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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See information on BOTH meetings below:

“Homelessness in Torrance—What is being done?”

Valerie Hernandez, Social Worker with Harbor Interfaith of San Pedro, and Viet Hoang, Deputy City Manager of Torrance, will discuss the City’s Homeless Program, the County’s yearly Homeless Count, and the programs that help people go from the street to home.

Deputy City Manager Viet Hoang directs and helped to create the City’s Tiny Homes Village behind City Hall. Viet also oversees the Torrance portion of the County Homeless Count.  Valerie Hernandez is a social worker with Harbor Interfaith Services which is contracted with the City of Torrance to work with the City’s homeless.

Mark your calendar to meet with us on ZOOM Thursday. May 18 at 7:00 PM to hear both of these local experts discuss what leads people and families to become unhoused and what is necessary to help them back into stability and homes.      

Please use this link to attend this virtual RHA meeting:

• Meeting ID: 872 1165 3919
  Passcode: 791345
• One tap mobile
  +16699006833,,87211653919#,,,,*791345# US (San Jose)

You can watch this video to learn some of what Torrance is doing to address homelessness in the City.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES:

Please use ourneighborhoodvoices.com for more information.

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“Homelessness in Torrance—What is being done?”

Valerie Hernandez, Social Worker with Harbor Interfaith of San Pedro, and Viet Hoang, Deputy City Manager of Torrance, will discuss the City’s Homeless Program, the County’s yearly Homeless Count, and the programs that help people go from the street to home.

Deputy City Manager Viet Hoang directs and helped to create the City’s Tiny Homes Village behind City Hall. Viet also oversees the Torrance portion of the County Homeless Count.  Valerie Hernandez is a social worker with Harbor Interfaith Services which is contracted with the City of Torrance to work with the City’s homeless.

Mark your calendar to meet with us on ZOOM Thursday. May 18 at 7:00 PM to hear both of these local experts discuss what leads people and families to become unhoused and what is necessary to help them back into stability and homes.      

Please use this link to attend this virtual RHA meeting:

• Meeting ID: 872 1165 3919
  Passcode: 791345
• One tap mobile
  +16699006833,,87211653919#,,,,*791345# US (San Jose)

You can watch this video to learn some of what Torrance is doing to address homelessness in the City.

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Again, we would like to urge you all to attend the second Transportation Committee meeting regarding the Airport Traffic Wednesday. At the first meeting in December, the pilots vastly outnumbered the residents. We need to show ourselves if we have any hope of a successful outcome.

If you want to speak, you will have one minute, but just showing up and supporting our community is vital and will be appreciated. Let’s pull together as a community. You will not regret the time spent on this important issue!

Please attend and WEAR RED to show support. See the details in our last post for where and when.

Thank you!

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After four months of waiting, we will hear from the Transportation Committee at its next meeting and hearing on Wednesday, April 12 at 6:00 (NOT 7:00) in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 3031 Torrance Blvd.

Because this conflicts with our scheduled RHA meeting on homelessness,  we are postponing our April 12 meeting.  We will reschedule it as soon as the speakers are available, probably in May. We will keep you posted.

Why is the Airport Committee meeting so important?  

Two reasons:  the first is, we will finally learn what their recommendations to City Council will be regarding Airport Noise, Enforcement, and limiting the number of flight schools.

If you have seen the article in the “Daily Breeze” on March 12, or the promo on television, you know that Sling Pilot Academy is planning to add flights here.  They acquired $500,000 in Federal funds to offer scholarships to potential pilots.  Sling is now actively recruiting new pilots and have plans to greatly expand their Torrance program.  They want more planes, more flights, more noise….

The second reason to attend the meeting is to state your opinion about the City of Torrance deciding NOT to be a signatory on the Letter of Agreement (LOA).  Only the flight schools and the FAA will sign these voluntary measures.  The City owns the airport, and manages it according to the Municipal Code.  If they don’t sign the LOA, will they still enforce the Code?  The Letter of Agreement is voluntary, so how will it be enforced?  This is all very vague. We want laws, not promises.

We need to go to the meeting, write letters and consider next steps.  The City Staff and Community Development appear deaf to residents’ concerns.  We want the Transportation Committee OR residents to propose a stronger proposition than a voluntary Letter of Agreement.

Please come to City Hall on April 12.  You will only have one minute to speak, but you can write as long a letter as you want—we should all do both!  Write to CityCouncil@TorranceCA.gov

•                             MRamirez@TorranceCA.gov  (Community Development/Noise Abatement Director
•                              OMartinez@TorranceCA.gov (Assistant CDD Director)
•                              AChaparyan@TorranceCA.gov (City Manager)
•                              DSantantana@TorranceCA.gov (Asst. Manager)
•                              RHerrera@TorranceCA.gov (Airport Operations)
•                              SMegerdichian@TorranceCA.gov General Services Mgr     
•                              GPinela@TorranceCA.gov (Airport Services)

Send emails by Thursday, April 6 to be sure it makes the April 7 deadline

We believe the City Council will take the most reasonable approach, so we want them to hear from our side. 

Thank you so much and good luck to all of us!

Judy Brunetti, President Riviera Homeowners Association

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