1850<\/strong>: With California statehood, L.A. County becomes a U.S. County<\/span> Altadena Heritage\u2019s March \u201cThird Thursday\u201d presentation features a panel of experts who will inform us about the recently adopted Los Angeles County Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Mills Act, which grants property tax reductions to certain qualified historic properties. (One example is Altadena\u2019s Woodbury house, pictured above, built in 1883.)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Join us on March 17 from 7 to 9 pm <\/span><\/p>\n at the Altadena Community Center<\/strong> Hear insights from:<\/p>\n Tim Gregory<\/strong>, an architectural historian (\u201cThe Building Biographer\u201d) and a founding Altadena Heritage board member who was involved in initiating the community-wide historic architectural survey that became the foundation for AH\u2019s architectural database, and;<\/p>\n Phillip Estes<\/strong>, a principal planner with the L.A. County Department of Regional Planning who leads community planning efforts in unincorporated areas, including the successful implementation of the County\u2019s first-ever Historic Preservation Ordinance and Mills Act; and<\/p>\n Kevin Johnson<\/strong>, a senior planner with the City of Pasadena\u2019s Design and Historic Preservation staff who serves as manager of the city\u2019s Mills Act Program.<\/p>\n There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.<\/p>\n This program is free and open to the public as part of Altadena Heritage\u2019s \u201cThird Thursday\u201d Series, and includes light refreshments.<\/strong><\/p>\n Please RSVP to AltadenaHeritage@earthlink.net<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Altadena Heritage\u2019s March \u201cThird Thursday\u201d presentation features a panel of experts who will inform us about the recently adopted Los Angeles County Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Mills Act…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" 1850<\/strong>: With California statehood, L.A. County becomes a U.S. County<\/span> Altadena Heritage\u2019s March \u201cThird Thursday\u201d presentation features a panel of experts who will inform us about the recently adopted Los Angeles County Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Mills Act, which grants property tax reductions to certain qualified historic properties. (One example is Altadena\u2019s Woodbury house, pictured above, built in 1883.)<\/p>
\n 2015<\/strong>: L.A. County introduces its first preservation ordinance!<\/span><\/p>\n
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Can You Benefit From L.A. County\u2019s New Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Mills Act Program?<\/span><\/h3>
2015<\/strong>: L.A. County introduces its first preservation ordinance!<\/span><\/p>
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