Monday night’s City Council meeting will not be the first conducted with public comments on unagendized topics at the end of the meeting, after all. Mayor Gordo has delayed implementing the scheduling change for one week. It had been expected to take effect Mo... More »
A legal organization is hailing a judge’s ruling that a California law requiring the boards of public corporations to include a member from an “underrepresented community” is unconstitutional. Friday’s ruling by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge invalidates A... More »
Before more than one hundred residents, friends, family members and supporters, District 3 Councilmember John J. Kennedy kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday for the November 3 municipal election, with a barbeque lunch and rally. Kennedy was joined at ... More »
Dear Pasadena Residents: In recent weeks, the City of Pasadena has been the subject of several news reports, opinion pieces, a widely publicized letter, and even political Twitter postings from the State Attorney General regarding the City’s compliance with Ca... More »
Pasadena Mayor Victor M. Gordo released a letter to Pasadena residents Friday disputing California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s claims that Pasadena is in violation of Senate Bill 9, a housing law passed by the Legislature in 2021. “It is important that I comm... More »
[Updated] Four Southland cities, led by Redondo Beach, have filed a legal challenge to Senate Bill 9, a state law that permits single-family lots to be divided for the development of two to four houses. Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand spoke to the Pasadena Cit... More »
Senate Bill 1177, introduced by State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) which seeks to create an affordable housing regional trust between the cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena and SB 1067, which restricts parking minimums in cit... More »
Pasadena’sFinance Director announced precise details of a series of hearings that will lead up to the formation of how the city spends its money for the fiscal year (FY) 2023. Matthew Hawkesworth, Director of Finance released plans for the highly detailed budg... More »
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and other stakeholders with prominent roles in the fight against homelessness in L.A. County reacted Wednesday to the Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness’ (BRCH) formal completion and adoption of its report on ho... More »
In a special joint meeting with Supervisor Kathryn Barger on Monday, the LA County Public Works Department said that sediment removal in the Hahamongna Watershed Park had already been put to the test. In December, the area was battered with rain from a local s... More »
Interim City Manager Cynthia Kurtz sent an opposition letter to the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) over rate increases. “Pasadena does not support rate increases of 8% and 8% for each of the next two years,” Kurtz wrote in the March 21 letter. “Over the pas... More »
Assembly Bill 2723, a bill offered by Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) that includes new requirements to legally reclaim a lost pet that has been found, passed the Assembly Business and Professions Committee. “Many of us have opened our homes and welco... More »
