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 Today, Pasadena-area Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) joined Congressional Democrats in signing a discharge petition to bring a clean spending bill up for a vote in the House of Representatives. “This government shutdown is a self-inflicted wound, and it’s... More »
Members of the Armed Forces and National Guard will get a break on state use tax when they are transferred to California under Assemblymember Chris Holden’s bill signed today by Governor Brown. “It just doesn’t seem fair to tax active duty military perso... More »
State Senator Carol Liu, chair of the Senate Education Committee, will begin her Pathways to Partnership: Community Schools Strategy in Action tour by visiting Pasadena Unified School District’s (PUSD) Madison Elementary School on Monday, October 14, 9:30 a.... More »
Governor Brown has signed all 10 of Sen. Carol Liu’s bills passed by the Legislature this year. Liu, D- La Cañada Flintridge, authored legislation to help Caltrans sell state-owned houses along a proposed State Route 710 extension, streamline student testin... More »
Pasadena’s Historic Preservation Commission will hear details about and see a demonstration of a new smart phone application which disseminates public information about historic resources in Pasadena at its meeting today. The “Historic Pasadena” smart phone ap... More »
Today, as the American people faced the fifth day of the federal government shut down, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) announced she will forgo her salary in solidarity with furloughed federal workers. Chu also voted for the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fai... More »
Governor Brown today signed two innovative business bills authored by Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) and designed to boost California’s economy. AB 201 makes the Small Business Loan Guarantee program more accessible and user friendly and AB 250 exp... More »
Governor Brown has signed Assemblymember Chris Holden’s (D-Pasadena) bill to end disputes over architects’ designs. AB 630 safeguards an architect’s work such as architectural drawings or plans, by clarifying that a person can only use the plans or drawi... More »
Wildlands firefighters are excepted from the federal government shutdown and stand ready to battle any wildfires brought by the very high fire danger this week in the San Gabriel Valley. Fire bureaus have enough resources to fight off possible fire amid the ex... More »
Governor Brown has signed into law a bill expediting the sale of state-owned houses that will never be needed for a proposed State Highway Route 710 extension in Los Angeles, Alhambra, South Pasadena, and Pasadena, Sen. Carol Liu announced Wednesday (October 2... More »
Governor Brown signed a historic measure designed to clear the way for the sale of state-owned real estate along the 710 freeway corridor and end decades of speculation about a freeway surface route. Assemblymember Chris Holden is a principal co-author on SB 4... More »
Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) joined forces with Representatives Joe Garcia (FL-26), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Jared Polis (CO-02) and Steven Horsford (NV-04) to introduce a House version of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Moder... More »
