Friday, January 27, 2023 | 6:35 am
The Planning and Community Development Department conducted a study session with the Planning Commission on Wednesday to discuss objective design standards for high-density multifamily development and receive feedback from the Commission and the public. “The ... More »
Friday, January 27, 2023 | 6:32 am
The Planning and Community Development Department is planning to update Specific Plans that have already been adopted by the City to comply with Assembly Bill (AB) 2334, which updated the State Density Bonus Law (SDBL) to modify the definition of the base dens... More »
Friday, January 27, 2023 | 5:40 am
Former San Diego State basketball player and Assemblymember Chris Holden has introduced AB 299, the Hazing Accountability Bill, which will allow for civil action to be brought against an educational institution for an instance of hazing in which one or more st... More »
Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 5:59 am
The Municipal Services Committee accepted a staff recommendation to authorize the purchase of 16 Ford Explorer Hybrid Police Interceptor Sport Utility Vehicles, two F-25 trucks, two Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles and one Ford F-450 truck. The hybrid Explorers an... More »
Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 5:56 am
The Municipal Services Committee has voted to support the adoption of the Pasadena Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Roll Out Plan that provides a roadmap to transition the City’s public transit fleet to a ZEB fleet by 2040. Three members voted in favor of the adoption ... More »
Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 5:46 am
Assemblymember Chris Holden introduced AB 289, the Youth Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), which will include youth or youth mental health organizations in the list of stakeholder counties must confer with when developing their three-year expenditure plans un... More »
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 6:18 am
The implications of California Assembly Bill (AB) 2334, which promotes the expansion of affordable housing units by expanding the density of units per acre, will be heard by the City’s Planning Commission on Wednesday, Jan 25. “This bill promotes the expansion... More »
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 6:16 am
The Municipal Services Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt the resolution to declare a climate emergency and set greenhouse gas reduction goals for Pasadena to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. “The City Council hereby sets a policy goal to reduce GH... More »
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 6:13 am
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion today by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and co-authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell that establishes a $45 million countywide relief fund for small property owners. During the Board’s deliberation on... More »
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 5:52 am
Pasadena Assemblymember Chris Holden reintroduced The California Mandela Act on Solitary Confinement, AB 280, for the 2023 legislative session. The legislation is a reintroduction of AB-2632, a bill Holden co-authored that sought comprehensive reform on the i... More »
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 5:49 am
One week before they were set to expire, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday extended by two months its tenant protections against eviction for those impacted by COVID-19, while also approving the establishment of a $45 million “relief fund” fo... More »
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 5:44 am
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to call upon President Biden and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena) to end Armenian suffering due to the Azerbaijani blockade of the Lachin Corridor – a nearly four-mile road that is the only land connec... More »