:Redondo Beach, California

File:Manuel Domínguez of California.jpg, a signer of the Californian Constitution and owner of Rancho San Pedro, which included all of modern-day Redondo.]]

File:View of Redondo Beach Pier and railroad station from the Redondo Hotel, whose garden is also seen, ca.1900 (CHS-1371).jpg

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The South Bay area was originally inhabited by the Tongva tribe of Native Americans. Archeological work in the nearby Chowigna excavation show evidence of inhabitants as far back as 7,100 years ago. The Chowigna band of Tongva used the site of today's Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach, (formerly Nike missile site LA-57 from 1956 to 1963,) as a lookout place.{{Cite news

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The wetlands located at the site of the retired AES power plant in Redondo Beach were a source of foods including halibut, lobster, and sea bass, and also of salt.{{Cite news

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|title = "Heart Park" Restoring Redondo Beach

|work = The Foggy View, Supplement to the March 2005 Southern Sierran, Sierra Club Palos Verdes - South Bay Group / Angeles Chapter

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The Tongva village of Ongovanga or Onoova-nga,{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Sean |last2=Curwen |first2=Thomas |date=2019-05-09 |title=Mapping the Tongva villages of L.A.'s past |url=https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-tongva-map/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.latimes.com |language=en}} meaning "Place of Salt," was located near a salt lake the old Redondo Salt Lake,{{Cite web |title=AES Power Plant Informational Brief |url=http://aesredondomustgo.blog.com/files/2011/05/BBR_Presentation_AES-Brief_6-July-Rev-2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126141437/http://aesredondomustgo.blog.com/files/2011/05/BBR_Presentation_AES-Brief_6-July-Rev-2.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2013 |access-date=September 27, 2024}} "a spring-fed salt lake about {{Convert|200|yd|disp=sqbr}} wide and {{Convert|600|yd|disp=sqbr}} long situated about 200 yards from the ocean".{{Cite news |date=May 20, 2010 |title=SOUTH BAY HISTORY: Redondo Beach's salt lake |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15119648 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233122/http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15119648 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |work=San Jose Mercury News}} Up through the 1700s, the Chowigna bartered salt from the lake with other tribes.{{Cite web |title=AES Power Plant and Power Lines |url=https://www.southbayparks.org/aes-power-plant-and-power-lines |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=South Bay Park Land Conservancy}}

The Chowigna were relocated to missions in 1854, when Manuel Dominguez sold {{convert|215|acre|ha}} of Rancho San Pedro, including the lake, to Henry Allanson and William Johnson for the Pacific Salt Works.{{cite web

|title = AES Power Plant Informational Brief

|work = Building a Better Redondo

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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.redondo.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=24772|website=redondo.org|title=Welcome to the Redondo Beach Historical Museum: A self-guided tour|access-date=August 22, 2017}}

File:Exterior view of the bathhouse at Redondo Beach, ca.1910 (CHS-5581).jpg,{{cite news |title=Swimming Pools at the Beach? When L.A. Took the Plunge |url=https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/swimming-pools-at-the-beach-when-l-a-took-the-plunge |work=PBS SoCal |date=July 18, 2013 |language=en}} {{Circa|1910|lk=no}}]]

In 1983, the city of Redondo Beach adopted a resolution “recognizing the Goodyear Airship Columbia (aka Goodyear blimp) as the “Official Bird of Redondo Beach.”WTF Fun Fact 13163 - The Goodyear Blimp Redondo Beach Connection https://wtffunfact.com/wtf-fun-fact-13163-the-goodyear-blimp-redondo-beach-connection/

In 2022, the Redondo Beach government (along with the governments of Torrance, Carson, and Whittier) sued the California state government, seeking to block the California HOME Act (SB 9), which permits the construction of duplexes and fourplexes on lots.{{Cite web |last=Service |first=City News |date=April 1, 2022 |title=4 Cities Sue to Stop New California Law Permitting More Homes in Single-Family Neighborhoods |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2022/03/31/4-cities-sue-to-stop-new-california-law-permitting-more-homes-in-single-family-neighborhoods/ |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US| quote=Four Southern California cities, led by wealthy Redondo Beach, }} Redondo Beach mayor Bill Brand has argued that there is no housing crisis in Redondo Beach.

In 2023, Redondo Beach sued to prevent the transformation of the lot of an aging waterfront power plant into a village-style complex of 2,700 residential units (including 540 affordable units) and commercial space.{{Cite news |last=Bach |first=Trevor |date=August 9, 2023 |title=YIMBY Law Files Builder's Remedy Suit Against Redondo Beach |url=https://therealdeal.com/la/2023/08/09/yimby-law-files-builders-remedy-suit-against-redondo-beach/ |access-date=September 2, 2023 |work=The Real Deal |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Bach |first=Trevor |date=May 12, 2023 |title=Redondo Beach Again Denies Builder's Remedy Project |url=https://therealdeal.com/la/2023/05/12/redondo-beach-again-denies-pustilnikovs-power-plant-project/ |access-date=September 2, 2023 |work=The Real Deal |language=en}} Bill Brand became mayor of Redondo Beach after spearheading the effort to block housing on the lot. The city's residents and political leaders have long advocated to retire the plant and allow it to be restored to its natural wetland state.{{Cite web |last=AES Dune & Wetland Restoration|first=South Bay Park Land Conservancy |date=2023 |url=https://www.southbayparks.org/aes-power-plant-and-power-lines |title=South Bay Park Land Conservancy, AES Dune & Wetland Restoration |language=en-US}}{{Cite news

|last = Brand

|first = Bill

|title = "Heart Park" Restoring Redondo Beach

|work = The Foggy View, Supplement to the March 2005 Southern Sierran, Sierra Club Palos Verdes - South Bay Group / Angeles Chapter

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}}{{r|LAT_2022-11-14}} The city has also participated in legal proceedings to preserve its ability to participate in residential zoning decisions, including the discretion to regulate single-family homes from being transformed by for-profit developers into “six-on-a-lots.”{{Cite news |date=November 14, 2022 |title=Crude emails reveal nasty side of a California beach city's crusade to halt growth |url=https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2022-11-14/crude-emails-reveal-nasty-side-of-a-california-beach-city-crusade-to-halt-growth |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US | quote=more than half of Redondo Beach’s residents are white, nearly double the rate of the L.A. area, per U.S. census data.}}{{Cite news |last=Cody |first=Kevin |date=April 22, 2021 |title=Redondo acts to stop State from allowing "single-family home lot becoming six on a lot" |language=en-US |work=Easy Reader News |url=https://easyreadernews.com/redondo-acts-to-stop-state-from-allowing-single-family-home-lot-becoming-six-on-a-lot/}}

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|6.2|mi2|km2}}, over 99% of it land.

Redondo Beach was originally part of the 1784 Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant of the {{convert|43000|acre|km2|adj=on}} Dominguez Rancho that later became the ten-mile (16 km) ocean frontage of Rancho Sausal Redondo.

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Redondo Beach has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csb) with mild winters and warm, almost rainless summers. The coldest months are December through March, and the warmest months are July through September. Redondo Beach has mild temperatures year round due to its coastal location.

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{{US Census population

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1860–1870{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1880-1890{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1900{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1910{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1920{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1930{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1940{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1950{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1960{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1970{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1980{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
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Redondo Beach first appeared as a city in the 1890 United States census as part of the now defunct Chataqua Township.

The city is affluent and predominantly white.{{Cite web |last=Service |first=City News |date=April 1, 2022 |title=4 Cities Sue to Stop New California Law Permitting More Homes in Single-Family Neighborhoods |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2022/03/31/4-cities-sue-to-stop-new-california-law-permitting-more-homes-in-single-family-neighborhoods/ |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US| quote=Four Southern California cities, led by wealthy Redondo Beach, }}{{r|:1}}

The 2020 census found that 57.0% of Redondo Beach’s residents are non-Hispanic white, similar to many of the coastal Los Angeles County communities (Malibu, Marina del Rey, Santa Monica, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes Estates) despite the greater Los Angeles area being only 23.0% non-Hispanic white.{{ r | LAT_2022-11-14 }}

