City Council Set To Meet With Supervisor Barger at 8 a.m. Wednesday

Don’t forget to set your clocks for 8 a.m. Wednesday when the  City Council is scheduled to get together with L.A. County Supervisor Katheryn Barger for their annual meeting.

The five-member Board of Supervisors, created by the Legislature in 1852, is the governing body of the county of Los Angeles. Barger represents the board’s Fifth District, which includes 22 cities and 87 unincorporated communities, including Altadena and Pasadena, as well as other parts of the San Gabriel Valley, and the San Fernando Valleys. Covering 2,800 square miles, the Fifth District is larger than all the other supervisor districts combined.

When she and the council met in joint session in 2019, Barger most notably addressed concerns about the sediment removal project underway at Devil’s Gate Dam, in Hahamongna Watershed Park, the use of the weed killer Roundup in that area, and in East Pasadena, and the use of Measure H homelessness relief funds.

This year’s meeting will include a discussion on city and county coordination on federal COVID-19 relief funding, other coronavirus-related news, and an update on recent actions related to the county inspector general’s second interim report on improving oversight and accountability in skilled nursing facilities. 

The local leaders will also hear about mental health services being provided by the L.A. County Department of Mental Health, updates on vaccination efforts in Pasadena, a discussion on Heritage Square South’s application for affordable housing funds, and what’s been happening with the Devil’s Gate Dam sediment removal project.