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About Town: Hermosa Beach
Tax reaches ballot
As expected, voters will get another chance this fall to decide whether they want to abolish the city’s 6 percent utility users tax.
Los Angeles County officials verified that foes of the tax secured 406 signatures of registered Hermosa voters on petitions to place their measure on the Nov. 6 ballot. The measure only required 279 signatures, representing 5 percent of the residents who voted in the last gubernatorial election.
The measure’s backers turned in a total of 457 signatures, some of which were rejected as duplicates.
The utility users tax was preserved by a landslide vote in the most recent municipal election, but opponents of the tax believe that voters will rethink the matter in part because of the energy crisis that is expected to drive up consumer costs and therefor the tax as well.
Let’s party
Reminding that this is the weekend for the 26th annual Fiesta Hermosa, featuring more than 300 artisans and craftsmen from around the country. The Fiesta runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday through Monday in downtown Hermosa.
Tens of thousands of visitors will see tribute bands saluting Santana and the Rolling Stones, enjoy the comforts of a beer garden and eat ethnic food as well as Rotary Club hotdogs and fish tacos served up by Los Angeles County lifeguards.
Children’s offerings include a petting zoo, game booths, rides and face painting.
Free shuttle buses will run to the event and back from Mira Costa High School on Artesia and Peck in Manhattan Beach, and a TRW parking lot at Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Doolittle Street. ER