Redondo Beach, like its neighboring beach towns, has become one of the most exclusionary cities in Los Angeles by limiting housing production, resulting in a median home costing $1.4 million, 60% higher than the regional average for Los Angeles.{{ cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2022-11-14/crude-emails-reveal-nasty-side-of-a-california-beach-city-crusade-to-halt-growth | title=Crude emails reveal nasty side of a California beach city's crusade to halt growth | last1=Dillon | first1=Liam | last2=Campa | first2=Andrew | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=November 14, 2022 | quote=Nevertheless, like its neighboring coastal communities, Redondo Beach has become one of the most exclusionary cities in Los Angeles, according to a recent study by the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute, which found that Redondo Beach has had limited housing production despite intense demand to live there. Redondo Beach’s median home value of $1.4 million is nearly 60% higher than L.A.’s regional average and 44% more than it was five years ago, according to real estate firm Zillow. And more than half of Redondo Beach’s residents are white, nearly double the rate of the L.A. area, per U.S. census data. }}

The 2010 United States census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0660018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032704/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0660018|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Redondo Beach city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}} reported that Redondo Beach had a population of 66,748. The population density was {{convert|10,751.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Redondo Beach was 49,805 (74.6%) White (65.2% Non-Hispanic White), 1,852 (2.8%) African American, 291 (0.4%) Native American, 8,004 (12.0%) Asian, 199 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 2,725 (4.1%) from other races, and 3,872 (5.8%) from two or more races. There were 10,142 residents of Hispanic or Latino ancestry, of any race (15.2%).

The Census reported that 66,317 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 367 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 64 (0.1%) were institutionalized.

There were 29,011 households, out of which 7,825 (27.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 12,507 (43.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,515 (8.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,207 (4.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,904 (6.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 179 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 9,252 households (31.9%) were made up of individuals, and 2,145 (7.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29. There were 16,229 families (55.9% of all households); the average family size was 2.94.

Redondo Beach had 12,887 people (19.3%) under the age of 18, 4,198 people (6.3%) aged 18 to 24, 23,149 people (34.7%) aged 25 to 44, 19,532 people (29.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,982 people (10.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.

There were 30,609 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,930.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}, of which 14,917 (51.4%) were owner-occupied, and 14,094 (48.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%. 36,796 people (55.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 29,521 people (44.2%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States census, Redondo Beach had a median household income of $99,496, with 5.4% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

File:Shoreline of Redondo Beach.jpg

As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}} of 2000, there were 63,261 people, 28,566 households, and 15,254 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|10,065.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 29,543 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,700.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 78.6% White, 9.1% Asian, 2.5% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 4.4% from other races, and 4.6, % from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 13.5% of the population.

There were 28,566 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.6% were non-families. 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the city, 18.8% of the population was under the age of 18; 6.1%, aged 18 to 24; 43.1%, aged 25 to 44; 23.6%, aged 45 to 64; and 8.5% aged 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.8 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $93,274, and the median income for a family was $108,753.[https://www.census.gov http://U.S. Census website.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml] factfinder.census.gov Males had a median income of $56,796 versus $45,204 for females. The per capita income for the city was $38,305. About 4.0% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

According to the city's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,{{cite web|url=https://www.redondo.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=39015|title=City of Redondo Beach CAFR |date=June 30, 2020|access-date=March 14, 2021}} the top employers in the city are:

Redondo Beach's City Council elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of odd-numbered years after the City Attorney notified California's Secretary of State of not moving both its City Council and Board of Education elections to a statewide primary or general election starting in 2018. The elections are all-mail instead of in-person.

The current mayor and council members are:{{cite web |publisher=City of Redondo Beach |title=Mayor and City Council |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/index.php |access-date=February 28, 2024 |website=redondo.org}}

• Mayor: James "Jim" Light{{Cite web |title=Mayor - Jim Light |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/mayor.php |access-date=February 28, 2024 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}
• Council Members:
• District 1: Brad Waller{{Cite web |title=District 1 - Brad Waller |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_1.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}
• District 2: Chadwick Castle,{{Cite web |title=District 2 - Chadwick Castle |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_2.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}
• District 3: Paige Kaluderovic,{{Cite web |title=District 3 - Paige Kaluderovic |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_3.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}
• District 4: Zein Obagi Jr.{{Cite web |title=District 4 - Zein Obagi Jr. |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_4.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}},
• District 5: Scott Behrendt{{Cite web |title=District 5 - Scott Behrendt |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_5.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}.{{cite web | url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/03/16/election-results-paige-kaluderovic-will-be-redondos-next-district-3-councilmember/ | title=Election results: Paige Kaluderovic will be Redondo's next District 3 councilmember | date=March 16, 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2025/03/13/redondo-beach-election-heres-who-won-the-races-for-districts-1-2-and-4/ | title=Redondo Beach election: Here’s who won the races for Districts 1, 2 and 4 | date=March 13, 2025 }}

