I really think you need to focus your attention to the thousands of cars and trucks traveling through Redondo Beach and Hermosa as that is the major polluters in the south bay. You still speak of views you loose you should not have move here if you think you veiw is impacked by the plant. Come on get real. its not about Pollution its about your View. I suggest you move to another city.

Read this if you think the pollutants are not an issue: http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=149

"Approximately 9,000 people in California are estimated to die prematurely each year as a result of exposure to fine particle pollution, according to a report issued today by the California Air Resources Board."

"As a result of this review, the U.S. EPA concluded that there is a causal relationship between exposure to fine particle pollution and premature death. A causal relationship indicates the highest level of scientific certainty."

"Health studies show that when the PM2.5 concentration decreases so does the death rate."

We can decrease the PM2.5 concentration in Redondo and Hermosa by not building this unneeded, blighting power plant.

Mr. Czuleger, shame on you. You personally attacked a special person in this community that wears his oxygen tank while out doing things to help better this community. Your comments are so inappropriate.

FACT: AES Redondo plant is the #1 source of pollution in Redondo per the EPA. Rebuilding will drastically increase the pollution our families are exposed to. AES has admitted this in their report. I lost my father due to chronic asthma and respiratory problems. He died at the age of 64. THE CONCERN OF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY IS WARRANTED and we have every right to seek the facts and fight hard to make changes in this community for the betterment of all families. The facts couldn't be more clear--- 7 different reports all confirm this plant can easily retire with no impact on grid reliability. What more do you need? Now, why would any resident not seize this opportunity to help retire this plant when their contract expires?

C'mon Mr. Czuleger, YOU need to get real.

Any resident interested in adding their name to the growing online petition circulating around the South Bay, please see the link below. To stay informed, please also visit our Facebook Page by clicking on the link below as well. (thank you to all the residents trying to make a difference)
http://www.facebook.com/groups/103747146380498/#!/nopowerplant

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nopowerplant/signatures

Fellow residents, please understand that people like Jim and Sheri work tirelessly and without any benefit other than to bring forth a better future for those in the area. To call them out personally, is frankly sickening.

We need more like them to combat the misinformation AES spreads through it's various channels . They are planning on polluting our home on a massive scale. The fact that they were "here first" or whatever is nonsense. Going down that road means that no matter how much they harm the residents and the environment it is fine so long as a corporation bought land there before you may have even been born (like me).

I admit, I'm not one to understand the science but I understand integrity. Jim, Sheri and all the others that work with them have it loads. The people working to prevent this unconscionable pollution should not only be thanked, but more importantly, listened to and supported by 100% of the residents.

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Well said Dan Buck. If the emissions were not invisible, people might take more notice. If AES Redondo was required to color the emissions, then people could see the toxic plume that is causing the health problems we are suffering from (i.e. lung disease, shortness of breath, headaches, pre-mature births, etc.). I am sick of these AES power plant apologists. Let's get the zoning change on the ballot and get rid of this toxic plant. Let's also get rid of this "experiment gone wrong" desalination effort before it kills more sea life! Storm water reclamation is the future not desalination...clue. Sign the petition and give to the zoning change effort today: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nopowerplant/signatures

I personally know Dan Buck & his warning is to help others who are unaware. He has spent most of his adult life living in the vicinity of the power plant, now living with the accumulative effect of particle pollution which is now being scrutinized as a causal factor in heart attacks. The damage that AES is causing is similar to that exposed in a recent CNN televised report on this particle pollution relationship to heart attacks, previously overlooked.. I share his concern for the senior residents of the Salvation Army residence on the corner of Beryl & Catalina, and know of others with respiratory problems aggravated by these particles upwind at Casa Amigos, another low cost housing residence for seniors
Are you related to the former Mayor Czuleger who could not have known these developments would transpire? I knew him, also, from my Church.
Mary Ewell, 35 year resident of Redondo Beach

In addition to all the toxins cited there is also the considerable noise pollution. The last time one of the AES stacks made that horrendous bellow as it spewed out its emissions I saw several children flinch, run to the nearest adult and start crying! Who wants to live in a community where this could happen at any moment without warning? Even for adults this sound is incredibly loud and annoying. What kind of elected official would NOT be opposed to this plant on behalf of their constituency? Kudos and thank you Mr. Brand and Mr. Light and everyone else for your efforts to help rid our community of the AES power plant. And shame on you other councilmen for not caring about your community more. Don't hold your breath next election.

so if the "toxins were filtered out would all of you be still opposed to the unsightly power plant? Where would they go to film all of our TV programs like 24. The have art show there as well. we have one of the largest mural done by one of the greatest contemporary artists in the world. You all were behind taking out the salt water plunge as well. when we need more power you can have all of teh solar panels cover every square inch of the south bay and not get !05 of what the very real power plant can generate. When manufacturing returns to the south bay with it all of the great jobs we lost they will need power unless we conceded that to china as well. Americans need to get back the power and jobs that manufacturing creates and not live like chicken little all the time. My electric powered car is getting the majority of its power from coal powered plants not natural gas like this one is.

Geez Al, please tell me you didn't bother reading all the factual data contained in the above comments before posting yours? The best thing for our city is to retire the existing plant when their contract expires. Personally, I am *ALL FOR* a waterfront change that will not only improve our health but also increase revenue to the city and bring more jobs! For those interested in doing their HW on this issue, it's quite simple.