To Darth Damrath, Chief Environmental Planner at LA Dept. of Transportation – WPRA response to the SR-710 FEIR/FEIS
Pasadena traffic
Pertaining to traffic congestion and traffic studies
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 |
710 FEIR/FEIS – no tunnel alternative
To CA State Transportation Agency, CA Dept. of Transportation, CA Dept. of Transportation District 7 – the 710 North project FEIR/FEIS should not include discussion of the tunnel alternative in any way
To Kelly Ewinag-Toledo, WPRA supports the TSM/TDM as the preferred alternative
To Kelly Ewinag-Toledo, Caltrans District 7 – WPRA supports the selection of TSM/TDM as the preferred alternative but advises to change “preferred alternative” to “the project”
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 |
To Dept. of Transportation, Caltrans District 7 – the SR-710 North Study FRDEIR/SDEIS is deficient
To Dept. of Transportation, Caltrans District 7 – WPRA reviews and responds to the SR-710 North Study FRDEIR/SDEIS – report is deficient
WPRA News Spring 2018
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
| President | Kenyon Harbison |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Justin Chapman |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
To Kelly Ewing-Toledo, WPRA comments on SR-710 North Study: Finding of Adverse Effects
To Kelly Ewing-Toledo, Historic Resources Coordinator, Caltrans District 7 – WPRA comments on the SR-710 North Study: Finding of Adverse Effects
WPRA Requests SR710 FOAE Review Extension
To Kelly Ewing-Toledo in Caltrans District 7 explaining that the SR-710 North Study FOAE extension is still not enough time for review and at least 90 days
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 |