The City of Redondo Beach is a charter city.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cacities.org/Resources-Documents/Resources-Section/Charter-Cities/Charter_Cities-List |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216115656/http://www.cacities.org/Resources-Documents/Resources-Section/Charter-Cities/Charter_Cities-List |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |url-status=dead }} Almost two thirds of the residents in Los Angeles County, the majority in Southern California, and a plurality of Californians live in charter cities according to the 2010 US Census.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=Decennial Census by Decades|website=www.census.gov}} As a charter city, Redondo Beach can adopt amendments to its city charter.{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CONS&article=XI|title=Codes Display Text|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}}

In the California State Legislature, Redondo Beach is in {{Representative|casd|24|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|66|fmt=adistrict}}.{{cite web

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In the United States House of Representatives, Redondo Beach is in {{Representative|cacd|36|fmt=district}}.{{Cite GovTrack|CA|36}}

In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama won 59% of the vote and John McCain won 37% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/PDFS/STATEMENT_VOTES_CAST/11042008_COM.pdf|title=Vote Cast By Community and Council District|access-date=June 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708200726/http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/PDFS/STATEMENT_VOTES_CAST/11042008_COM.pdf|archive-date=July 8, 2012}}

The Redondo Beach Unified School District serves the city. Redondo Union High School is the zoned high school, with the adjoining campus of Patricia Dreizler Continuation High School located to the east of the Redondo Union High School main grounds serving as a continuation school. The Redondo Beach Learning Academy, a community day school houses 9th-12th graders, is located on the South Bay Adult School campus in Redondo Beach. Dreizler continues to be recognized as a California Model Continuation High School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr19/yr19rel16.asp|title=2019 Model Continuation High Schools Announced - Year 2019 (CA Dept of Education)|website=www.cde.ca.gov}} The Independent Study Program supports grades 9-12 and is housed on the Patricia Deizler campus.{{cite web|title=Patricia Dreizler Continuation High School - Home|url=http://rshs.rbusd.org/}}{{cite web|title=Patricia Dreizler Continuation High School - School Profiles|url=https://rshs.rbusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=922388&type=d&pREC_ID=1258884}}{{cite web|title=Patricia Dreizler Continuation High School - Independent Studies Program|url=https://rshs.rbusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=922388&type=d&pREC_ID=1258886}} Additionally, Redondo Beach has two middle schools, Adams Middle School and Parras Middle School. Adams Middle School, located in North Redondo Beach, primarily serves 6th to 8th grade students in the North Redondo area, with Parras Middle School being the designated middle school of South Redondo Beach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adamsmiddle.org/|title=Adams Middle School|website=www.adamsmiddle.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.parrasmiddle.org/|title=Parras Middle School|website=www.parrasmiddle.org}} The city also has eight established elementary schools: Alta Vista, Beryl Heights, Birney, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Tulita and Washington.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=858151&type=d&pREC_ID=1221443|title=School Directory – Our Schools – Redondo Beach Unified School District|website=www.rbusd.org}} All twelve schools are evenly divided throughout the North and South areas of Redondo Beach, with five elementary schools and one middle school located in North/Central Redondo Beach; and three elementary schools, one middle school, and the singular designated high school placed in South Redondo Beach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=858151&type=d&pREC_ID=1221439|title=School Boundary Maps – Our Schools – Redondo Beach Unified School District|website=www.rbusd.org}} The Redondo Beach Educational Foundation was founded in 1992 and revitalized in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.localistamagazine.com/redondo_beach/2014/09/29/redondo-beach-educational-foundation-is-making-an-impact/|title=Redondo Beach Educational Foundation is Making an Impact | The Redondo Beach Localista Magazine - Your guide to all things local.|website=www.localistamagazine.com}}

Residents of Redondo Beach were in South Bay Union High School District until 1993, when it dissolved.{{cite web|last=Kowsky|first=Kim|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-05-me-1433-story.html|title=School District Reorganizations Win Handily : The breakup of South Bay Union High School District is approved. But a proposition moving control of two schools from Los Angeles to Rancho Palos Verdes is blocked by a judge. |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 5, 1992|access-date=October 28, 2020}}

Valor Christian Academy (formerly Coast Christian School) is in Redondo Beach.

