Retrospective: Hermosa reprices City Hall — first fee overhaul since 2016

The one thing. Hermosa repriced City Hall. On April 28 the council approved the city's first citywide fee update since 2016 — a 4-1 vote, phased in over two years — closing what staff sized at roughly $1 million a year in hidden General Fund subsidy from under-priced permits. After pushback from business owners, nearly 20 of the touchiest items were pulled for another look May 12. Easy Reader →

The market. The spring rate dip officially ended: the 30-year fixed rose to 6.30% the week of April 30, up from 6.23% — the first climb after three straight weekly declines (Freddie Mac). PMMS →

Schools. The MBUSD superintendent handoff reached the paperwork stage: Dr. Kimberlie Linz's contract was scheduled for a board vote April 29, the last step before she starts July 1 — and inherits a budget year with more than 58 authorized pink slips. Easy Reader →

At City Hall. Manhattan Beach took stock: the State of the City session ran April 30, and all 93 minutes, agenda attached, sit in the council video archive — the calm preamble to a budget season that got loud the following week. Archive →

The pulse. Tickets for the 32nd Manhattan Wine Auction — MBEF's June 6 fundraiser at Manhattan Country Club, which sells out every year — went on sale May 1 at 6 a.m. at manhattanwineauction.com. And five quietly influential locals joined the Hermosa Surfer Walk of Fame, credited by Mayor Detoy with making local waves a "proving ground" for surfing. Easy Reader →

Next → the pier gets a deadline, and MBEF writes the biggest check in its history.

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