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You are here: Home / Archives for Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU)

Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU)

Pertaining to changes in zoning rules for structures that can be used for long term renting

WPRA Letter to Portantino opposing SB 9

26 Feb 2021

WPRA strongly opposes SB 9 which will allow up to 8 dwelling units on a lot originally zoned for a single family house

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Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena short term rentals (STR)

WPRA Mansionization Letter to Council & Planning

20 Oct 2020

WPRA advises Mayor Tornek, Council (& Planning) for Phase 2 of the “Mansionization” Zoning Code Amendment stating very specific suggestions & potential guidelines

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Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena City Council Pasadena governance Pasadena mansionization Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development

WPRA Mansionization Ltr.

9 Sep 2020

To Felicia Williams & Planning Commission – Mansionization Phase 2: Zoning Code Amendment: Single Family Residential Development Standards

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Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena governance Pasadena mansionization Pasadena planning & development

WPRA News Summer 2020

17 Jun 2020

2020-C-WPRA-Summer-1

In this issue

Former Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard assesses our city’s dealing with COVID-19 and economic challenges

President’s message – WPRA collaborates with LVAA and MHNA and shows hope for the future

Cheryl Moody is the police department’s first female Deputy Chief

Claire Bogaard among Adam Schiff’s 2020 Women of the Year

Q&A with Bryan Frieders, Pasadena’s interim fire chief

Associations close ranks for greater city transparency, timeliness – joint letter to Planning Department & Commission

Report from Pasadena Heritage – a virtual Colorado Street Bridge celebration

Arborist Rebecca Latta gives advice about Pasadena tree maintenance

Projected further development of Brookside Golf Course with an added arcade

Big Dig suit settlement imminent

WPRA’s first president helps city set Arroyo Seco natural policy through ‘visionary proposal’

Colorado Bridge suicide mitigation mockups near completion

City to host virtual open houses for all eight specific plans

A letter from Huntington Hospital – from Dr. Lori Morgan, President and CEO A city of masks in 1919

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryEvan Davis
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Colorado Street Bridge Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Huntington Hospital Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena crime Pasadena drought & water contamination Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena mansionization Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena trees and open spaces Rose Bowl

WPRA News Spring 2020

20 Mar 2020

2020-B-WPRA-Spring

In this issue

COVID-19 hits home – WPRA postpones 2020 annual membership meeting

President’s message – We’re making changes to improve communications and engagement

Mayoral, District 6 council candidates debate the issues – Candidate Forum

Q&A with David Reyes, Director of Pasadena Planning & Community Development

Voters go to the polls to select candidates in party primaries and local races

A major project proposed at Arroyo and California

Huntington Hospital and Cedars-Sinai sign a letter of intent to merge

Will city’s new vision for parks raise or raze the bar?

LA and local cities changing single-use plastic recycling rules

A summary of Arroyo Seco news

Little-known facts about America’s first Busch Gardens

Former Fenyes home destroyed by fire! Was it arson?

Officers

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryEvan Davis
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Huntington Hospital Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena Central District Pasadena City Council Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena public transportation Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces

WPRA News Winter 2020

3 Jan 2020

2020-A-WPRA-Winter

In this issue

WPRA will host public forum for all candidates for mayor and District 6 council seats

Governor’s ink seals shut the 710 tunnel project & related articles

President’s message – In praise of activism and civic engagement

New state laws undermine Pasadena’s Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance

Briefs: City elections to align with statewide primary, Caltech, city team up to build seismic-sensing network, PFAs not detected in Pasadena’s water sources, Pasadena again earns Section 8 ‘high performer’ rating

City studies designs and seeks input to discourage bridge suicides

Opinion: Historic Civic Center may still be threatened

Clock ticking for soft-story retrofits

Opinion: Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco belongs to us all

Opinion: Balancing water needs in the Arroyo Seco

History: The boom that blew the petals off the Rose City

History: The 1908 Rose parade – a whale of a time

Officers

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryEvan Davis
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Colorado Street Bridge Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena drought & water contamination Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Summer 2018

5 Jul 2018

2018-C-Summer-WPRA

In this issue

Housing, planning experts react to state threat to local control

710 tunnel is only “mostly dead”

Marijuana ballot measures pass. Now what?

