The city has reinstated of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave for City employees who miss work due to qualifying COVID-19 related reasons. California’s 2021 COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave law expired on September 30, but earlier this month, Governor ... More »
The City Council on Monday will consider banning gas-powered leaf blowers. The ban could occur in a two-phased implementation timeline that would prohibit leaf blowers in one year for landscape professionals on private property, and 10 months for city operatio... More »
The City Council will conduct a Public Hearing on the East Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan during Monday’s meeting. The city is updating all eight of its specific plans as part of the 2018 Our Pasadena program, launched as a step toward the implementation of ... More »
The City Council on Monday will conduct the first reading of an ordinance designed to bring the city in compliance with a new organics recycling law. SB 1383 requires jurisdictions expand organic waste recycling, reduce the amount of organic material going to ... More »
The City Council on Monday will consider an Early Childhood Development and Early Learning task force on Monday. According to a staff report in Monday’s agenda, Mayor Victor Gordo is recommending that the City Council appoint a new task force for the purpose o... More »
As part of Monday’s consent calendar, the City Council will vote on a $1,227,600 contract with Passport Labs to provide mobile parking payment services. In 2018, the city entered into an agreement with Passport Labs, Inc., as the highest scoring vendor, to acc... More »
Before a small but supportive invited audience of city officials and local community leaders, Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo delivered the second State of the City address of his term, but the first one delivered in person, in the wake of the dwindling daily thr... More »
Thursday night, Mayor Victor M. Gordo delivered his 2022 State of the City address before an in-person audience of government and civic leaders and by live local television. The speech was entitled “We Are Stronger Together.” Pasadena Now has obtained a copy a... More »
State Senator Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) has endorsed Jason Lyon for Pasadena City Council. Lyon, who is currently the Vice Chair of the Pasadena Planning Commission, is running to replace retiring Councilmember Andy Wilson in District 7. “Jason Lyon has ... More »
The Design Commission on Tuesday moved to recommend to the City Council the approval of the Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA) for the Central Park Apartments project proposed to be built at 86 S. Fair Oaks Ave. Last January 24, the City C... More »
The Design Commission approved the final design for the Heritage Square South project, a mixed-use development which would provide 70 affordable housing units for seniors to be built at 710-738 N. Fair Oaks Ave. and 19-25 E. Orange Grove Blvd. The project invo... More »
Mayor Victor Gordo’s State of the City Speech will include remarks on several topics including the Rose Bowl, the search for a new city manager, affordable housing, early childhood development, the central library, the fire and police departments, vocational t... More »
