The West Pasadena Residents’ Association has identified several elements of the DEIR that we believe have serious legal issues and are potentially flawed or unacceptable.
Pasadena ordinances
Pertaining to ordinance and zoning changes
WPRA Newsletter Winter 2022
In this issue
Will SB-9 and Pasadena’s response to it help fix the affordable housing shortage?
President’s Message: We walk the line
City loses baker’s dozen of key personnel; replacement efforts are underway
The Blinn House: a fitting, restored home for Pasadena Heritage
Q&A with Paul Little, president and CEO, Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, and Eric Duyshart, manager, City of Pasadena’s Economic Development
The long and winding road to YWCA rehab and a new hotel?
Anywhere and nowhere
Huntington Hospital community services and support stands out
This drought may never end
Wildlife corridors: critical to biodiversity
San Rafael Annual Fund sets 2022 fund-raising goal and events
Healthy aging embodies enrichment, engagement, empowerment
West Pasadena and the golden age of postcards
| President | Dan Beal |
| Vice President, Administration | Evan Davis |
| Vice President, Communications | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Kenyon Harbison |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
Pasadena Housing Draft Element – WPRA Letter to Council
WPRA’s comments on the July 14, 2021 Draft Housing Element – WPRA considers this draft to be an overall good start to a difficult task, one that provides a platform for further engagement and revision. We list 7 key points of focus & 3 appendixes.
WPRA Letter to Assembly Member Holden opposing SB 10
The West Pasadena Residents’ Association strongly opposes SB 10as an excessive, misguided and fatally flawed attempt to pre-empt local determinations on land use.
WPRA Newsletter Summer 2021
In This Issue
2021 WPRA annual meeting tackles housing crisis
Elected officials comment on housing challenges
Experts panel discusses path forward for more affordable housing
WPRA honors Rosa Laveaga for service, dedication
President’s message: Bringing down the house
Remembering Becky Wheeler
Pasadena is preparing welcome mats for middle-income workforce renters
Pasadena Avenue on National Register
California’s housing goals for Pasadena defy logic
WPRA provides feedback on bridge options, SB 9
What went wrong with the Raymond Basin?
Daughter’s death prompts parents to advocate for drowning prevention
It’s time to face facts about preventable drownings
Are you ready to get up and get moving?
A civil (housing) war in the city of homes
Officers
| President | Dan Beal |
| Vice President, Administration | Evan Davis |
| Vice President, Communications | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Kenyon Harbison |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA Letter to State Housing Committee Opposing SB9
SB 9 is not an equity bill. It is the exact opposite. Its emphasis on expensive market rate construction would constitute an unprecedented and destabilizing attack on 7 million California single-family households with 20 million residents—white, Black, Latino and Asian—at all income levels.
WPRA Letter to State Housing Committee Supporting SB 15
| 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. |
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
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
