Budget-Saving Pleas Expected in Hermosa
Also in the "How are we going to come up with as much cash as we need?" category: I'm told that when the Hermosa Beach City Council tomorrow night takes up the issue of the city's budget, a slew of parents and teachers from both View and Valley schools (the two campuses that comprise the tiny Hermosa Beach City School District) will appear to ask the municipality for money.
Sort of.
They're not going in to make demands, per se, but only to ask for council's assistance in managing the budget crisis that has almost every district in the state begging for financial mercy of some form.
The Hermosa district, of course, just like the earlier-mentioned Centinela Valley, was hoping to pass a parcel tax to help fund programs that may otherwise face extermination. Their measure scored only some 46 percent approval with voters (it needed 66 percent to win).
The Hermosa Beach City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday.