Our Cup of Tea
What's changing in the western San Gabriel Valley.
Our Cup of Tea is a weekly neighborhood briefing about what's opening, being built, and changing across Alhambra, San Gabriel, Monterey Park, Rosemead, and Temple City.
Food finds and new openings in your inbox every Thursday. Weekend plans on Instagram, all week.
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What's in the newsletter each Thursday
- The Lead — one reported story, when one earns it.
- Development Watch — filings, entitlements, permits, and what they actually allow.
- Openings & Closings — new restaurants, shops and closures, verified by a person before they run.
- Council Watch — all five cities, every week, including the meetings that get canceled.
- Noticed — one short signed observation.
This week · 15 October
Proposition 45 would set time limits on environmental reviews
Proposition 45, on the 3 November ballot, would set binding time limits on environmental and permit reviews of projects it defines as "essential", according to the state's Legislative Analyst.
Read this week's issue: Proposition 45 would set time limits on environmental reviews →
On the ballot · November 3
- Measure HOM, Monterey Park — what a yes vote would allow, and what it leaves the City Council to decide later. Analysis & Opinion by Pat.
- Measure PS, San Gabriel — what a yes vote buys, for how long, and what the ordinance actually promises. Analysis & Opinion by Pat.
- All ten measures in our five cities
Noticed
New metal bus stop covers and fixtures are going in along Valley Boulevard. I don't know yet who is installing them, how many stops are getting them, or whether the old shelters and benches are going away.
— Pat
Weekend plans, events and what's worth the drive go up on Instagram, all week.
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