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View MorePasadena eyes 100-bed year-round homeless shelter; committee takes up plan Wednesday
Pasadena's Housing, Homelessness and Planning Committee will discuss a staff proposal for up to 100 beds in a non-congregate design at its August 5 meeting, with Rose Palace among the sites under study for the city's first year-round shelter.
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View MoreRose Bowl stakes $80 million on reinvention before 2028 Olympics
Rose Bowl Operating Company CEO Jens Weiden detailed an $80 million "Lasting Legacy" capital campaign to modernize the stadium before it hosts Olympic soccer in 2028, with Phase I construction already underway and Phase II improvements funded through private donations.
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View MoreAltadena survivors push to shape state civil rights probe into Eaton Fire evacuations
Altadena for Accountability gathered residents Wednesday, July 29, to build testimony for California's first-ever civil rights investigation into a wildfire, which is examining whether race, age, or disability shaped who got evacuation alerts during the January 2025 Eaton Fire that killed 19 people.
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View More$288 million in jail diversion funding heads to LA County voters in November
The LA County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, July 28, to place a charter amendment on the November 3 ballot that would restore approximately $288 million in annual jail diversion funding accidentally repealed when voters passed Measure G in 2024.
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View MoreFormer mayor opposes Pasadena fire parcel tax, warns of $300–$400 hit to seniors
Former 12-year Pasadena Mayor William Paparian formally opposes the proposed fire parcel tax of 17–24 cents per square foot, warning it would cost 8,000–13,000 senior homeowners $300–$400 a year and demanding automatic exemptions before the City Council's decisive Monday, August 3 vote.
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View MoreCanceled meeting makes Aug. 3 Pasadena's only chance to put fire tax on ballot
The Pasadena City Council's Monday, July 27 meeting was canceled, making Monday, Aug. 3 the sole remaining opportunity to vote on placing a fire-focused parcel tax on the November ballot before the county's Aug. 7 filing deadline.
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View MoreLandlord group circulates petition to repeal Pasadena rent control by 2038
A landlord group called Pasadena Housing Providers is collecting signatures to place a charter amendment on the ballot that would phase out Pasadena's rent stabilization and eviction protections by 2038, drawing a public warning from a Rental Housing Board member who says signature gatherers are misleading voters.
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View MorePasadena utility hits 94% carbon-free electricity; battery storage facility breaks ground in August
Pasadena Water and Power's first progress report shows the utility has secured 94% of its carbon-free electricity needs ahead of the city's 2030 deadline, with a 25-megawatt battery system breaking ground at Glenarm in August and a $90 million municipal solar expansion now in procurement.
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View MorePUSD sues city over tree ordinance blocking lead cleanup at 11 school campuses
PUSD filed a lawsuit July 17 in LA County Superior Court seeking to block the city from enforcing its tree protection ordinance at 11 campuses where lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil must be excavated before school opens August 17.
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View MoreRose Bowl lease lawsuit hearing pushed to September 2 as judge weighs motions
A Pasadena judge has continued the case management conference in the city's lawsuit against UCLA, which alleges more than $1 billion in damages, to September 2, extending uncertainty over the stadium's future and the taxpayer-funded improvements tied to it.
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View MorePasadena council faces Aug. 3 deadline on fire parcel tax and parking tax ballot measures
The Pasadena City Council is weighing a 24-cent-per-square-foot fire parcel tax and a 10% parking occupancy tax for the November ballot, with a final decision due by Aug. 3 to meet the county deadline.
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View MoreCouncil approves $1.64 million to electrify city yards, shifts solar program to competitive design-build
The Pasadena City Council on Monday, July 20, unanimously approved three contracts totaling $1.64 million to wire Pasadena Water and Power's maintenance yards for electric vehicle charging and separately changed how the city will procure all projects in its municipal solar and energy storage program.
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