Alondra Park, adjacent to the two courses, is just 15.2 acres. The area has 2.3 acres of parkland per 1,000 people, below the county average of 3.3 acres, a figure already “substantially” below the national average, according to the report. A County grand jury has recommended that Alondra Golf Course be closed and turned into parkland ...
Retired Manhattan Beach resident George Gill, who said he plays at Alondra about 150 times a year, took issue with the Grand Jury’s conclusion that the decline in revenues equates to turning the course into parkland. “It sucks,” Gill said.
The Los Angeles County grand jury has identified five county-operated golf courses – including Alondra Golf Course in the South Bay – that have a “high potential” to be re-purposed as parks because most are experiencing a decline in usage and revenues. The golf course sits in an island of unincorporated county adjacent to El Camino College in El ...
A County grand jury has recommended that Alondra Golf Course be closed and turned into parkland since usage and revenues are de clining and it sits in an area with a “high need” for more parks. The golf course was in use Thursday, August. 16, 2018. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)