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October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month VOLUME 15 NO. 40VOLUME 15 NO. 40 Walter Cailleteau, DVM Free Exam! 927 N. Michillinda Ave. For New Clients Pasadena, CA 91107 Bring this coupon to save! (626) 351-8863 broker lic. #01514230 | source: CoreLogic, Freddie Mac, Bankrate Jan Greteman 626.975.4033 jan@jangreteman.com jangreteman.com #01943630 Judy Webb-Martin 626.688.2273 jwmartin@dppre.com #00541631 Katie Orth 626.688.0418 korth@dppre.com #00942500 Your Story. Your Home. Your Team. Together Stronger. THE WEBB-MARTIN GROUP JUST SOLD 500 North Michillinda Avenue Sierra Madre, 91024 500NMichillinda.com7 Beds | 5.5 Baths | 6,588 sf | 50,113 sf lot The Hoover Estate Sold at $3,715,000 We're doing very well for our clients in buying and selling homes. Call us today for a free home assessment with no obligations. IN ESCROW 650 North Holliston Avenue Pasadena, 91106 2 Beds | 1 Bath | 960 sf | 5,200 sf lot 1921 Spanish Listed at $629,000 The first, Senate Bill 9, makes it possible to build more than one housing unit on land that was previously designated for only one unit. The second, Senate Bill 10, allows for denser development near public transit corridors, such as bus and train lines. Two new Bills, effective January 1, 2022, will impact single-family zoning in California. Zoning regulates how land can be used, or what can be built where. Can a business be built on a given plot? That area is zoned for commercial use. Can a home or condo complex be built there? That is residential zoning. In a downtown area, you might have mixed-use zoning — say, ground-floor retail businesses and residential units in the high-rise above. Single-family zoning refers to a residential area where only one housing unit can be built on a given parcel of land. Think of the Southern California suburban staple of a home with no shared walls — in other words, not a duplex, triplex or multiunit complex. If you live in a house with a driveway, garage, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and front, back and side yards, it’s almost certainly a single-family home. Info Reported from The LA Times IN ESCROW WITH MULTIPLE OFFERS For full Prop details, Contact Us SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2021 THANK YOU MRS. SMART On Tuesday, State and Local officials honored Sierra Madre's outgoingLibrarian Christine Smart, thanking her for her dedication, creativity and innovative leadership, especially during the Pandemic when she assembled a team that managed to offer library services and activities online and in person when permissable to the Sierra Madre community. Picture above are, left to right, Front row, Christine and Mayor Rachelle Arizmendi; Back row, Mayor Pro Tem Gene Goss, Councilmembers Kelli Kriebs, Robert Parkhurst and Edward Garcia. Photo courtesy City of Sierra Madre. CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE: WHAT IS IT? There has recently been some confusion related to addi- tional electrical energy costs that have appeared on the monthly bills of Sierra Madre residents. Environmental Consultant Robert Parkhurst, a freshman City of Sierra Madre councilmember explains this situation as follows: Councilmember Parkhurst explains that all utilities across the Western United States are experiencing high prices, due in part to a doubling in natural gas prices this year Three years ago, rather than continuing to purchase elect- rical energy from Southern California Edison, the City of Sierra Madre joined Clean Power Alliance (CPA) with 29 other cities located throughout Los Angeles and Ventura counties as well as the unincorporated areas of both. These municipalities have come together for the purpose of purchasing CLEANER local power from newly const- ructed or soon to be constructed, environmentally respon- sible renewable energy plants. Clean Power Alliance (www. cleanpoweralliance.org) has grown to become the single largest provider of 100% renewable energy to customers in the nation. Due to the efforts of CPA, more than 90% of the electricity Sierra Madreans use daily is renewable and by 2024 about half of that will originate from these newlydeveloped sources exclusive to CPA. Parkhurst also points out that Southern California Edison is a private company which must earn a profit and there- fore adds additional costs to its customers. In contrast, CPA is a non-profit entity which does not need to add such costs, charging its customers only the cost of providing electricity. Additionally, due to CPA’s work, many good paying renewable energy jobs have been and continue to be created throughout the Southern California region. Presently, CPA customers have the choice of three categ- ories of service: 1) Lean Power, which provides 40% clean power 2) Clean Power, which provides 50% clean power 3) 100% Green Power, which provides 100% renewable energy. The cost for each category varies, but accordingto Councilmember Parkhurst, 95% of Sierra Madre resi- dents have chosen 100% Green Power. CPA customers can change to another level at any time. CPA recognizes that many Southern Californians have been adversely impacted by the COVD-19 pandemic and thus may have trouble paying their electricity bill. As such, CPA’s Board of Directors voted to provide $2 million in COVID bill assistance, which helped more than 72,000 re- sidential and small business customers. Parkhurst added if you are having trouble paying your electricity bill, contact CPA at 1-888-585-3788 to see if you qualify for one of CPA’s many financial assistance prog- rams. You can learn about these programs by visiting ht- tps://cleanpoweralliance.org/financial-assistance. S. Tolchin/MVNews | |||||||||||||||||||
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