At the start of Tuesday night's City Council meeting, Manhattan Beach Mayor Amy Howorth expressed "profound sadness and heartbreak" on behalf of City Council to Levi's family and friends, and acknowledged the large number of comments that the city had received.

"Obviously, we take this very seriously - as does our whole city and staff, and our traffic engineer, of course. We're committed to improving safety for everybody," said Howorth.

Howorth added the the city's traffic engineer "has been aware and has been urgently reaching out to CalTrans for a while now" and that the city is now working with State Senator Ben Allen "to get CalTrans to listen, because they must understand the urgency, and they need to act with urgency and implement robust safety protocols."

Howorth continued: "We at the city are going to leverage every available resource to continue to advocate for those measures to protect our residents. Our police department, traffic bureau, and patrol personnel will be conducting high-visibility traffic enforcement focusing on primary collision factors such as speed along that stretch of road, and we will work with our regional partners on either side of us to conduct DUI saturation patrols in Manhattan Beach."

Howorth concluded: "Public safety is always so important, but anytime something like this happens, it’s incumbent on all of us to do more, so this never has to happen again."

Howorth encouraged community members to continue to reach out with ideas and suggestions to [email protected].

The council then observed a moment of silence in Levi's memory. 

Celebration of Life Planned; Scholarship Fund Established

A celebration of life for Levi has been planned for Saturday, May 10, at 6:00 p.m. at Loyola High School. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the "Live Like Braun" scholarship fund. Please note the name "Braun Levi" in the designated gift field.