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View MorePWP wants solar on city libraries, parking lots by 2028
Pasadena Water and Power released two RFPs on Aug. 5 seeking contractors to install solar and battery storage at 13 city properties and inviting private developers to sell renewable energy directly to the utility, as PWP races to meet its 2030 carbon-free electricity deadline.
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View MoreGordo challenges county over Measure ER funding gap for Pasadena
Mayor Victor Gordo is challenging LA County's plan to send just 1% of Measure ER sales tax revenue to Pasadena and Long Beach, even though the two cities generate 6.2% of the tax and run their own health departments.
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View MoreSix affordable housing projects could add 760 apartments along East Colorado Boulevard
Six affordable housing projects that would add about 760 apartments near East Colorado Boulevard drew a packed crowd to Pasadena's Housing, Homelessness and Planning Committee on Aug. 6, with residents raising concerns about density, parking and local control while housing advocates stressed the city's urgent need for affordable units.
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View MorePasadena to present first Environmental Justice plan at Aug. 12 commission meeting
Pasadena's Planning Department will present the city's first Environmental Justice General Plan element to the Human Services Commission on Aug. 12, while the commission also votes to send a Transitional Housing Report to City Council.
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View MorePasadena's Rose Bowl, SoFi Stadium are locked into Ticketmaster and banking rules are the problem
Federal banking laws prevent SoFi from selling tickets at its own Inglewood stadium, and the same Ticketmaster monopoly controls ticketing at Pasadena's city-owned Rose Bowl, where the council just approved a new Live Nation concert series and residents face fees averaging nearly 35% of face value.
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View MorePasadena launches master plan for crumbling Arroyo overlook
The City of Pasadena, One Arroyo Foundation and RJM Design Group are developing a master plan to restore the deteriorating One Arroyo Overlook and Emma Dickinson Bird Sanctuary; a second public listening session on Aug. 26 at Brookside Golf Club is residents' last chance to weigh in before conceptual designs are finalized.
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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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