Pasadena Water & Power’s 2025 Wildfire Mitigation Plan goes before the City Council on Monday, seeking approval. The June 9 ask follows a Municipal Services Committee review last month. Required annually under California Public Utilities Code Section 8387, the... More »
Pasadena’s Fire Department is requesting a 10.6% budget increase to $77 million for fiscal year 2026, citing increased emergency response needs highlighted by the devastating Eaton Fire and growing service demands across the city. The proposed $7.35 million in... More »
The Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission will elect new officers for fiscal year 2025-2026 and receive arts funding updates at its regular meeting Wednesday evening. The commission will hold elections for chair, vice-chair, and other leadership positions. Curren... More »
Pasadena is fast-tracking its transition to an all-electric public transit fleet, with city officials set to update the Municipal Services Committee Tuesday on a comprehensive plan that has already secured over $100 million in grant funding. The ambitious zero... More »
June 9, Monday Finance NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the special meeting of the Finance/Audit Committee, scheduled for Monday, June 9, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the Pasadena City Hall, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, is cancelled due to a lack of a quorum. CLIC... More »
A number of Pasadena-area elected state and federal officials strongly condemned federal immigration raids conducted across Los Angeles County in recent days, one calling the enforcement operations a “reign of terror” and several demanding the release of an in... More »
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger called for transparency and fairness Friday after federal immigration agents conducted enforcement operations across Los Angeles that resulted in dozens of arrests. Barger represents Pasadena on the ... More »
Pasadena is moving aggressively to transition its entire public transit fleet to zero-emission vehicles, aiming to complete the conversion by 2037 – three years ahead of California’s 2040 mandate. The Municipal Services Committee will receive an update Tuesday... More »
The first quarter of the 21st century has been, in a sense, a test of whether California — a state enormously blessed but enormously troubled — can be effectively governed. For decades, California’s two political parties had struggled for dominance. Control of... More »
The City Council will open the public hearing on Pasadena’s sweeping Fiscal Year 2026 budget during its Monday meeting. The City Manager is required to submit an annual operating budget for the succeeding fiscal year by the third Monday in May. Public hearings... More »
The Restorative Justice Standing Committee unanimously approved an expanded definition of “restorative justice” Wednesday evening, committing Pasadena to “remedy these injustices” for “disproportionately impacted communities” affected by freeway construction. ... More »
Hospitals. Schools. Shelters. Those are some of the places that California lawmakers want to shield from immigration arrests and raids. They advanced a package of bills this week as President Donald Trump’s administration continues its ramped-up deportation ca... More »
