This is the night Council adopts the budget. The FY 2026-27 proposed budget has been through two public hearings and 49 Budget Response ReportsBudget Response Reports — detailed staff analyses answering specific Council questions about the proposed budget. The 49 BRRs covered topics from police staffing to pickleball courts across three hearing sessions.. Tonight's continued hearing is the final stop before the Charter-mandated June 30 deadline. Also on the docket: a user fee overhaul, new Council rules of conduct, and a pair of Housing Authority public hearings.
Items to watch
FY 2026-27 Budget Adoption
The budget process started May 14 when staff published the proposed budget and the 2027-2031 Five-Year CIPCapital Improvement Program — the city's multi-year plan for infrastructure investments like road repaving, park improvements, and facility upgrades. Only the first year of the five-year plan is actually appropriated in each budget cycle.. Council held operating-budget hearings on June 2 and CIP-focused hearings on June 9, receiving all 49 Budget Response Reports across those sessions.
Tonight Council will incorporate adjustments from BRR #1 (corrections to the proposed budget document) into the final adoption motion. The proposed CIP for FY 2026-27 is $130.3 million in new appropriations — of which $92.9 million is for new Police and Fire Department facilities funded by Measure FPMeasure FP — a bond measure approved by Redondo Beach voters to fund new public safety facilities, including a new police headquarters and fire stations.. Combined with $69.1 million in carryover funding for 79 existing projects, the total CIP budget is approximately $199.4 million across 89 projects.
Staff is also asking Council to direct implementation of revenue-related changes in the adopted budget, including updated fee rates and a return to Council in July with an ordinance for revised parking meter rates.
Why it mattersThe City Charter requires budget adoption by June 30. This is the third and final hearing — Council will reconvene the public hearing, close testimony, and vote on Resolution CC-2606-043 to adopt the annual budget. Every dollar the city spends next year flows from this vote.
User Fee Amendments — Community Development and Community Services
Community Development: A comprehensive fee study by Revenue & Cost Specialists found that CDD's existing fees recover only about 75% of actual service costs. The biggest structural change: moving building permits from a valuation-based model to a square-footage-based model, consistent with Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Rancho Palos Verdes.
After Council pushed back at the March 17 review, staff reduced several proposed fees: appeal fees dropped from $2,810 to $600 (from $500 today), CUPs, variances, and live entertainment permits were cut 50% from the study's recommendation, and the largest building permit increases (commercial tenant improvements and single-family additions) were cut 40%. Even so, a commercial TI permit jumps from $6,780 to $10,350 and a single-family addition from $5,690 to $10,960. Estimated revenue: $1.1 million annually.
Community Services: Six new or adjusted fees. The headline is a new Special Event Street Use Fee at $8,000 per mile per day — think BeachLife Festival and similar large-scale events that close public roads. Currently the city recovers operational costs (police, public works) but charges nothing for the road space itself. Also: higher affordable housing monitoring fees, a new Dominguez Park picnic shelter rental ($125), a Hopkins Wilderness Park whole-park event fee ($1,500), and a new Veteran's Park use fee.
Parking meters: Not part of this resolution, but staff is flagging that if Council approves Decision Package #2 through the budget, meter rates will increase to $2.25/hour citywide. That change requires an ordinance, returning in July.
Why it mattersThis is a separate public hearing tied to the budget. The proposed fee changes generate roughly $1.2 million in new annual revenue — money already baked into the FY 2026-27 budget projections. If Council rejects any of these fees, the budget math changes.
Revised Council Rules of Conduct and Decorum
The proposed comprehensive overhaul replaces the April 2022 rules with a consolidated framework covering meeting conduct, public comment, commissioner roles, quasi-judicial procedures, motions, decorum, and remote participation. Staff has also prepared a new disruption script — a formal protocol for when meetings are interrupted — and updated agenda templates.
A key driver is SB 707Senate Bill 707 (2025) — a new California state law requiring cities with populations over 30,000 to adopt written policies for handling teleconference disruptions, provide two-way audiovisual and telephone access for public meetings, and include real-time captioning for hybrid meetings. Compliance deadline: July 1, 2026. compliance. Cities with populations over 30,000 must adopt a written teleconference disruption policy by July 1, 2026. The proposed rules include provisions for a one-hour recess if audiovisual or phone service fails, a roll-call vote on whether to resume, and real-time captioning during hybrid meetings.
