By Jessica Davis
At least 66 Hermosa Beach restaurants and food service venues were among hundreds that received certification from the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission's Clean Bay Restaurant Certification Program.
Other restaurants were certified, and in some cases re-certified, in the cities of Manhattan Beach, Rancho Palos Verdes and Redondo Beach, according to Julie Du Brow, a spokesperson for the SMBRC.
The restaurants received a 100 percent score on the program’s checklist of standards for stormwater runoff reduction, going above and beyond local stormwater regulations by having full-scale recycling program and properly diverting storm water runoff of daily maintenance practices among other requirements, Du Brow said.
Check out a full list of the participating restaurants involved in Hermosa Beach on the program’s webpage.
Stormwater pollution poses a serious problem for the Santa Monica Bay, which stretches from the LA-Ventura county line in the north to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the south.
The SMBRC is also running a Clean Bay Eats contest through July 31. By simply checking in at a favorite certified restaurant, and sharing a photo/experience on the “Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation” Facebook page along with the phrase #CleanBayEats, contestants can win a prize.
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