If you live in Manhattan Beach and would like to get involved, we
could use your input! The leafblower ban is slated to be considered by
the City Council on September 1. This is a public hearing. If the City
Council meeting goes like they have in other cities, it will be packed
by out-of-town gardeners, most likely bussed in by Echo, the company
that makes leaf blowers, to issue loud protests.
So we need all the local support we can get. Council members tend
to respond to large and vocal outpourings of local, opinionated
residents. The meeting begins at 6:30; the address is City Hall, 1400
Highland Avenue.
Council members also respond to letters. There is no current e-mail
link to the city, but you can e-mail city staff Rosie Lackow from our
home page and she'll pass the letters on to the City Council members.
Or, if you prefer, you can contact council members via snail mail.
To make sure the letters be included in the staff report, please
address your letter to: City Council members
c/o Manhattan Beach City Clerk
1400 Highland
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.
For the record, the council members names are Joan Jones, Steve
Napolitano, Jack Cunningham, Linda Wilson and Tim Lilligren.
Jones and Napolitano have been the most consistent supporters of a
leafblower ban, while Lilligren has been its most outspoken opponent.
The council voted 4-1 on June 16 to write a new proposed ordinance
that wuld ban gas powered leaf blowers. For more informaton
contact us by E-mail from our home page. |