North Redondo is a little bit sketchy but better than many areas. Lawndale is very sketchy, too.
Redondo Beach is better still as are Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, El Porto, western Torrance, even El Segundo (which has an active police force).
Look on
Zillow.com or other mapping service. You'll need to do a more extensive search, but I spent a minute looking for furnished places (tricky to find) and came up with these.
5507 W 149th Pl UNIT 11, Hawthorne, CA 90250, 3 beds/2.5 baths/1,660 sqft
4489 Spencer St UNIT 208, Torrance, CA 90503: 3 beds/2.5 baths/2,564 sqft.
If you go north or east of Hawthorne you quickly run into some more dangerous areas (higher crime rates, more violence).
Look at each neighborhood on
Crimemapping.com you'll see the differences between property crimes (non-violent) and violent crimes (locals hurting locals).
Look on the Megan's Law web sites
(link) and stay out of the apartment complexes with multiple sex offenders. You can avoid them and the other criminals placed there by the State.
There are a lot of really great people out here, of all colors. Stay out of the crime-ridden areas, even if it costs more.
Live near the beach, they will have a great summer!
Where will they work, Northern Hawthorne = SpaceX? I ask because rush hour commuting out here is the worst in the entire world (a fact, not exaggeration) . 20 minutes is a VERY short commute.
I hope this helps in some way.