Tuesday, July 25 City Council meeting, beginning at 6:30 PM.  

COTAR (Coalition for Torrance Airport Reform) and Homeowners groups urge a huge turnout by affected residents. The groups and residents support the City’s suggestions to charge landing fees, to enact a moratorium on more flight schools, and eliminate training flights in both north and south patterns.  

Additionally, we propose that the Council defer action on the City’s Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the flight schools, because it is voluntary.

We suggest specific additional steps to restore balance between the airport and the community.

Please attend this very important meeting to urge City to stop unlicensed pilots from flying over our homes and schools.  It is noisy, dangerous, and polluting. Thank you!!

Click here to see the complete letter from COTAR.

Did You Hear the Siren Sound?

On Thursday, July 6^th at 10:00 am, the City of Torrance tested the recently upgraded outdoor sirens located throughout the City. 

The Torrance Neighborhood Outdoor Warning Sirens (Torrance NOW) include a chime and text to voice announcement.  “This is a test, only a test…”
TorranceNOW includes eight sirens strategically located in the City at 6 fire stations, including station 4 in the Hollywood Riviera, Southeast Library, and one at the corner of Lomita Boulevard and Madison Street.

From the City of Torrance:
We would like to know where you were around that time and if you could hear the test. Please take this survey describing what you heard. We will use this survey to better understand the reach of these sirens.

TorranceNOW Sirens are part of the overall Torrance Community Warning System, which includes Torrance Alerts, Torrance Refining Company Siren, Crenshaw/Del Amo Barrier System, CitiSOUNDS radio, CitiCABLE, Emergency Alert System, and the recently tested Beach Emergency Evacuation Lights System (BEELS). 

These sirens are designed for early warning to the community in the event there is a significant emergency requiring a call-to-action.

 These new sirens are different from the one located and operated by the Torrance Refining Company.  The TRC siren is tested the first Wednesday of every month.

For more information about sirens go to www.TorranceCA.Gov/TorranceNOW or see below.

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Once again, festivities reign at the Riviera Village, where the streets will be closed off for the annual FREE 3 day street festival featuring arts and crafts booths, an ocean view beer and wine garden with live entertainment throughout the day, international food trucks, and carnival rides for the kids (young and old).

The fun, food, and frolicking will be found along Catalina Avenue, Avenue I, Avenida del Norte, Vista del Mar. Hours are:

• Friday, June 23, 2023: 4pm-9pm
• Saturday, June 24, 2023: 10am-8pm
• Sunday, June 25, 2023: 10am-7pm

For more details, including the live music lineup, please visit the Summer Festival page.

If you’re looking for a new furry family member, stop by the patio in front of Toni and Zouhair salon from 9 am to 3:30 pm on Saturday to meet the team of the LA-based nonprofit animal rescue, HIT Living Foundation. They will be showcasing some of their adorable adoptable animals ready to find their forever homes. Don’t miss this opportunity to support a great cause and possibly add a furry friend to your family!

Fundraising for voices raised over state and local development policies

Interested in learning more, or helping out, with the effort to roll back state efforts to override local control? Attend this fundraiser in Palos Verdes on June 24 starting at 1:30PM. (Because this event will be held at a private residence, the address will be sent along with your tickets shortly after you register.)

For more information, visit OurNeighborhoodVoices.com

They’re off and running!

Our 2023 RHA Scholarship winners are now graduates and heading for great things. In case you missed it in our last newsletter, meet our superb students and future leaders at our RHA Scholarship page. They join a long line of Riviera students who earned scholarships thanks to the contributions of Riviera residents to the RHA.

Our June landscape award, thanks to…June!

See our RHA Landscape page for the wonderful designs and plantings by our most dedicated neighbors, including the latest yardscape at the corner of Calle Miramar and Via los Miradores. This drought tolerant wonder was designed for the owners by Riviera resident June Okamoto (pictured).

Up to date on your dues?

Use the form above, or visit our RHA Membership page on the web to check your dues status or pay your dues by Paypal or credit card. Dues are voluntary but we count on them to keep the Riviera informed and engaged through our newsletters, website and general meetings, as well as to continue to support our students with college scholarships, and other grants.

Check out our new Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/rivierahomeownersassociation/

A Delicias afternoon

The neighbors of the Lower Riviera had a long-awaited block party on Paseo de las Delicias on Saturday, June 17. About 100 neighbors and friends gathered to share lunch and enjoy the closed street.

“We have been talking about doing this for years, and had a great time. It was great to get to know some of the new neighbors who moved in during COVID, and see people connect. We hope to do something similar again soon, like an ice cream social or happy hour. We are already planning for another block party next year” said Steve Gerhardt, one of the event organizers.

Why not try it on your block?

Here are a few photos from the afternoon.

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