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The United States Postal Service operates the Redondo Beach Post Office at 1201 North Catalina Avenue,"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/redondo-beach-1201-n-catalina-ave-redondo-beach-ca-1379000 Post Office Location - REDONDO BEACH] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100725/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/redondo-beach-1201-n-catalina-ave-redondo-beach-ca-1379000 |date=2012-05-03 }}." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on December 6, 2008. the Redondo Beach Station #2 Post Office at 1715 Via El Prado,"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/redondo-beach-station-2-1715-via-el-prado-redondo-beach-ca-1440736 Post Office Location - REDONDO BEACH STATION #2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100802/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/redondo-beach-station-2-1715-via-el-prado-redondo-beach-ca-1440736 |date=2012-05-03 }}." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on December 6, 2008. the North Redondo Beach Post Office at 2215 Artesia Boulevard,"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/north-redondo-beach-2215-artesia-blvd-redondo-beach-ca-1375417 Post Office Location - NORTH REDONDO BEACH] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100809/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/north-redondo-beach-2215-artesia-blvd-redondo-beach-ca-1375417 |date=2012-05-03 }}." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on December 6, 2008. and the Galleria Post Office at Suite 377D at 1815 Hawthorne Boulevard."[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/galleria-1815-hawthorne-blvd-ste-377d-redondo-beach-ca-1382097 Post Office Location - GALLERIA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100814/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/galleria-1815-hawthorne-blvd-ste-377d-redondo-beach-ca-1382097 |date=2012-05-03 }}." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Torrance Health Center in Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, near Torrance and serving Redondo Beach."[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/torrance.pdf Torrance Health Center]." Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Retrieved on March 18, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201202645/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/torrance.pdf |date=February 1, 2015 }}

The Beach Cities Health District,{{cite web|url=http://bchd.org/|title=Beach Cities Health District|website=bchd.org|access-date=August 22, 2017}} one of 78 California Health Districts,List of California Health Districts is located in Redondo Beach. Created in 1955, as South Bay Hospital, to provide health and wellness services to the residents of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach. The district took on its current name in 1993. In 2002, Beach Cities Health District opened AdventurePlex,{{cite web|url=http://www.adventureplex.org/|title=Home|website=Adventure Plex|access-date=August 22, 2017}} a Manhattan Beach fitness facility for youth and their families of the three beach cities. AdventurePlex has mazes, tunnels, outdoor rock climbing walls, complex ropes courses, and an indoor gymnasium.

The Redondo Beach Police Department was established in the 1920s. The Police Department consists of 90 sworn members (officers) plus 57 non-sworn members.{{cite web|url=http://www.redondo.org/depts/police/station/department_history.asp|title=City of Redondo Beach - 404|website=redondo.org|access-date=August 22, 2017}}

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The first library in Redondo Beach began as a reading room in 1895. The first five-member Library Commission for the city was formed in November 1908. The library moved into the then City Hall's west wing in 1909 and eventually filled the entire west wing at 301 Emerald Street. In 1928 the Chamber of Commerce recommended a new library be built on the site previously occupied by the Hotel Redondo in what is now Veterans Park. The Veterans Park Library is a Spanish/Dutch colonial building designed by architect Lovel Bearse Pemberton and opened on July 2, 1930. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. After serving as the Main Library for the city for 60 years, a site adjacent to City Hall was identified for a new, modern Main Library building. The new Main Library for the City of Redondo Beach opened on July 8, 1995, at 303 N. Pacific Coast Highway. A North Branch Library was also established in 1930 and started at the Grant Community Hall, it then moved to its current location at 2000 Artesia Boulevard in 1949. A new North Branch Library was constructed on the site in 2009 and opened its doors on September 28, 2010. The North Branch Library is the first City owned Green building and received Gold LEED certification.[http://www.redondo.org/depts/library/history.asp The Redondo Beach Public Library, City of Redondo Beach Library], accessed March 28, 2015.

Redondo Beach is served by Beach Cities Transit and the Redondo Beach K Line station.

