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 »
Pasadena Police Chief John Perez told Pasadena Now late Tuesday afternoon that he supports a model for civilian oversight that will be discussed at Wednesday’s Public Safety Committee. Mayor Terry Tornek and Councilman John Kennedy are proposing a Police Commi... More »
Varda Inc. will go before the Planning Commission on Wednesday for a public hearing on a Conditional Use Permit. Local resident Tony Fong is hoping his cannabis dispensary becomes the third one to receive a Conditional Use Permit in the city’s process. “I look... More »
In keeping with a statewide trend, overtime costs for municipal workers have continued to rise in Pasadena, with 28 city employees – primarily in the fire and police departments – earning more than $100,000 in overtime compensation last year, according to just... More »
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) joined with the House of Representatives on Tuesday as they passed H.R. 6395, the William M. Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. The NDAA authorizes $740.5 billion in defense spending at the Dep... More »
