The City Council on Monday voted to accept a staff recommendation not to raise residential impact fees (RIFs), despite a study that shows the city could justifiably raise fees by almost 50 percent. However, the city is not recommending an increase due to the ... More »
The City Council on Monday voted to approve a $234,300 contract for security enhancements at local library facilities. The money will be used to improve safety at libraries at La Pintoresca Park and the Villa Parke Community Center. “The city owns and maintain... More »
By a pair of 4-0 votes, the City Council’s Public Safety Committee on Wednesday recommended that the city spend as much as $80,000 on three new mobile Automated License Plate Readers for the Pasadena Police Department, and another $160,210 for temporary mock-u... More »
Back on Aug. 24, the Pasadena City Council approved the framework for an 11-member Community Police Oversight Commission, but left some details about how that panel will eventually come together for future discussions. Wednesday, the first of those future disc... More »
City Councilman John Kennedy announced on Wednesday that he is endorsing Mayor Terry Tornek for re-election. “As chair of the Public Safety Committee and the former Deputy Chief of Police for Administrative Services in Richmond, Virginia, I trust Mayor Tornek’... More »
During Monday’s City Council meeting, Councilman John Kennedy called on the city to build 1,000 units of affordable housing within a three-year period. “I have asked the staff to develop a smorgasbord of incentives for developers to reach that objective in thr... More »
Responding to a recommendation from the Pasadena Department of Housing, the City Council’s Economic Development and Technology Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to send to the full council a plan that would reduce monthly mortgage-loan payments for 61 hom... More »
The Pasadena City Council’s Public Safety Committee will continue discussions Wednesday on the process of appointing members of a community police oversight commission, which is slowly taking shape after the City Council last month unanimously approved a basic... More »
A city official told Pasadena Now that the city could lose $18 million annually and would not be able to provide some services if an annual transfer from the city’s utility to the general fund does not continue. Measure P allows voters to decide whether to ma... More »
Public arts organizations hit hard by the deadly coronavirus pandemic were thrown a lifeline Monday by the Pasadena City Council, which approved a $500,000 arts and culture relief grant program. “Pasadena’s arts and cultural organizations are essential to the ... More »
According to the City Council the city has no chance to meet the State’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation which is mandating the city build 9,400 units of housing by October 2029. If the city does not hit those targets, developers will be al... More »
The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department wants the City Council to change fee structures to help blunt some of the economic impacts of the pandemic on local students participating in after school programs and others working out at private fitnes... More »
