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WPRA News Spring 2021

1 Apr 2021

2021-B-Spring-WPRA-News

In this issue

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

PresidentDan Beal
Vice President, AdministrationEvan Davis
Vice President, Communications Avram Gold
SecretaryKenyon Harbison
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Colorado Street Bridge Green Hotel Project Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic

WPRA News Winter 2021

7 Jan 2021

2021-A-WPRA-Winter

In this issue

WPRA streams 2020 annual meeting to elect, reflect, protect

Are you prepared for the next natural disaster?

President’s column: Pandemic or not, WPRA continues to be engaged on your behalf

Gordo rallies community to meet collective challenges

Q&A with John Perez, Chief, Pasadena Police Department

City staff preparing final mansionization code

Pasadena Heritage: Accommodating a new reality

City appeals RHNA allocation

Council revises ordinance to further preserve heritage

Pasadena Senior Center turns 60

History: 1895: The streets of west Pasadena

Officers

PresidentDan Beal
Vice President, AdministrationEvan Davis
Vice President, CommunicationsAvram Gold
SecretaryKenyon Harbison
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA Pasadena crime Pasadena density Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena mansionizasion Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena Unified School District

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.

2020_10_25-Joint-Ltr-to-Council-RHNA-Appeal

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development

RHNA Joint Ltr. to T. Tornek & Council

14 Sep 2020

WPRA, MHNA, LVNA requests that Pasadena oppose the SCAG draft 2021-2029 RHNA allocation and act to appeal the allocation

2020-09-13-RHNA-Joint-Ltr.-to-Council

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development

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

12 Sep 2020

Request that the Planning Commission urge the city of Pasadena to oppose the SCAG draft 2021-2029 RHNA allocation and to appeal the allocation

2020_09_07-LVAA-MHRA-WPRA-Ltr-to-PC-re-RHNA-Appeal

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development

WPRA News Summer 2020

17 Jun 2020

2020-C-WPRA-Summer-1

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

PresidentDan Beal
Vice President, AdministrationEvan Davis
Vice President, Communications Avram Gold
SecretaryKenyon Harbison
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Colorado Street Bridge Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Huntington Hospital Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena crime Pasadena drought & water contamination Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena mansionization Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena trees and open spaces Rose Bowl

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

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryEvan Davis
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Huntington Hospital Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena Central District Pasadena City Council Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena public transportation Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces

WPRA requests public hearings on inclusionary housing requirements be continued

4 May 2019

WPRA requests the Commission’s deliberations and the public hearing on inclusionary housing requirements and an affordable housing concession menu be continued to a future date

2019-05-04-Request-More-Time-to-Review-Housing-Concessions-Proposal

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena City Council Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development

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

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Connecting Pasadena Project (CPP) Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Pasadena affordable housing Pasadena density Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena mansionization Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces

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

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Colorado Street Bridge Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Green Hotel Project Pasadena Central District Pasadena density Pasadena drought & water contamination Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Pasadena Unified School District SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

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Pasadena, California  91115
The WPRA service area is bounded on the north by Colorado Boulevard, on the east by Fair Oaks Avenue and on the south and west by the city limits.
All WPRA activities are funded through membership dues and contributions. The WPRA receives no public funding and has no paid employees. Since the WPRA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit corporation, contributions and donations are fully deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Tag Directory

Ambassador Campus Housing Development (19) Ambassador West Housing Development (28) Arroyo Seco (89) Art Center College of Design (7) Colorado Street Bridge (19) Connecting Pasadena Project (CPP) (9) Desiderio Project (18) Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” (27) Green Hotel Project (6) Huntington Hospital (10) Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) (12) Pasadena affordable housing (29) Pasadena Central District (34) Pasadena City Council (56) Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA (12) Pasadena crime (26) Pasadena density (48) Pasadena drought & water contamination (19) Pasadena General Plan (47) Pasadena governance (119) Pasadena history (59) Pasadena La Casita del Arroyo (7) Pasadena maintenance & utilities (58) Pasadena mansionizasion (1) Pasadena mansionization (22) Pasadena neighborhood associations (119) Pasadena Orange Grove Boulevard (20) Pasadena ordinances (33) Pasadena planning & development (120) Pasadena public transportation (21) Pasadena short term rentals (STR) (6) Pasadena social scene (57) Pasadena State of the City address (3) Pasadena traffic (90) Pasadena trees and open spaces (63) Pasadena Unified School District (35) Rose Bowl (54) San Rafael Elementary (34) SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS (63) Vista del Arroyo Hotel (12) WPRA surveys (5)

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