WPRA expresses concern about the state of the Caltrans properties along the 710 extension corridor and its apparent attempt to depopulate the corridor of its low to moderate income tenants
Pasadena affordable housing
Pertaining to multi-unit development and state mandated rezoning
WPRA News Fall 2017
In this issue
Reclaim the stubland, re-establish lost social, economic, transportation benefits
Opinion: Caltrans tenants, our neighbors, deserve protection and consideration
City sales, use tax revenue rising slightly
The Playhouse District Association forms Specific Plan advisory committee
Arroyo Advisory Group outreach is underway
Paseo undergoes transformation and gets new owner, name
City Council appoints task force to envision Civic Center future
The Los Angeles County Flood Control District refuses to reduce scale or timing of “Big Dig”
Public Works recommends replacing purple leaf plum street trees
Stand up for San Rafael Elementary’s renovation
South Orange Grove Avenue: “Millionaires’ Row”
| President | Kenyon Harbison |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Justin Chapman |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Winter 2016
In this issue
LA Metro/Caltran’s 710 tunnel plan will take your breath away. Literally.
PUSD saves San Rafael Elementary
Briefs: City Manager resign sand heads to UCLA – City appoints new department directors – Fire Department receives international accreditation
La Loma bridge retrofit, rehabilitation progresses
New law reduces minimum parking requirements for affordable housing
West Pasadena in 1886
City prepares second draft of new urban forest management plan
Neighbors group gathers to mitigate Rose Bowl event challenges
Architectural historian, Robert Winter, donates Batchelder tiles to Pasadena Museum of History
John Van de Kamp fires up the way-back machine
| President | Geoffrey Baum |
| Vice President | Sarah Gavit |
| Secretary | Justin Chapman |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA reviews General Plan Update Outreach Summary Report
WPRA reviewed the General Plan Update Draft Outreach Summary Report and recommendations preserving affordable housing, appropriate design standards, traffic mitigation and controlled density
WPRA News Winter 2008
In this issue
Pasadena Beautiful replacing historic palm trees on Orange Grove
The threat of closure but San Rafael Elementary is on a roll!
Rose Bowl Stadium renovation project
Local Control of Land Use – Fact or Fiction? – an explanation by Steve Madison
Caps, floor area ratios and managing growth
Focus on the West Gateway Specific Plan
Pasadena’s parks and open spaces – what’s needed and how to pay for it
West Pasadena Transportation Update – TAC puts the brakes on speed
limit increases
Ambassador West update
| President | Fred Zepeda |
| Vice President | James Hawkes |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Fall 2007
In this issue
A conversation with Richard Bruckner, Pasadena’s Director of Planning and Development
An explanation of what EIRs mean for development in Pasadena
The genesis and evolution of the Pasadena’s development boom
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG): Friend or foe?
What does “City of Gardens” ordinance signify?
Explaining “Floor area ratios”
Annandale Canyon Nature Park
West Pasadena Transportation update
Speeding cars coming to a residential street near you
| President | Fred Zepeda |
| Vice President | James Hawkes |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Summer 2007
In this issue
Engaging the community to create a shared vision for the Pasadena Unified School District
What to do with the five acre Desiderio Army Reserve Center site – the planning process
WPRA encourages Pasadena residents to get involved with developing the General Plan
Zoning – an important piece of the planning puzzle
Central District Development Caps: Are they effective?
West Pasadena transportation update – traffic mitigation projects move forward – ARTS bus ridership increases 19 percent – City to buy parking at Gold Line station
La Loma Bridge update
San Rafael Library Associates dedicate the library gardens
| President | Fred Zepeda |
| Vice President | James Hawkes |
| Secretary | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Winter 2006
In this issue
The proposed Sares Regis/Westgate Project
Changes in the PUSD – closing schools, cutting bus transportation eliminating PUDS’s police force, planning for designated surplus property
WPRA acknowledges donors for the WPRA Arroyo Protection Fund
Transportation Advisory Commission update regarding the Annandale Canyon Estates project
New pedestrian master plan
Residents Work with City to Solve Neighborhood “Problem House”
Huntington Memorial Hospital Outpatient Services Pavilion update
Neighborhood Compatibility under the Hillside Ordinance
Mayfield Senior School master plan update
| President | Dorothy Lindsey |
| Vice President | Cheryl Auger |
| Secretary | Audrey O’Kelley |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Winter 1995
In this issue
Pros and cons debated for the 710 extension
Rose Bowl 22.5 million-dollar renovation project
710 Freeway extension Caltrans-owned properties to be sold as excess property with private trust
Southwest traffic study update
Blue Line update
Arroyo Seco restoration and the increased Brookside golf course fees
The City has created a gang injunction area bordered by Fair Oaks, Orange Grove, Marengo and Washington Blvd.
An answer to the traffic mess in west Pasadena
| President | Rob Stebbins |
| Vice President | Leslie Clarke Gray |
| Secretary | Robin Walther |
| Treasurer | Priscilla Taylor |
