| 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. |
Pasadena affordable housing
Pertaining to multi-unit development and state mandated rezoning
WPRA strongly opposes SB 10, Letter sent to state committees
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
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
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
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
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 |
RHNA Joint Ltr. to T. Tornek & Council
WPRA, MHNA, LVNA requests that Pasadena oppose the SCAG draft 2021-2029 RHNA allocation and act to appeal the allocation
LVAA MHRA & WPRA Ltr. to Planning Commission about RHNA Appeal
Request that the Planning Commission urge the city of Pasadena to oppose the SCAG draft 2021-2029 RHNA allocation and to appeal the allocation
WPRA Newsletter Spring 2020
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 Newsletter Winter 2020
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
| President | Dan Beal |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Evan Davis |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
