El Segundo edition Issue #4 · August 28, 2026

El SegundoIntel

Light week at City Hall. No Council meeting, no Planning Commission. The Commission actually cancelled on us. So instead of parsing an agenda packet, we went and did a slightly deep dive into some data, trying to answer this question: has any SpaceX IPO money shown up in home sales yet? Also starting this issue, we're going to periodically publish a breakdown of El Segundo police call data. When we get the numbers, we'll run them and call out any trends. About 4 minutes.

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Real Estate

Has the SpaceX money worked its way into home prices yet?

SpaceX went public earlier this year, and a lot of El Segundo employees were holding shares. So: is any of that money showing up in home prices yet?

Short answer: too early to tell. The IPO lockup didn't expire until August 6. Most of that money hasn't even been liquid for a month.

We pulled a year of Redfin sold-home data for El Segundo and compared January 1 through August 25 in 2025 against the same window in 2026. A few more sales closed (63 to 67, +6%) and price-per-square-foot rose a real 9% ($898 to $979). Worth watching. But the median sale price is flat to slightly down, $1.75M to $1.73M. And the luxury tier actually shrank: sales at $3M or more went from 8% of the market to 6%.

Worth a re-check in three to six months. By then there'll be enough post-lockup time to see whether any of it is showing up in the numbers.

See the chart
El Segundo home sales 2025 vs 2026: homes sold 63 to 67, median price per square foot $898 to $979, median sale price $1.75M to $1.73M
See the numbers
El Segundo home sales, Jan 1–Aug 25, 2025 vs. 2026
20252026Change
Homes sold6367+6%
Median price$1,750,000$1,725,000-1%
Median $ / sq ft$898$979+9%
Sales at $3M+8% of sales6% of salesdown
Priciest sale$5,662,500$3,950,000down
30-yr mortgage rate (same week)6.58%6.65%+7 bps

Source: Redfin sold-home data, El Segundo (zip 90245), Jan 1–Aug 25, 2025 and 2026; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey via FRED (MORTGAGE30US).

Community

Hyperion community forum postponed again. No new date yet.

The Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant community forum, already rescheduled once, has been postponed a second time. The September 1 date conflicted with El Segundo's regular City Council meeting. Organizers said they didn't want residents to have to choose between the two.

A new date hasn't been set. Hyperion says it will send another email when one is confirmed. In the meantime, the plant's 24-hour community hotline is (310) 318-8232.

Source: Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant community notification, August 2026.

Public Safety

What El Segundo police responded to in June: all 2,986 calls

Starting with this issue, we're publishing a monthly breakdown of every call El Segundo police responded to. Not just crime stats. The full picture, so readers can get a sense of what a normal month looks like and spot trends as the data builds up over time.

In June 2026, ESPD logged 2,986 calls. Traffic and parking (stops, accidents, abandoned vehicles, illegal parking) accounted for 1,251 of them, 42% of the total. Security checks, courtesy checks, and premise patrols added another 887, or 30%. Together, that's roughly seven in ten calls before anything else on the list.

Disturbances and noise complaints came to 229 calls (8%). Property crime (burglary alarms, theft reports, vandalism) totaled 190 (6%). Violent crime calls: 21 for the month.

The single most common call type was a traffic stop, logged 854 times. Second was a security check, at 464. We'll publish this every month going forward. By winter there should be enough data to see whether the numbers are rising, falling, or holding steady.

Full breakdown by category
ESPD calls by category, June 2026
CategoryCallsShare
Traffic & parking1,25142%
Checks & patrols88730%
Disturbance / noise2298%
Property crime1906%
Suspicious activity1625%
Emergency / welfare1475%
Alarms893%
Other883%
Violent crime211%
Total2,986
Top 5 individual call types
  • Traffic stop: 854
  • Security check: 464
  • Illegal parking: 216
  • Premise check: 135
  • Disturbance / noise complaint: 134

Source: El Segundo Police Department CAD incident log, June 2026 (obtained via CPRA request #26-367).

Real Estate

8 homes sold in the last 30 days, $1.2M to $2.35M

Eight homes changed hands in El Segundo between July 31 and August 26. Prices ranged from $1.2 million to $2.35 million, with a median right around $1.5 million.

The priciest sale, 1510 E Maple Ave, is also the biggest house on the list at 3,015 square feet with five bedrooms. The cheapest, 1519 E Maple Ave, still went for $1.2 million.

All 8 sales
El Segundo home sales, July 31–August 26, 2026
AddressPriceBeds/BathsSq FtSold
419 Concord St$1,750,0002 / 1.51,447Jul 31
124 W Sycamore Ave$1,401,5002 / 1817Aug 5
527 W Mariposa Ave$1,450,0002 / 1894Aug 5
944 Sheldon St$1,625,0003 / 21,464Aug 7
865 Center St$1,548,0003 / 21,172Aug 11
1510 E Maple Ave$2,350,0005 / 43,015Aug 18
700 W Palm Ave$1,300,0003 / 21,732Aug 25
1519 E Maple Ave$1,200,0004 / 21,362Aug 26

Source: Redfin sold-home data, El Segundo (zip 90245), July 31–August 26, 2026.

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