Affordable Housing Bunny
« Previous EntriesMonrovia PIO issues correction RE # Vacant Foreclosures
Friday, May 16th, 2008Contrary to the numbers quoted at the May 5 Community Council meeting and later published in their minutes, things are not quite as dire as first thought. The correction:
Mister Bogaard, Tear Down This College!
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008[Hornet’s dream, Originally uploaded by bryanvillarin]
No, I’m not advocating the destruction of the old Ambassador College Campus, just making a point.
Monrovia asks residents to watch for “squatters”.
Monday, May 12th, 2008Squatters, a scourge of neighborhoods and property owners has raised its ugly head here in Monrovia. The city has asked that residents notify Code Enforcement, 626-932-5535 or MPD 626-256-8000 if you are aware of any squatters.
Monrovians have been given notice of the problem in the Monrovia Today newsletter from the city received over the weekend. The […]
Last Meal of the Apocalypse
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008[Chantry Fire 4/26/08, Originally uploaded by ssladybug]
The Creature sat
upon an immense onyx throne
craving, waiting, lusting,
its stubby fingers clutching
at the arm rests.
The hour had come,
the meal arrived,
despite my protests,
the Creature
after countless eons
was finally served its long-awaited repast.
FUNdraiser in Monrovia for Habitat for Humanity on Sunday
Friday, April 25th, 2008Monrovia Women’s Build hosting evening of fun and fund raising.
Monrovia Women’s Build is hosting an evening of music, dance and drink in an effort to raise the funds for their first of four homes scheduled to be built through the SGV Habitat for Humanity. The four homes will be build on land donated by the city […]
Affordable Housing: Pipe Dream or Nightmare?
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Whoops, that’s not the title of the seminar Larry Wilson references:
Everybody talks about affordable housing, but only credit crunches and recessions do anything about it. But at Occidental this Saturday, as part of the Conversations at the College seminars, you can join former Pasadena Mayor Rick Cole, city manager of Ventura and Oxy ‘78, and […]
The Return of the Photo Of The Day!
Monday, April 7th, 2008[The Stinkeye Express, Originally uploaded by Muzzlehatch]
It’s been nearly three months since the POTD has been run. (No, I wasn’t lazy, Centinel & Publius were doing stuff with the server.) Tomorrow is has two different important deadlines: the municipal elections in Arcadia and the public hearing for the San Gabriel Valley sector of […]
Arcadia, Sierra Madre and Councilmembers Snooping Blogs?
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Oh, I don’t know… I bet we could get the same amount of commenters if we started delving into some Arcadian sore spots. Although the tribes of the Sierra Madre are annoying to outsiders and often full of vitriol and who knows what else, one has to realize that such passionate divisions on local […]
Arcadia Housing: Buy, Rent, or Be Forced to Grow?
Friday, February 15th, 2008Buy or rent in Arcadia? Here’s the calculus you should be using. That is, if you believe everything blogs say.
Meanwhile, it looks like someone is calling for more housing in Arcadia.
City officials are reeling over a state mandate requiring Arcadia and other cities to explore ways to increase the local housing stock by hundreds - […]
Peter Yao Loves the People That Work For Him
Friday, February 1st, 2008Peter Yao doesn’t mince his words:
The years-long effort to build an affordable housing project on Base Line Road is in jeopardy because new county guidelines have disqualified the city from $2.5 million in funding.
The developer selected for the project said in an interview Thursday that “the chance of this project being completed is pretty close […]
President of Smarth Growth America Boring as Sin
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Only dimly related to the FC (we are battling it out over “smart growth” all the time), but I wanted to point out that Geoff Anderson, the new president and CEO of Smart Growth America, needs to learn how to give an engaging interview. Planetizen’s podcasts will some day come of age, but until I […]
Hope You Had A Nice Day Off
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008[A Sip of Coffee, originally uploaded by Ryan Tiet]
“One Day we will have to stand before the God of history and we will talk in terms of things we’ve done. Yes, we will be able to say we have built gargantuan bridges to span the seas, we built gargantuan buildings to kiss the skies. […]
Wait a Tic…a Pasadena Company FIRING Indians?
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Believe it. Not everyone is as lucky as Pasadena Now.
Pomona Real Estate: Cliff Who?
Thursday, December 13th, 2007You want to honestly deal with Pomona’s image problems? First off, everyone needs to acknowledge that they exist. Check out this post from Curbed L.A., which laments the sorry state of a Pomonan Cliff May home. The comments are almost split between those who trash Pomona and those who say it’s not […]
Morning Roundup 12.7.07
Friday, December 7th, 2007Oh what a beautiful morning. Rain filling southland aquifers, the sweet smell of the weekend riding the cold front, and Norma Torres managing to alienate just about everyone. All the the latest and greatest (and lots of links we missed earlier) after the jump.
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