Save San Pascual Park - Stop the Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project
The City of Pasadena is making moves to destroy our beloved San Pascual Park and turn it into a water treatment facility that would divert fresh water from the Arroyo Seco to the South Pasadena Golf course. Residents of both LA and Pasadena oppose this project - we value our park and the native habitat it provides.
Please take a minute to send a comment to the City of Pasadena's Department of Public Works on their Environmental Impact Report on the Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project. Let them know that taking water from native habitats for a golf course is never an environmentally friendly move, no matter how they try to spin their report.
Why this is important:
🚨🌳HABITAT DESTRUCTION
136 trees removed eliminating over 82% of the existing canopy and destroying critical habitat for wildlife
Impacts species like owls, herons, and least Bell’s vireo
Source: Protecting San Pascual Park: Draft EIR Is out. Help US Protect an Irreplaceable Environmental Treasure.” Sierra Club, 4 May 2026, www.sierraclub.org/angeles/blog/2026/05/protecting-san-pascual-park-draft-eir-out-help-us-protect-irreplaceable
❌⚖️LEGAL ISSUES
Pasadena and South Pasadena have not had a full tribal consult as required by AB52, invalidating their Draft EIR
Source: Chief Andy Salas, email to Clara Solis, April 30, 2026
This project will seize a ½ acre of Los Angeles parkland without LA City Council approval, this may violate the Los Angeles City Charter
Source: South Pasadena Nature Park “Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project FAQ Clarifications & Corrections” https://southpasnaturepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FAQs_ASWRP_Pas_FONP_Rebuttal.pdf
💧🚫PROJECT WONT WORK / DOESNT ADDRESS WATER POLUTION
Water will spread laterally instead of filtering downward (Appendix pg. 837)
Water pools will only allow occasional infiltration as opposed to the existing stream which allows constant infiltration (Appendix pg. 837)
Contaminated runoff from Annandale Golf Course, Rose Bowl parking lot, and South Pas Golf Course remain untreated
Project shifts water without fixing root pollution problem
Source: Pasadena’s “Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project: Facts Sheet - Additional Information” pg 6.
💰❌ MISUSE OF FUNDS
Funded by Measure W but does not meet nature-based solution standards
Relies on hypothetical future projects outside City control
🌆 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS
Impacts a disadvantaged, park-poor community
Benefits flow toward a more affluent neighboring city
Source: Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool https://public-environmental-data-partners.github.io/j40-cejst-2/en/#13.08/34.11614/-118.1748
🛝 Public Land Protections
Parkland should remain protected for public use (LA City Charter Sec. 594(c))
