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Letters
WPRA Advocacy: The West Pasadena Residents’ Association has taken positions on matters and written letters to various government agencies.
Most recent at the top. Scroll down for previous letters.
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.
2021_3_11-Ltr-Oppose-SB-10-3-11-21WPRA 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
2021_02_22-WPRA_Letter-Portantino-SB-9To Anita Cerna, Senior Planner, So Fair Oaks Specific Plan
WPRA recommends adjustments to guarantee tree maintenance, density & height reductions of residential units, widening the paseos & deign compatibility
Letter_So-Fair-Oaks-Specific-Plan-2_10_21-1Joint Letter to Council regarding RHNA Appeal
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