Happy New Year! 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2023 VOLUME 17 NO. 01VOLUME 17 NO. 01 
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Jan Greteman 
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Judy Webb-Martin 
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Katie Orth 
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HAPP Y NEW YEAR 
The last 10 days of 2022 brought problematic news to City Hall. On 
December 28th, the LA County Registrar-Recorders Office notified the 
city that the cost of a special election to facilitate the referendum will 
cost the city between $325,000 - $400,000. 
THE REFERENDUM 
Project fiscal impact ± $400,000 expense 
Prior to the defeat of Measure HR in November, opponents of The 
Meadows project began collecting signatures for a referendum to over-
turn the adoption of Ordinance 1461 which approved the project. " 
"SUMMARY OF REFERENDUM AGAINST ORDINANCE NO. 1461 
This is a referendum on whether Sierra Madre City Council Ordinance 
No. 1461 should become effective. Ordinance No. 1461 (1) approves a 
Zoning Map Amendment; (2) approves a Specific Plan and (3) approves 
a Development Agreement for The Meadows at Bailey Canyon Project 
located at 700 North Sunnyside Avenue in the City of Sierra Madre."1 
If sufficient signatures were collected, the Referendum would be placed 
on the ballot in a special election for voter approval. On December 7,2022, the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office con-
firmed the results of the signature gathering: 
Number of Signatures filed: 1,357 
Number of Signatures verified: 1,357 
Number of Signatures found sufficient: 1,223 
Number of Signatures found not sufficient: 134 
Not sufficient because duplicate: 30 
As a result, at the January 10th city council meeting, a decision 
will be considered on whether or not to a) Agree to rescind Or-
dinance 1461 or b) Prepare for the Referendum to be voted on by 
residents. Either choice will have a negative impact on the city 
either as the result of almost certain litigation against the city, or 
if an election is scheduled, incurring the cost for a special elec-
tion which ranges in costs from $325, 000 - $400,000. The next 
regularly schedule election in Sierra Madre is November, 2024. 
The referendum has been cited as responsible for the new ap-
plication submitted by NUWI. 
THE NEW PROJECT: 
Project fiscal impact + $1,000,000 loss revenue 
On December 20, 2022, NUWI Sierra Madre, LLC submitted a 
preliminary application under Senate Bill No. 330 ("SB 330 Ap-
plication") and a new development at 700 N. Sunnyside Avenue 
in Sierra Madre. 
The new application is for 50 houses including 3 'moderate to 
very low-income' units on the same property as The Meadows 
at Bailey Canyon. 
During the many community discussions of Measure HR, one 
of the concerns expressed by residents familiar with the project 
was whether or not the state's changes in housing laws such as 
SB9 & 10, and SB 330, etc. would provide an even less desireable 
[for residents] alternative for The Meadows project. It appears 
that those concerns were legitimate. 
The new proposal under SB330 submitted by NUWI, after anal-
ysis by city staff identified the following tentative conclusions:2 
The Developer's SB 330 Application is made possible by 
the referendum of Ordinance No. 1461, but not Resolution No. 22-58;
The City is required to process the Meadows Project and New 
Project simultaneously pursuant to the Permit Streamlining Act and 
Housing Accountability Act; 
The Developer's SB 330 Application locks in the City's existing 
development standards and limits future hearings to a total of five; 
The Housing Accountability Act limits the City's discretionary 
review of the New Project; 
The Density Bonus Law allows the Developer to circumvent many 
of the City's development standards; 
While the City has yet to complete an initial study, the New Proj-
ect is unlikely to require a full Environmental Impact Report ("EIR''); and 
The City's quasi-adjudicative decisions regarding the New Project 
are not subject to a referendum.
While the City has yet to complete an initial study, the New Project is 
essentially the same as the Meadows Project, except slightly denser and 
devoid of the benefits conferred to the City. 
On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 the Council will be addressing both the 
application for the new residential subdivision and the certification of 
the Referendum signatures. 
To quote one resident familiar with choices facing the council, "Perhaps 
the proponents of the referendum will withdraw the petition and both 
problems will be resolved". A withdrawal would require quick action 
from the propoents as the deadline to do so is less than 10 days away. 
The table below illustrates a side-by-side comparison of the Meadows 
Project and the New Project: 
1 Sierra Madre City Attorney's Impartial Analysis Measure HR 
http s://w w w.ci ty o f s i er r a m a d r e.c o m/c o m m o n/p a ge s/D i s p l a yF i l e.
aspx?itemId=18740828 
2 Staff Report City of Sierra Madre January 10 Agenda Packethttps://www.cityofsierramadre.com/cms/one.aspx?objectId=267966 
S.Henderson/MVNews 
NEW YEAR - NEW CHALLENGES FOR SIERRA MADRE 
Referendum Signatures Verified- New, Larger Housing Proposal Submitted; 
City May Loose More Than $1 million dollars 
SIERRA MADRE ROSE FLOAT ASSOCIATION 
BRINGS HOME ANOTHER TROPHY! Page 2