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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

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

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

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

WPRA News Fall 2019

26 Sep 2019

2019-D-WPRA-Fall

In this issue

Pasadena’s One Arroyo: an urban park or a natural treasure?

Can we preserve the fabled “Pasadena Way”?

WPRA’s land-use watch list

Will a new inclusionary housing ordinance discourage the use of the State Density Bonus Lay?

City and fire departments announce key appointments

Pasadena Heritage report

Feature Article: A day in the life of our state Senator, Anthony Portantino

Navigating open enrollment at San Rafael School

BRIEFS: City to restore low-flow streams in Lower Arroyo & PWP wins greywater grant

“Big Dig” controversy continues but compromise may be imminent

Rose Bowl goes beyond recycling by closing the loop on its organic waste

Pasadena must recommit to a more focused zero-waste program

History: The Arroyo Seco – a place of wonder in early Pasadena

Officers

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

WPRA News Summer 2019

28 Jun 2019

2019-C-WPRA-Summer

In this issue

WPRA’s Annual meeting – Homelessness in Pasadena

Keeping the Civic Center civic and green

City rewards positive contributions to historic preservation

Caltrans houses could be in danger

City signs contract for Colorado Bridge safety fence design

Senate Bill 50 is tabled in Senate Appropriations Committee

More traffic control for Rose Bowl events

“Big Did” sediment removal begins – protecting air quality

Striving to ban one-time use plastics

John D. Gaylord’s horse and the elixir of life

Officers

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

WPRA News Spring 2019

21 Mar 2019

2019-B-Spring-WPRA

In this issue

Council streamlines pre-sale home inspection program

Waiting for mansionization redux

“Urban Edge” can deliver death sentence to street trees

Pasadena strives to permit multi-unit developments and encourage affordable housing and preserve city character

Definitions of key Pasadena and state housing laws and rules

Is Caltrans finally shutting down the 710-stub batch plant?

The (really) ‘Big Dig’ is underway

A ‘sunny spot’ in west Pasadena: the La Solana Inn

Officers

President	Dan Beal
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Winter 2019

9 Jan 2019

wpra2019WinNL

In this issue

Officials declare victory over the proposed 710 tunnel project

As 710 tunnel is put to rest, historic homes need protection

MET continues to upgrade water resources and the system

Voters support ballot measures to help fund city and Pasadena Unified School District

New building on Castle Green/Hotel Green block redesigned

City seeks designs for suicide prevention barriers on the Colorado Street bridge

Plans call for replacing the “Darth Vader” building

Pasadena says good-bye to Fuller Seminary and looks to future

County begins destructive four-year sediment removal project

Big Dig mitigation plan is defective on all counts

Check soil moisture, mulch, adjust watering schedule for shorter and cooler winter days

A personal point of view: Going ‘public school’ in Pasadena

Promoting Pasadena as a paradise in the past

Officers

President	Dan Beal
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Fall 2018

27 Sep 2018

2018-D-Fall-WPRA

In this issue

710 tunnel opponents hope for the best, but prepare for the worst

Pasadena city sales tax proposal on the ballot

Transparency and trust in City Hall? It is our Desiderio.

Desiderio Park restroom project marches on

‘Big Dig’ likely to start this November

Anti-mansionization plans shift gears

Opinion: WPRA urges tighter mansionization rules

Opinion: WPRA opposes zoning change for Art Center’s external jumbotron

Urban Land Institute study: More ideas about managing the arroyo

Pasadena needs to rethink its priorities for the Arroyo

Extraordinary heat wave damages plants in the San Gabriel Valley

Rose Bowl explains the Ed Sheeran concert traffic gridlock

Major infrastructure projects planned for the upper Arroyo Seco

The controversial 710 Freeway in Pasadena 54 years ago

Officers

President	Dan Beal
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

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

President	Dan Beal
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

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

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

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

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

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