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A long list of leaders and residents vote No on Measure M, including several mayors! We want housing in our community to follow our City General Plan. This would allow just 20 homes in this section, and they would not be oversized. This 42 McMansion proposal by Santa Monica property development company New Urban West…

Vote by mail ballots are being delivered to you and it’s important to vote early and vote No on Measure M in Sierra Madre, CA. The developer wants to build 42 houses that average 3,500 square feet, including houses as large as 3,775 square feet on 7,800 square-foot lots. That’s outrageous. We don’t accept 42…

An example of New Urban West’s work: Ocean Colony, Huntington Beach Sierra Madre is a beautiful small town—a rare jewel in LA County that is absolutely charming. What’s not charming is what’s happening on the west side, where New Urban West, a Santa-Monica-based developer, intends to build “The Meadows at Bailey Canyon,” a large subdivision on the monastery grounds. The plans call for 42 multimillion-dollar tract houses, and most are two-story McMansions. As approved by city officials, this sweetheart deal allows for packing much larger houses onto lots than the city’s General Plan allows. You or I can’t build a 3,800 square-foot house on…

Dear Concerned Residents, We are contacting you because you signed our petition in support of Measure HR and/or the Referendum to overturn City Council’s decision to approve the Meadows Housing Project (Ordinance 1461).  We thank you for taking these actions to keep Sierra Madre the town it is, where we all have equal property rights.…

Protect Sierra Madre had only 30 days to get the signatures of 10% of Sierra Madre voters, asking for an election (a referendum) to overturn the City Council’s approval of the Meadows project. 1,300 signatures (more than the required 10% of 850) were reviewed by the County.  Once the official Certification is returned to the…