The West Pasadena Residents’ Association fully endorses the nomination of John Van de Kamp’s home as a historical landmark.
Pasadena mansionization
Pertaining to new homes and remodels having incompatibility issues within a neighborhood
WPRA Mansionization Letter to Council & Planning
WPRA advises Mayor Tornek, Council (& Planning) for Phase 2 of the “Mansionization” Zoning Code Amendment stating very specific suggestions & potential guidelines
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 |
WPRA Mansionization Ltr.
To Felicia Williams & Planning Commission – Mansionization Phase 2: Zoning Code Amendment: Single Family Residential Development Standards
WPRA Newsletter Summer 2020
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
WPRA News Fall 2019
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
| President | Dan Beal |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Evan Davis |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Spring 2019
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
| President | Dan Beal |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Justin Chapman |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Fall 2018
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
| President | Dan Beal |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Justin Chapman |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Summer 2018
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
| President | Dan Beal |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Justin Chapman |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Summer 2017
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
| President | Kenyon Harbison |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Justin Chapman |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
