The City Council on Monday will conduct a pre-development plan review (PPR) of a revision to a planned development that includes a 60,000 square-foot medical office building at 50 Alessandro Place. The site is currently occupied by a 62,300 square-foot, four-s... More »
The Historic Preservation Commission will discuss amendments to the city’s Historic Preservation Ordinance on Tuesday that would provide more protection to historic resources that have not been deemed landmarks. According to a city staff report, “Since the mos... More »
State Senator Anthony J. Portantino’s (D–Pasadena) SB 1299 which would create a program for cities to convert abandoned big box retail sites into affordable and workforce housing passed the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Wednesday with bi... More »
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena) will host a telephone town hall with Dr. Robert Kim-Farley from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Jackie Goldberg tonight to give constituents an update on how the feder... More »
[UPDATED] Since 1934, Pasadena’s municipal budget has received an annual influx of funds from the city-owned power utility. This transfer from the city’s light and power fund to its general fund — which in fiscal 2020 totaled around $17.3 million — has been, i... More »
State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and senators on the economic working group are prioritizing economic recovery in the final weeks of session and have developed a joint $100 billion stimulus plan, buildi... More »
[[UPDATED] City officials have begun plastering posters around Pasadena, as well as handing out business card-size fliers, in an effort to get more people to comply with the state mandate to wear face coverings in public to stem the spread of COVID-19 as compl... More »
The police oversight model designed by Mayor Terry Tornek and Councilmember John Kennedy will not be up for a vote on Monday. Instead, a model proposed by Vice Mayor Tyron Hampton requiring change to the City Charter will be on the agenda. Hampton’s proposal m... More »
The city is attempting to collect abatement costs for the removal of trash, debris and salvage material at local Pasadena house in the 500 block of Pepper Street near Lincoln Avenue and Forest Street. In total, the city spent $23,831.69 to remove 200 cubic yar... More »
Without making a formal recommendation, the Pasadena City Council Municipal Services Committee nonetheless unanimously agreed to send a proposal to resume various City parking restrictions and enforcement to the City Council. The suspension of restrictions was... More »
[UPDATED] As Pasadena residents and elected officials continue to discuss the way forward on police oversight, Councilmember Margaret McAustin told Pasadena Now on Tuesday she opposes the model by Mayor Terry Tornek and John Kennedy, because she worries the re... More »
The Pasadena City Council on Monday unanimously approved $646,250 to continue food programs during the pandemic. The money will go the PUSD Grab and Go Program, food banks and pantries, NDLON, the Pasadena Senior Center, the YWCA, the Great Plates Program and ... More »