Historically, the city was served by the Santa Fe Railroad and Pacific Electric's Venice-Playa del Rey and Redondo Beach via Gardena lines.{{Cite web|title=The beach cities greenbelt: Joggers take over from railroad trains {{!}} South Bay History|url=http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2015/06/13/the-beach-cities-greenbelt-joggers-take-over-from-railroad-trains/|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=blogs.dailybreeze.com}}{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Harold |title=Redondo Beach End of The Line |url=https://www.pacificelectric.org/pacific-electric/western-district/redondo-beach-end-of-the-line/ |website=Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society |date=July 20, 2013}}

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• Allan McCollum (born 1944), contemporary artist; grew up in Redondo Beach and graduated from Aviation High SchoolEnright, Robert. "[http://allanmccollum.net/amcnet2/album/enright.html "No Things But in Ideas: an interview with Allan McCollum"], Border Crossings, September 2001, p. 24.
• Amazon Eve, the tallest model in the world at {{convert|6|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazoneve.com/|title=Welcome amazoneve.com - Hostmonster.com|website=www.amazoneve.com}}
• Amy White, swimmer, 1984 Olympics silver medalist, born in Redondo Beach
• Bill Auberlen, race car driver
• Black Flag, the hardcore punk band, is from Redondo, Manhattan and Hermosa Beach.Harrington, Joe S.,
• Buddy Handleson, actor
• Michael Burns (born 1947), actor on Wagon Train, It's a Man's World, and numerous films; historian, horse breeder; lived in Redondo Beach in 1970s
• Cameron Crowe, author, gathered research at a public school Redondo Beach for the basis of his novel Fast Times at Ridgemont High.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920913&slug=1512719|title=Camera Obscura – Cameron Crowe Tells The True Stories Of The Mtv Generation | The Seattle Times|website=archive.seattletimes.com}}
• Carl C. Cable spent part of his retirement in Redondo Beach.
• Carla Esparza (born 1987), professional female mixed martial artist attended Redondo Union High School.[http://www.ultimateapocalypse.com/mma_news_at_ultimate_apocalypse_mma/2012/03/carla-esparza-bio-and-wmma-fight-facts/ Carla Esparza] at Ultimate Apocalypse
• Casey Jennings, AVP Pro
• Charles Lindbergh attended Redondo Union High SchoolEvery, Dale Van and Morris DeHaven Tracy. [https://books.google.com/books?id=49BauiMpoCIC&pg=PA60 Charles Lindbergh: His Life.] New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927 (reprint 2005). {{ISBN|1-4179-1884-5}}, pp. 19–22
• Christian "CC" Coma (born Christopher Mora, 1985), musician, Black Veil Brides drummer; resident.
• Christopher Bartholomew, musician, vocalist of As Blood Runs Black; resident.
• Chyna (born Joan Marie Laurer; 1969–2016), professional female wrestler, entertainer, body builder, reality TV star, and adult film actress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/entertainment/chyna-wrestler-dead/index.html|title=Chyna, WWE wrestler and entertainer, is dead|first=Andreas |last=Preuss|website=CNN}}
• Damon Edge, musician of band Chrome; resident; died in his Redondo Beach apartment in 1995Sonic Cool: The Life & Death of Rock 'n' Roll, (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2003), p. 373.
• Demi Moore (born 1962), actress; attended Redondo Union High School for a yearDinh, Mai; Murphy, Janet. [http://www.people.com/people/demi_moore/biography Demi Moore], People, 2008.
• Eli Morgan (born 1996), baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
• Edwin Mattison McMillan (1907–1991), atomic scientist and Nobel Prize winner; born in Redondo BeachThe Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography, (Houghton Mifflin Reference Books, 2003), p. 987.
• Mike Norris, professional actor
• Eve Torres, dancer, model, and WWE performer; resident
• George Freeth, gave surfing exhibitions in Redondo Beach in 1907{{Cite book |last=Moser |first=Patrick |title=Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture |date=2022 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-04444-1 |series=Sport and society |location=Urbana}}
• Henry E. Huntington, owned 90 percent of Redondo Beach in 1905 and helped promote surfing by hiring George Freeth away from Abbot Kinney's Venice of America.
• Henry Rollins (born 1961), musician, actor, writer, television and radio host, comedian, Black Flag member; former resident.{{cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/henry-rollins-i-liked-it-so-much-in-redondo-beach-that-i-had-to-get-out-7955920|title=Henry Rollins: I Liked It So Much in Redondo Beach That I Had to Get Out|author=Rollins, Henry|newspaper=LA Weekly|date= February 23, 2017|access-date=July 11, 2017}}
