HOAs/Rancho Palos Verdes/LA County
Upper Basswood HOA
Upper Basswood Homeowners Association is a neighborhood group on Basswood Avenue in Rancho Palos Verdes. In 1999 its members asked the City Council for speed humps on their street, and the council approved six as a pilot, then contracted for the work. City staff worked with the association on a traffic calming pilot in 2014, and the city paid it beautification grants in four cycles. The map shows the 88 homes on Basswood Avenue above Montemalaga Drive, the stretch its speakers live on. Those homes were built mostly from 1956 to 1958.
Quick Facts
| Type | Voluntary neighborhood association |
|---|---|
| Location | Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County |
| Homes | 88 single family homes |
| Built | 1956 to 1966 |
| Boundary | County lot lines for lots on Basswood Ave (LA County Assessor parcels). Which lots belong is a best estimate from street names and location. |
Boundaries come from city GIS records, county tract maps or county parcel lines and are not survey lines. Management companies change, so confirm the contact with the association before relying on it. Board members and homeowners are never listed here.
Details
- The City of Rancho Palos Verdes lists Upper Basswood HOA as a Neighborhood Beautification grantee in cycles 7, 13, 16 and 17.City of Rancho Palos Verdes
- The city's current grant program is open to neighborhoods without a formal HOA when at least three households apply.City of Rancho Palos Verdes
- Basswood Avenue has 119 homes on county tracts 21169, 21351, 21350, 23919 and 24530. Of these, 113 were built from 1956 to 1958.LA County Assessor roll, 2026
- A September 5, 2000 city staff report says the City Council approved speed humps along Basswood Avenue as a six month pilot program on May 4, 1999, after requests from the Upper Basswood Homeowners' Association and approval by the city's Traffic Committee. A February 15, 2000 report says the council awarded a contract on August 3, 1999 for a series of six speed humps on Basswood Avenue and that the work was completed on February 2, 2000.City of Rancho Palos Verdes (archived copy) [2]
- The city's cycle 16 application summary (September 20, 2005) lists application 16-023 from Upper Basswood HOA to repair its existing entrance sign and landscape in front of it.City of Rancho Palos Verdes archive
- The city's cycle 17 application summary (October 3, 2006) lists application 17-042 from Upper Basswood HOA to lay cobble pavers on exposed soil along the sidewalk and plant creeping fig on the wall around its sign.City of Rancho Palos Verdes archive
- The Rancho Palos Verdes Council of Homeowners Associations welcomed Upper Basswood as its 60th member at its February 15, 2006 meeting, and the city's November 2012 table of grants by group marks Upper Basswood HOA as a member.RPV Council of Homeowners Associations (archived copy); City of Rancho Palos Verdes (archived copy)
- Basswood Avenue's house numbers run from 26101 at its north end to 26971 at its south end, where it meets Silver Spur Road about 300 meters north of Hawthorne Boulevard. Montemalaga Drive meets it between 26461 and 26503.Rancho Palos Verdes city GIS; LA County Assessor roll, 2026
- Listings for 26871 Basswood Avenue (tract 21350, sold in 2026) and 26706 Basswood Avenue (tract 23919, for sale) show no HOA fee.MLS listing
- On May 4, 1999 the City Council approved six speed humps along Basswood Avenue as a pilot, and on August 3, 1999 it awarded the construction contract. Residents from the 26700 and 26800 blocks of Basswood Avenue spoke for the Upper Basswood Homeowners Association, which had sought a fix for speeding on its street for five years and had a petition signed by most residents.City of Rancho Palos Verdes records [2]
- In November 2004 a council member reported attending the Upper Basswood Homeowner's Association block party, and a 2014 staff report on the citywide traffic calming program says staff were working with the association on a pilot project.City of Rancho Palos Verdes records [2]
- The city's payment registers show beautification grant payments to the Upper Basswood HOA in May 2006 and April 2007.City of Rancho Palos Verdes records [2]
More information
Sources
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes, RPV list of previous grantees
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes, RPV Neighborhood Beautification Grant Program
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes (archived copy), MeetingDate 2000 09 05
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes (archived copy), CityCouncil
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes archive
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes archive, City cycle 17 grant application summary, October 2006 (PDF)
- RPV Council of Homeowners Associations (archived copy)
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes (archived copy), document 3 (PDF)
- Rancho Palos Verdes city GIS
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes records, DocView
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes records, DocView
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes records, DocView
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes records, DocView
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes records, DocView
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes records, DocView
Some details also come from MLS listings or local agents' guides, which are named but not linked here.
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