Pasadena affordable housing

Pertaining to multi-unit development and state mandated rezoning

WPRA Newsletter Spring 2021

1 Apr 2021

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2021 WPRA annual meeting: Can Pasadena increase affordable housing without losing identity, self-determination?

President’s comments: The worst laid plans …

What do we spend your membership/donations on?

Q&A: with Ken McCormick, CEO, Mill Creek Development

New design unveiled for mixed-use Castle Green project

Women’s City Club transfers Blinn House to Pasadena Heritage

A thank-you to our members and a reminder! Donor listing

One Arroyo launches trail demonstration projects

How Everett House came to be home for The Shakespeare Club

Colorado Street Bridge mockups now installed for public viewing

Juliette’s adventures at the Pasadena Senior Center

Advertising Pasadena early in 20th Century

Officers

President	Dan Beal
Vice President, Administration	Evan Davis
Vice President, Communications	Avram Gold
Secretary	Kenyon Harbison
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA Letter to State Housing Committee Supporting SB 15

15 Mar 2021

The WPRA supports Senate Bill 15, which would incentivize local governments to rezone idle big-box retail and commercial shopping centers for housing by providing grants based on the sales and use tax revenue that had been generated by those sites.

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WPRA strongly opposes SB 10, Letter sent to state committees

14 Mar 2021

WPRA letter opposing SB 10 sent to Senate Environmental Quality Committee, Housing Committee, Governance & Finance Committee, Cassidy Denny (& Weiner). SB 10 as an excessive, misguided and fatally flawed attempt to preempt local land use control.

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

To Anita Cerna, Senior Planner, So Fair Oaks Specific Plan

15 Feb 2021

WPRA recommends adjustments to guarantee tree maintenance, density & height reductions of residential units, widening the paseos & deign compatibility

Joint Letter to Council regarding RHNA Appeal

26 Oct 2020

Linda Vista-Annandale Association, Madison Heights Neighborhood Association & WPRA continue to support Pasadena appealing the SCAG draft 2021-2029 RHNA allocation resulting in an untenable number of out-of-scale, out-of-character, dense, large buildings with related traffic and other infrastructure impacts.

WPRA Newsletter Fall 2020

18 Sep 2020

In this issue

Creating a brighter future together by Geoffrey Baum

President’s message – Working on your behalf in a time of pandemic

Working on your behalf in a time of pandemic

Q&A with Dr. Robert Miller, President of the Tournament of Roses Association

Mansionization zoning amendments are on way to City Council

Caltrans home-sale bill fails but that may not be all that bad

New plan for arroyo restoration is half-good

How ‘Big Dig’ settlement improved plan

Priscilla Taylor caps 26 years with WPRA

Arroyo Seco Canyon Project: a small-area plan with no long-term context

Photo essay of Pasadena downtown during the COVID pandemic Pasadena

History: ‘The most perfect climate in the world’

President	Dan Beal
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Evan Davis
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

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?

President	Dan Beal
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Evan Davis
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA Letter to State Housing Committee Supporting SB 15

WPRA strongly opposes SB 10, Letter sent to state committees

WPRA Letter to Portantino opposing SB 9

To Anita Cerna, Senior Planner, So Fair Oaks Specific Plan

Joint Letter to Council regarding RHNA Appeal

RHNA Joint Ltr. to T. Tornek & Council

LVAA MHRA & WPRA Ltr. to Planning Commission about RHNA Appeal

Neighborhood Safety Information

City Government & Local Media Links

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