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EATON CANYON RESIDENTS WIN FIRST ROUND TO SAVE HISTORIC PASADENA GOLF COURSE Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
Since 1996
Volume 22, NO. 24
PASADENA COUNCIL CONSIDERS ORDINANCE
TO LIMIT HEIGHT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced over the weekend that after some discussion about a possible transfer to the city of Pasadena, the County of Los Angeles will retain ownership of the Eaton Canyon Golf Course, and will work to ensure that the facility is maintained at the highest possible standard. The news comes on the heels of publicity in this newspaper and other local media where scores of residents came together as a newfound grassroots organization determined to save the golf course. SEE EATON CANYON PAGE 11
Pasadena Tenants Union Supports California Local Rent Control Initiative Story & Photos Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
While locally the Pasadena Tenants Union (PTU) drew short the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot, now the grassroots organization, as well as other concerned groups, is positioning that energy towards the statewide initiative in November. In 1995 "the real estate industry targeted California for increases in rents. Passage of Costa Hawkins was an important component in this strategy. Pursuant to the Costa Hawkins law, local jurisdictions were prohibited from imposing rent control on multifamily residential units that were built after 1995," vacancy decontrol, and individual rental units - such as SEE TENANTS UNION PAGE 10
Alhambra Man Arrested in Pasadena Hit and Run Fatality Last Month Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
The Police Department's Major Accident Investigation Team responded to investigate a major hit and run accident collision last month at Colorado and Sierra Madre Blvd. That hit and run resulted in one death. As a result of extensive follow-up investigations, the suspect (who fled the SEE MAN ARRESTED PAGE 10
Gus HERRERA gherrera@beaconmedianews.com
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t their latest regular meeting, the Pasadena City Council considered implementing an interim ordinance to reduce the maximum allowable height for multi-family and mixed-use developments city-wide. Although in the end, after more than a dozen public speakers and considerable discussion the Council was left with more questions than answers and the item was postponed for further
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City staff recommended an interim measure that would “limit the maximum height of new buildings city-wide to no more than 10 feet taller than the average height of existing buildings along the same block-face.”
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study. The move came in response to a recent influx of higherdensity development projects, specifically some which have taken advantage of state concession permits that allow developers to tack on additional height/density, in exchange for providing affordable housing units. Although it may sound reasonable on paper, city staff’s report cited a major concern that these state-sanctioned exchanges do not “provide sufficient affordable housing to
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SPORTS
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Football Clinic Promotes Healthy Living to Pasadena’s Youth
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