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On Monday, February 1, the Pasadena City Council will make a long anticipated decision about adopting a citywide minimum wage. Mayor Terry Tornek and most council members have declared their support for a $15/hour minimum wage. But the details of the actual or... More »
For some, it’s hard to believe that a city known for parades, shopping and boutique hotels is home to so many people struggling to survive. But the fact remains that Pasadena has pockets of harsh poverty that often go unnoticed. In 2013, the poverty rate in Pa... More »
There have been several bad cops that have done terrible things and get away with is because there is no evidence of what they did. A lot of cops do not want body cameras because they are afraid of being caught doing bad things. In a letter to Pasadena’s Publi... More »
Governor Brown’s proposed 2016-17 Budget, released yesterday, begins legislative efforts to keep California’s finances on track while continuing to invest in our future. I believe investments in our infrastructure, education, and healthcare system are critical... More »
The handling of Cleveland’s police killing of the 12-year old Tamir Rice is a haunting echo of the tunnel vision that compromised the Pasadena police’s handling of its killing of Kendrec McDade. In both cases, police officers killing unarmed Black youths made ... More »
In October 2015, the Governor of the State of California, at the urging of the federal government, signed into law the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act. The federal government was concerned that California did not have adequate regulation in place t... More »
The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce is using misleading scare tactics in its efforts to oppose a minimum wage plan in the city. At a recent City Council hearing, the Chamber warned that people would lose their health care benefits and other government safety net ... More »
Chief Phillip Sanchez’s Response purporting to agree with the OIR McDade Report Recommendation #5 – a Recommendation to conduct administrative investigations in police shooting incidents — is a disagreement masquerading as agreement, just as his Response to Re... More »
Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez has issued his Response to the OIR Kendrec McDade shooting Report. While claiming to agree with the Office of Independent Review Group Recommendation #20 that “individual feedback” be given to Officers involved in shooting... More »
Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez is dismissing the Office of Independent Review Group (“OIR”) Kendrec McDade shooting Report’s criticism that his PD did not conduct any post-criminal investigation fact-finding. The OIR Report’s analysis of this failure po... More »
Correction by authors Our Op-Ed on Tunnel Vision by Chief Beck and Chief Sanchez incorrectly stated that an Officer involved in the Ezell Ford shooting had been disciplined. It is correct that the LAPD Inspector General, by focusing on the events leading up to... More »
The Pasadena PD says it excluded the OIR Group from its administrative review of the shooting of the unarmed African-American Kendrec McDade. The reason given by the PD was that it believed it could not have a frank discussion with them watching. Is that belie... More »
