Pasadena’s Design Commission will deliberate Tuesday on two new development projects in the City: a proposed 72,000 square-foot, five-story mixed-use building with 49 dwelling units and 2,500 square feet of commercial space at 127 N. Madison Ave. and a mixed-u... More »
Members of the Pasadena City Council’s Municipal Services Committee will discuss a recommendation to resume parking enforcement efforts for daytime street sweeping and overnight parking in the city during its virtual meeting on Tuesday, July 28, starting at 4 ... More »
Assemblymember Chris Holden of Pasadena has introduced police reform legislation that would, among other elements, require officers to intervene to physically stop excessive force they witness from a fellow officer and report such incidents in real time to a d... More »
The City Council is scheduled Monday to conduct the second reading of an ordinance designed to protect hotel workers laid off during the Coronavirus pandemic. “This ordinance establishes recall provisions for certain hotel workers who have been laid off and wh... More »
The Finance Committee authorized the city manager to accept a California Office of Traffic Safety grant for the Safer Streets Program bicyclists’ outreach program. The $150,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety will be used to enhance bicyclis... More »
The Finance Committee unanimously agreed to move a recommendation to use $275,000 to the city’s On-Street Dining Program and the parklet’s program to the City Council. “We have to do everything to help these businesses that have been impacted,” committee membe... More »
The City Council’s Finance Committee has restarted its review of city spending by focusing on the Police Department, but is not considering defunding. At a City Council meeting in June, officials said they would revisit the Police Department’s $85.3 million bu... More »
A proposed cannabis dispensary moved one step closer Wednesday to eventually opening its doors in Pasadena. The city’s Planning Commission granted a Conditional Use Permit, or CUP, to Varda, Inc., a locally owned company that intends to open the dispensary at ... More »
The Pasadena Planning Commission on Wednesday approved two future amendments to the Zoning Code that would affect single-family residential developments. By a 9-0 vote, commissioners agreed to have Department of Planning and Community Development staff work on... More »
Following a lengthy and sometimes testy discussion, the City Council Public Safety Committee Wednesday unanimously agreed to send a proposal for new police reform by Mayor Terry Tornek and Committee Chair John Kennedy to the City Council for a full discussion ... More »
Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, introduced legislation Wednesday that would require police officers to physically stop excessive force they witness by another member of law enforcement and report the incident in real time to the dispatch or watch command... More »
West Pasadena Rep. Adam Schiff applauded the passage of The Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act and The Frank E. Evans Act as amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Both amendments passed with bipartisan support. The Frank E. Evan... More »