• Hisaye Yamamoto (born 1921), Japanese-American writer; born in Redondo Beach.Wagner-Martin, Linda; Davidson, Cathy N. The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States (Oxford University Press US, 1999), p. 83.
• Jonas Neubauer, Professional Tetris player; resident
• Jereme Rogers, professional skateboarder; resident
• Jesse Heiman, TV personality and actor
• Jim Fox, professional hockey player, TV analyst; resident {{cite web|url=http://kings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=41343|title=Jim Fox - Los Angeles Kings - Team|website=kings.nhl.com|access-date=August 22, 2017}}
• Jolene Purdy, actress
• Judith Resnik, second American woman in space, killed in the Challenger disaster
• Kerri Walsh, Beach Volleyball Olympic gold medalist
• Lou Fleischer, composer
• Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, former member of the Manson Family, attempted assassin of President Gerald Ford; former resident, Redondo Union High School alumna.{{Cite book|last=Bravin|first=Jess|title=Squeaky: The Life and Times Of Lynette Alice Fromme|publisher=St. Martin's Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-312-18762-0}}
• Madison Chock, Olympic ice dancer
• Michael Dudikoff (born 1954), actor, born in Redondo Beach.
• Patrick Kearney (born 1940), serial murderer
• Pau Gasol, professional basketball player; resident
• Paul Westphal (born 1950), professional basketball player and coach; grew up in Redondo Beach, and attended Aviation High School.Ratermann, Dale; Brosi, Brian. 1001 Basketball Trivia Questions, Sports Pub., 1999, p. 54.
• Rachel Wacholder (born 1975) - model and beach volleyball player
• Ron Artest, professional basketball player; resident
• Ron Kovic (born 1946), anti-war activist, veteran and writer who was paralyzed in the Vietnam War; best known as the author of his memoir Born on the Fourth of July; resident
• Sam Match (1923–2010), tennis player, ranked among the top ten amateur players in the United States
• Shannon Brown, professional basketball player; resident
• Slava Voynov, professional hockey player; resident{{cite news|last1=Leitereg|first1=Neal J.|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-slava-voynov-20140522-story.html|title=L.A. Kings' Slava Voynov scores modern home in Redondo Beach|date=May 23, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 16, 2014}}
• The Smothers Brothers (Tom, born 1937; Dick, born 1939), musicians and actors; grew up in Redondo Beach and graduated from Redondo Union High SchoolClaghorn, Charles Eugene. Biographical Dictionary of American Music, (Parker Pub. Co., 1973), p. 411.
• Thomas Welsh,{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Thomas-Welsh/Summary/64323|title=Thomas Welsh Player Profile, Charlotte Hornets, News, Rumors, NBA Stats, NCAA Stats, G League Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}} professional basketball player; grew up in Redondo Beach
• Tiffany van Soest, kickboxer and resident{{cite web|title=TIFFANY VAN SOEST|url=http://www.lionfight.com/fighters/tiffany-van-soest/|publisher=Lion Fight Promotions|access-date=December 9, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212134141/http://www.lionfight.com/fighters/tiffany-van-soest/|archive-date=December 12, 2013}}
• Tommy Ryman,{{Cite web|url=http://tbrnews.com/entertainment/redondo-beach-comedian-tommy-ryman-releases-second-album/article_fbdfff1e-36a9-11e8-983f-9bdbf6784081.html|title=Redondo Beach comedian Tommy Ryman releases second album|first=Michael|last=Hixon|website=The Beach Reporter}} comedian and resident
• Traci Lords (born 1968), adult-film actress; attended Redondo Union High SchoolLaufenberg, Norbert B. Entertainment Celebrities, (Trafford Publishing, 2005), p. 403.
• Trixx (born 1991) musician, drummer of New Years Day; former resident.
• William Starke Rosecrans, a Delaware native, inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and United States Army Major General during the American Civil War, bought {{convert|16,000|acre|km2}} of land which later became Redondo Beach. Rosecrans Avenue, a major street in northern South Bay, is named after him. He died there at Rancho Sausal Redondo in 1898.
• Gwain Noot Sexton (1909–2007) Canadian-born American author, illustrator, visual artist, fashion designer

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• Patti Smith's song "Redondo Beach", on her 1975 album Horses; covered by Morrissey in 2004 and released as a single in 2005
• Redondo Beach is mentioned in the song "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys.
• The Edison Power Plant is the filming location of the music video for the Britney Spears song "(You Drive Me) Crazy".
• The Redondo Fun Factory at the Redondo Beach International Boardwalk is the filming location for the music video of Boys Like Girls' "Love Drunk".

