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View MoreFormer Pasadena mayor challenges $1.75M consulting contract
Former Mayor William Paparian submitted written opposition to a proposed $300,000 increase to Pasadena's disaster recovery consulting contract with Frame Group LLC, which was listed on the Finance Committee's Nov. 10 agenda.
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View MorePasadena eyes $1.75M fire recovery contract with Frame Group
Pasadena is seeking a $300,000 increase to its disaster recovery consulting contract with Frame Group LLC, bringing the total to $1.75 million for Eaton Fire-related FEMA and insurance work.
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View MorePasadena council meets Barger Monday on homelessness, Measure ER
The Pasadena City Council holds a special joint session with LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger on Monday to discuss homeless encampment coordination and how Measure ER sales tax revenue will flow to the city.
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View MorePasadena Measure PFD crosses 66% as vote count narrows gap
Pasadena's fire parcel tax measure has climbed to 66.26% approval in the ongoing ballot count, crossing the 66% mark for the first time but still short of the 66.67% supermajority it needs to pass.
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View MorePasadena breaks ground on $6.8M Sierra Madre median project
Pasadena's Public Works Department began construction on the Sierra Madre Boulevard Median Enhancements project, a $6.8 million stormwater capture and urban greening effort that will remove 44 mature trees and add more than 700 new plantings along a 1.25-mile corridor.
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View MorePasadena rental board weighs repair-notice rules for tenants
The Pasadena Rental Housing Board meets Thursday evening to consider staff recommendations for new rules requiring landlords to give tenants detailed advance notice before construction and to provide temporary housing within five miles when repairs force residents out.
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View MoreDOJ sends election monitors to L.A. County on Election Day
The Department of Justice deployed approximately 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states on Tuesday, Nov. 3, including to Los Angeles County. It is the largest federal election monitoring effort in history.
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View MorePasadena adopts phased ban on decorative turf watering
The Pasadena City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance Oct. 27 that will phase out the use of drinking water on ornamental grass at commercial, institutional and HOA properties, with deadlines starting Jan. 1, 2027, under state Assembly Bill 1572.
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View MorePasadena rent control repeal petition falls 135 signatures short
A petition to repeal Pasadena's rent stabilization and eviction protections fell 135 valid signatures short of the 13,743 required, with the city clerk certifying the result in an Oct. 23 letter; the landlords' group Pasadena Housing Providers plans to challenge the count while the Pasadena Tenants Union celebrated.
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View MorePasadena weighs drone grant, Eaton Fire mental health funds
Pasadena's Finance Committee will consider a $39,196 federal grant to train up to 10 police officers on drone operations and a $265,000 L.A. Care grant to launch a two-year mental health program for up to 24 Eaton Fire-affected families at its Tuesday, Oct. 27 meeting.
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View MorePasadena rent registry office closes before Oct. 31 deadline
Pasadena landlords face an Oct. 31 registration deadline for the city's rental registry, but the Rent Stabilization Department office will be closed Oct. 30 and 31, leaving Thursday, Oct. 29 as the last day for walk-in help.
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View MorePasadena weighs 'functional zero' homelessness goal
Union Station CEO Katie Hill and Councilmember Rick Cole laid out the scale of Pasadena's homelessness challenge at a CityTalk webinar, citing more than 300 people on the streets, shrinking government funding and about 1,000 affordable units in the pipeline along East Colorado Boulevard.
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