Both clean and redlined versions of the rules are in the packet, along with a presentation deck that traces the process since September 2025. Staff recommends Council review and provide direction before formal adoption.
Why it mattersThis item reshapes how Council meetings themselves work — from public comment procedures to what happens when someone disrupts the meeting. It also moves Closed Session from 4:30 to 4:00 p.m. and updates the agenda template. This has been in the works since 2023 strategic planning sessions.
Housing Authority Special Meeting — Section 8 Admin Plan and Five-Year Plan Amendments
Two public hearings within the Housing Authority meeting. The first adopts a revised Administrative Plan (Resolution HA-2026-04) that creates an annual application window and a 12-month waiting list cycle. Instead of an open-ended queue, the list will expire and re-establish each year. The Board directed this change in December 2025; the Resident Advisory Board reviewed it May 19 and had no comments.
The second hearing (Resolution HA-2026-05) approves the corresponding amendment to the Five-Year PHA Plan for 2025-2029, plus a technical correction — a January 2026 resolution mistakenly referenced the wrong plan period (2026-2030 instead of 2025-2029).
Why it mattersCouncil sits as the Housing Authority Board during this recess. The changes affect how the Section 8 waiting list works — shifting to an annual cycle where the list expires and resets every 12 months instead of accumulating indefinitely.
Consent Calendar — $7.9M in contracts and appropriations
Fourteen items on consentA batch of routine items voted on together in one motion. Any Council member or member of the public can pull an item for separate discussion., including payroll demands of roughly $4.8 million. The notable policy items:
H.7 — Fulton Playfield Infiltration Project ($5.2M): Resolution CC-2606-041 awards a public works contract to Griffith Company for the Fulton Playfield Multi-Benefit Infiltration Project (Job No. 60280). This is a stormwater capture project that doubles as park improvement — the kind of grant-funded infrastructure work that typically passes on consent.
H.8 — FY 2026-27 Appropriations Limit: Resolution CC-2606-042 adopts the annual Gann LimitThe Gann Limit — Article XIII B of the California Constitution caps how much revenue cities can collect and spend from tax proceeds. The limit is adjusted annually for population change and inflation. If a city exceeds the limit, it must return excess tax revenue to taxpayers. for FY 2026-27 — a state-mandated ceiling on how much the city can appropriate from tax proceeds.
H.10 and H.11 — Homeless shelter funding: Two related items. H.10 approves up to $145,928 for the Pallet Shelter through September 30, 2026 — bridging the gap we noted in the June 2 recap. H.11 leases 18 single-room occupancy units in Wilmington for up to $229,051 as bridge housing through June 2027, operated by Swami International for people experiencing homelessness in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach.
H.12 — General Plan Update consultant extension ($48K): An eighth amendment to the PlaceWorks agreement, bringing the not-to-exceed total to $2.5 million and extending the term through December 2026. The General Plan Update is the foundational document for all land-use policy — extensions and cost overruns are worth tracking.
H.14 — Crown Castle wireless at the Pier: A revenue-sharing license agreement with Crown Castle Fiber LLC for wireless telecommunications infrastructure at the Pier and International Boardwalk. Revenue terms will be in the agreement details; the city earns a share of wireless lease income.
Closed Session
Three items, all in pre-meeting Closed Session (now at 4:00 p.m. if the new rules are adopted first, otherwise 4:30 p.m.):
Mehta Mechanical v. City of Redondo Beach (Case 25TRCV00677) — existing litigation. David Conroy v. City of Redondo Beach, County of LA, and City of LA (Case 26TRCV01630) — new litigation item, multi-jurisdictional. And a recurring anticipated-litigation item tied to a September 2018 letter from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — this has appeared on multiple agendas.
Other items
D.1 — Juneteenth Proclamation: Mayor Light will proclaim June 19, 2026 as Juneteenth in Redondo Beach — recognizing the federal holiday three days before it.
H.5 — Pallet Shelter county agreement extension: A second amendment to the LA County agreement for the expanded Pallet Shelter, extending the term through June 30, 2027. This is the county-side framework; the city funding is in H.10.
H.6 — Mark43 police systems ($237K): A sixth amendment extending the Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System contract through June 2027.
H.9 — Strategic Plan monthly update: Receive and file the monthly update to the Strategic Plan objectives adopted May 5, 2026.
H.13 — King Harbor Water Polo: A license agreement with Game On Live Studio for a water polo program at King Harbor through October 2026.