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• The O.C. used the beach and pier as a key filming location.{{cite web|author=GJW |url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/OC/ByLocation.shtml |title=The O.C. Filming Locations |publisher=Seeing-stars.com |access-date=June 13, 2012}}
• As of 2009 Dexter filmed scenes at the pier.
• 24 used the AES power plant in filming many scenes.
• CSI: Miami
• 90210 was filmed in the Riviera Village neighborhood.{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/california/redondobeach/90210-to-film-in-riviera-village|title='90210' to Film in Riviera Village|website=Redondo Beach, CA Patch|date=October 17, 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=April 7, 2016}}
• Three seasons of the series Riptide were filmed in King Harbor.
• Even Stevens filmed mall episodes at the South Bay Galleria and used Aviation High School's track field for its outside gym scenes.
• California Dreams
• On the Space Park campus:
• The Boy Meets Girl episode of My Living Doll with Julie Newmar and Robert Cummings{{cite web

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• The Cold Hands, Warm Heart episode of The Outer Limits with William Shatner, Lloyd Gough, and Geraldine Brooks{{cite news

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• The first-season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series titled "Operation -- Annihilate!"{{cite web|last=Morison|first=Jeanette|title=May I see Your Badge, Mister - Uh, Spock?|url=http://tra-spacepark.org/trek.html|publisher=The Retirees Association|access-date=December 18, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230164513/http://tra-spacepark.org/trek.html|archive-date=December 30, 2013}}
• A few appearances of TruTV's show Speeders
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition rebuilt a house for the Ripatti-Pearce family when they lived on Pinckard Avenue.
• American Dad references the fact that the Goodyear Blimp is Redondo's official Bird in "Family Time" (S16E19)American Dad!" Family Time (TV Episode 2021) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15193168/

• Parts of Point Break such as the gas station fire/explosion scene took place at the intersection of Beryl and Catalina, and the foot chase past the Dive N' Surf shop.
• The destination of the road-tripping family in Little Miss Sunshine, although Ventura, California, stood in for Redondo at the end.
• Men at Work, which went by the pseudonym Las Playas
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was filmed off the coast and the Black Pearl, a cursed sea vessel, was moored in the harbor for several weeks in 2006.
• John Travolta's character Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction lives in Redondo.
• The end of the eponymous race in The Cannonball Run
• The beach scene in Big Momma's House 2
• The fictional Bird of Paradise Motel in The Two Jakes.
• Parts of Tequila Sunrise were on the Esplanade, and Kurt Russell's character wears an RUHS (Redondo Union High School) class ring.
• The Hot Chick (2002), starring Rob Schneider, used the Redondo Union High School football stadium during the scene in which Schneider is pushed down the stadium's bleachers by co-star Anna Faris.{{cite web|url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/TheHotChick.shtml |title=The Hot Chick Filming Locations |publisher=Seeing-stars.com |access-date=June 13, 2012}}
• The beach scene in 1408 is at both Redondo and Hermosa Pier.
• The opening scene of Heat, in which Robert De Niro descends an escalator, was at the Redondo Beach C Line station.
• Five short scenes at Space Park for Countdown (1967 film) (under its working title of Moonshot) with Robert Duvall, James Caan, and Joanna Moore.{{cite news

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|quote=Moonshot, starring Robert Duval, James Caan, Joanna Moore, and Michael Murphy, is the realistic story of an 'Apollo 3' flight to the Moon ... [photo caption] If you were wondering what was going on at Space Park last week, it was a Warner Brothers film crew doing some scenes for their new movie Moonshot.

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• Ensenada, Mexico{{cite web|title=Mexico|url=http://www.redondosistercities.org/mexico|website=Redondo Beach Sister Cities|access-date=July 1, 2016}}
• La Paz, Mexico
• Itoman, Japan{{cite web|title=Japan|url=http://www.redondosistercities.org/japan|website=Redondo Beach Sister Cities|access-date=July 1, 2016}}
• Zhangjiagang, China{{cite web|title=China|url=http://www.redondosistercities.org/China|website=Redondo Beach Sister Cities|access-date=July 1, 2016}}

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