The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo
Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 109, No. 17 - April 23, 2020
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This Issue
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Professionals.......................7
Classifieds............................6
Crossword/Sudoku.............6
Entertainment......................2
Legals....................................6
Letters...................................2
Obituaries.............................4
Police Reports.....................4
Real Estate........................5,8
Sports....................................3
Weekend
Forecast
See City Council, page 7
Community Counts
Bill Bue’s 90th Birthday
Former Mayor, Bill Bue had a 90th
birthday celebration and members of the
El Segundo community drove by to wish
A very happy Bill and Jeanie Bue wave to the well wishers.
him a Big Happy Birthday.
– El Segundo Chamber of Commerce
See Community Counts, page 4
Friday
Sunny
83˚/65˚
Saturday
Sunny
82˚/63˚
Sunday
Partly
Cloudy
75˚/62˚
Good Stuff Gives Support to
El Segundo Police Department
Thank you Good Stuff Restaurant for providing lunch for El Segundo Police Department. As a community, the residents of El Segundo, have come together to support the police, fire and medical staff.
Photo El Segundo Police Department.
Restart Hit for Airbnbs, Budget
By Rob McCarthy
The burning question of whether El Segundo
should regulate overnight guests in private
homes - popularly known as Airbnbs - won’t
be decided before June. The City Council met
Tuesday for the second time in a week and
agreed to push off the next public hearing
to June 2. The city’s staff requested more
time to revise the proposed zoning ordinance,
which lays down rules for homeowners to
follow and penalties.
Four council members will pick up where
they left off on February 3, when the proposal
was up for a second reading. Mayor Drew
Boyles, along with Councilwoman Carol
Pirsztuk and Councilmen Scot Nicol and
Chris Pimentel, appeared close to voting on
an 18-month proposal to license neighborhood
bed-and-breakfast businesses and charge
operators a permit fee. The temporary change
to the city’s zoning law would have required
homeowners to carry $1 million in liability
insurance. The last draft of the ordinance,
which is now being revised, also said hosts
could rent two rooms per night. Occupancy
was limited to two adults per room and 12
people on the property, including the back
yard, if guests came to town to see relatives
and friends.
The new draft of the short-term rental
ordinance will go through a first reading on
June 2, at which time the council could ask
for more changes or approve the document
and set up a final vote at their next meeting
in June. Councilman Lance Giroux, who
began his term last week, will consider the
zoning issue for the first time on June 2.
The City Council again held a virtual
meeting with the five members, not physically
in the council chambers. Attendance
by Zoom video technology is allowed under
the statewide emergency order for the coronavirus.
The meeting opened with the usual
Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation. The
council members and staff stood and were
instructed to face any flag in the room where
they chose to quarantine. The second virtual
meeting went off smoothly and lasted just
25 minutes. Fire Chief Bill Donovan said
that the city this week started monitoring the
health of residents of the Park Vista senior
community. Seniors and anyone with existing
health problems or immune deficiencies are
considered at the highest risk of infection
from the COVID-19 pandemic. The city
has contracted with a health-care agency for
on-site health screenings three days a week
at the senior affordable-housing property. A
nurse will report to Park Vista on Mondays,
Wednesday and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.