City officials said Pasadena’s Department of Transportation currently favors recommending the city proceed with a North Lake Avenue redesign which has no dedicated bicycle facility. The city-initiated pedestrian safety enhancement project is planned for North ... More »
Senate Bill 224, authored by State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge), was approved by the Legislature with bipartisan support and is headed to the Governor’s desk. SB 224 addresses the growing mental health crisis among California’s yout... More »
An executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom could restore the state’s open meeting law and force cities to transition back to full compliance with the state’s open meeting law on Oct. 1 unless pending legislation is amended and passed before then. Assembly Bill 39... More »
The city should soon receive $4 million that is included in the state budget to help repair the Pasadena Public Library, according to a spokesperson for Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena. “After the closure [of the library] in May, the city moved quickly to... More »
The Pasadena City Council will be dark for the next two weeks, scheduled to return Sept. 13. When the council gets back to work it will conduct a public hearing on the Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan. The city is updating all eight of its specific plans as part ... More »
A divided U.S. Supreme Court has blocked the Biden administration’s order extending the federal eviction moratorium to many tenants impacted by COVID-19. The ruling struck down the new eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi... More »
A public hearing on the Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan is scheduled for when the Pasadena City Council returns on Sept. 13. According to a memo by Assistant City Manager Julie Guitierrez, “staff will present the specific plan update, share the Planning Commissio... More »
Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, joined with public health and school officials on Thursday in caling for tighter regulations to reduce the amount of lead in California’s drinking water. Assembly Bill 100, authored by Holden late last year, would ban the ... More »
The Design Commission Tuesday gave its initial feedback on the design of the 28,616 square foot, multi-story residential building proposed to be constructed at 130-140 N. Mar Vista Avenue. The proposed multi-story building project would include the demolition ... More »
The Planning Commission on Wednesday heard detailed updates on the guidelines for future development of areas along a portion of Colorado Boulevard. The update to the East Colorado Specific Plan (ECSP) is the result of an extensive three-year planning and publ... More »
Pasadena’s Design Commission has approved the final design review application on a proposed futuristic-looking 80,000 square foot laboratory building at Caltech. Commissioners in a meeting on Tuesday voted unanimously on the recommendation to approve the appli... More »
[UPDATED] Pasadena’s policy requiring all municipal employees to be vaccinated will go into effect on Sept. 3. According to the policy, employees will have until Sept. 17 to supply city officials with proof of their vaccination status. “In order to allow the C... More »
