City Council vote advances affordable-housing plan at former Pasadena Kaiser site

Pasadena City Council approved an exclusive negotiation agreement between the city and Heritage Housing Partners to develop a mixed-use affordable housing project at the former Kaiser Permanente site on Lake Avenue.

The council approved the agreement 7-1 with Councilmember Steve Madison voting no. Madison voiced concerns about the process that arrived at selected the developer and the fact that Los Angeles County was no longer partnering to split the $12 million bill on the site purchase.