FORUMS AND WORKSHOPS
2024 South Pasadena City Council Candidate Forum
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CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM
Monday, September 30th City Council Chambers 1414 Mission Street WISPPA and the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce co-hosted the in-person forum with the coordination by the League of Women Voters. District 1 City Council Seat: South Pasadena Mayor Evelyn Zneimer is facing a challenge from Public Works Commission Chair Omari Ferguson District 2 City Council Seat: Finance Commission Vice Chair Sheila Rossi and Public Safety Commissioner Charley Lu are competing for the seat currently held by Jack Donovan who is not running. District 3 incumbent Jon Primuth is not facing opposition in his quest for a second four-year term. |
Message from WISPPA President Mary Urquhart
The City Council Candidate Forum hosted by WISPPA and the Chamber of Commerce and moderated by the League of Woman Voters, LWV, was a huge success. A standing room only crowd filled the City Council Chambers as the LWV compiled questions and allowed each contested race candidate to give a timed response. We applaud the candidates and the crowd for thoughtfully answering the questions by citizens who were a model of decorum. According to our City's rules, we could not livestream the forum. However, the Chamber of Commerce recorded it so that we now have been able to post the recording on all of our respective websites. |
Community Forum On The Housing Element
We are at a very critical time with the future of our city. The fourth draft of our City’s Housing Element
was rejected. The city must come up with an acceptable plan to accommodate the over
2000 additional residences mandated by the state.
CLICK HERE (passcode:5iUpDM@s) TO SEE THE VIDEO OF THE MEETING
that took place on Monday, February 13, 2023
(please ignore 1st 20 seconds)
We are at a very critical time with the future of our city. The fourth draft of our City’s Housing Element
was rejected. The city must come up with an acceptable plan to accommodate the over
2000 additional residences mandated by the state.
CLICK HERE (passcode:5iUpDM@s) TO SEE THE VIDEO OF THE MEETING
that took place on Monday, February 13, 2023
(please ignore 1st 20 seconds)
CAN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER BE PRESERVED IN A POST-SB 9 AND SB-10 WORLD?
WISPPA FORUM 12/9/21
WISPPA and the South Pasadena Preservation Foundation (SPPF) presented a virtual community forum.
Senate Bill 9, which takes effect January 1, 2022 requires communities across California to allow duplexes, and in some cases four units, in most single-family home neighborhoods. Senate Bill 10, also effective January 1, enables cities that want to opt in to upzone urbanized areas close to transit, allowing up to 10 units per parcel without any environmental review or public hearing. Do these new laws spell the end of single-family zoning as we know it? Is there anything that concerned communities can do to blunt their impacts? What do the laws mean for historic neighborhoods? What are other Southern California cities doing in response?
Our guest speakers were Jeffrey and Maria Kalban. Jeff is a licensed architect and owner of his own firm. He chairs the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council Planning and Land Use (PLUM) Committee and Vision Committee. He also chaired the United Neighbors Vision Committee that produced an 85-page affordable housing study
WISPPA FORUM 12/9/21
WISPPA and the South Pasadena Preservation Foundation (SPPF) presented a virtual community forum.
Senate Bill 9, which takes effect January 1, 2022 requires communities across California to allow duplexes, and in some cases four units, in most single-family home neighborhoods. Senate Bill 10, also effective January 1, enables cities that want to opt in to upzone urbanized areas close to transit, allowing up to 10 units per parcel without any environmental review or public hearing. Do these new laws spell the end of single-family zoning as we know it? Is there anything that concerned communities can do to blunt their impacts? What do the laws mean for historic neighborhoods? What are other Southern California cities doing in response?
Our guest speakers were Jeffrey and Maria Kalban. Jeff is a licensed architect and owner of his own firm. He chairs the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council Planning and Land Use (PLUM) Committee and Vision Committee. He also chaired the United Neighbors Vision Committee that produced an 85-page affordable housing study
2020 SOUTH PASADENA CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM
WISPPA was pleased to co-sponsor the candidate forum with The SouthPasadenan.
We thank Linda Wah for moderating this important forum and the following candidates for participating:
Jack Donovan
Alan Erlich
Michelle Hammond
Bob Joe
Jon Primuth
Evelyn Zneimer
There were 11 prepared questions given to the candidates 1 hour prior to the forum.
They were given 1 minute to answer the 1st 5 questions, 30 seconds for the next 6 questions
before taking questions asked live during the forum.
WISPPA was pleased to co-sponsor the candidate forum with The SouthPasadenan.
We thank Linda Wah for moderating this important forum and the following candidates for participating:
Jack Donovan
Alan Erlich
Michelle Hammond
Bob Joe
Jon Primuth
Evelyn Zneimer
There were 11 prepared questions given to the candidates 1 hour prior to the forum.
They were given 1 minute to answer the 1st 5 questions, 30 seconds for the next 6 questions
before taking questions asked live during the forum.
2018 CANDIDATE FORUM
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WISPPA was pleased to co-sponsor the candidate forum with the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.
We thank all of the candidates for participating and Linda Wah for moderating this important forum. Also, thanks to Bianca Richards, Laurie Wheeler and Betty Emirhanian for working with Linda on the questions, to Bianca & WISPPA for the refreshments at the reception, John Vandercook for having the reception at his business "Reimagine Your Home" and to Tracy Macrum (local business owner) for being the timekeeper and making sure all the candidates stayed within their allotted time. Lastly, a special thank you to Laurie Wheeler for coordinating the event. |
Linda Wah, Betty Emirhanian; Diana Mahmud, Michael Cacciotti, Laurie Wheeler, Bianca Richards, Eric Brady, and John Vandercook
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