District 6 town hall focuses on traffic and crime

First draft anti-mansionization guidelines revealed

City on brink of solving mansionization challenge

Swirl over Desiderio restroom continues, but is unfunded for FY 2019

City strengthens tree protection ordinances

Arroyo Seco tributary finally getting its long over-due attention

City acts to meet state climate goal

How zoning changed on South Orange Grove Avenue

Officers

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Desiderio Project Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena crime Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena mansionization Pasadena planning & development Pasadena public transportation Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Spring 2018

27 Mar 2018

2018-B-Spring-WPRA

In this issue

PUSD struggles as revenues decline and expenses rise and unique services expand

Mayor sounds fiscal alarm

State mandates usurp City’s control over development

State launches flights of bills intended to fix housing shortage

City Council reacts negatively to Green Hotel project…again

City, school board approve ballot measures for city election changes

City approves new accessory dwelling unit regulations

Task force searches for ways to discourage bridge suicides

City OKs ballot measure for new sales tax

Marijuana regulation measure to be on June 5 municipal ballot

Civic Center Task Force moving toward recommendations

WPRA supports all but one proposed mobility improvement

San Rafael Elementary celebrates 100 years

West Pasadena in 1893: healthful prosperity

Officers

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Colorado Street Bridge Green Hotel Project Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena density Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena public transportation Pasadena State of the City address Pasadena traffic Pasadena Unified School District San Rafael Elementary

WPRA News Winter 2018

4 Jan 2018

2018-A-Winter-WPRA

In this issue

WPRA urges Council to Cite Caltrans for code violations and call out Caltrans’ unethical tactics

City wrestles with financial challenges

Briefs: Street Bridge task force addresses suicide uptick – Fire station assessment is mixed – Report proves cost of a well-maintained urban tree canopy is quite a bargain – City Council passes resolution to align elections with State cycle

Colorado Street Bridge task force gathers community suggestions and input

Green Hotel project preview at City Council in January

City approves amended ADU rules to conform to State law

Council settles on how to regulate the profit from short-term rentals

“One Arroyo Day” highlights advisory group’s efforts on behalf of Pasadena’s great city park

Community task force begins study of Civic Center’s future

Supervisors reduce scope, negative impacts of Big Dig

At long last the City begins to clear flammable brush from Lower Arroyo to reduce risk of fire

Arlington Garden rebrands and passes leadership to next-gen “constant gardeners”

Police report crime stats for Gold Line

The essentially domestic life at Mrs. Dexter’s tourist home

Officers

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Colorado Street Bridge Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Green Hotel Project Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena crime Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena short term rentals (STR) Pasadena social scene Pasadena trees and open spaces SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Summer 2017

14 Jul 2017

2017-C-Summer-WPRA

In this issue

Is it time to celebrate the end of the SR-710 freeway tunnel?

La Loma bridge reopens and takes a new name – John Van de Kamp Bridge

Council suspends controversial YWCA/Kimpton project and sends it back to task force, staff

WPRA survey finds support for City’s approach to regulating short-term rentals

City struggles to accommodate State’s housing mandates

City updates Hillside zoning code to address mansionization

Aquatic Center devises plan to address long-term growing demand

New Arroyo Advisory Group shares its vision for ‘One Arroyo’ at WPRA’s 55th annual meeting

What ‘One Arroyo’ means to us

The epic and ugly battle over what to do about the 710 Freeway – a history of the project

First Arroyo Seco Weekend said to be “mellow”

It takes a city to stage a Tournament of Roses parade and Rose Bowl Game

Crime in west Pasadena: Attempted burglaries in 1887

Officers

PresidentKenyon Harbison
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena City Council Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena mansionization Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena short term rentals (STR) Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS WPRA surveys

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