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Redondo Beach To Hold Memorial To Honor Mayor Bill Brand
The service will be held at Redondo Union High School on March. 3.
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REDONDO BEACH, CA — The City of Redondo Beach will hold a memorial in honor of Mayor Bill Brand, who died earlier this month after a years-long struggle with lung cancer.
The event will be on Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m. at the Redondo Union High School Auditorium. Those who want to attend the service should RSVP to [email protected].
During his time as Mayor of Redondo Beach, Brand was a champion of open-space policies and environmental protection. After he moved to the South Bay in 1966, he created the nonprofit organization the South Bay Parkland Conservancy.
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Brand served two terms on the city council and was elected mayor in 2017 and was re-elected four years later.
Brand's wife and family asked that donations be sent to the South Bay Parkland Conservancy or the Cancer Support Community South Bay in his memory.
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