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Mayor Gordo Talks Elections, Success and Mental Health – Pasadena Now

With Pasadena in the grip of the pandemic, Mayor Victor Gordo addressed the city from his living room to deliver his 2021 State of the City address. [Screenshot via Pasadena Media] As big issues beckon like housing, local hiring and the always present specter of the state overriding the City’s zoning code, Mayor Victor Gordo […]

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Mayor Gordo Talks First Term, Development, Big Issues And The Tone at City Hall – Pasadena Now

Mayor Victor Gordo delivers Veterans Day speech on the steps of Pasadena City Hall, Nov. 11, 2022. [Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now] When Victor Gordo was a freshman City Councilmember, the topic of development came up at the City Council. “The biggest question for me is the big picture,” Gordo said in 2001. “With all the development […]

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Pasadena Vice Mayor Felicia Williams Elected President of Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority – Pasadena Now

Pasadena Commissioner and City Vice Mayor Felicia Williams was elected President of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. She is shown with Glendale Commissioner Ara Najarian, who was elected Vice President. [BGPAA photo] Pasadena Commissioner Felicia Williams was elected as President of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority at the Authority’s Tuesday Board meeting. […]

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Oversight Commission Wants City Council to Extend Current Independent Police Auditor’s Contract – Pasadena Now | #citycouncil

The Community Police Oversight Commission (CPOC) unanimously voted to recommend to the City Council the extension of the contract of Independent Police Auditor (IPA) Richard Rosenthal. Last May 9, 2022, the City Council voted to authorize the City Attorney to enter into a one-year $150,000 contract with Rosenthal for IPA services. He replaced Brian Maxey […]

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Local Electeds From City Council, PCC and PUSD to Come Together to Dialog With Residents About Public Education at Upcoming Forum – Pasadena Now | #citycouncil

Residents will get a chance to discuss with local officials their concerns related to education, as well as other issues relevant to them at the “Your City, Your Schools” community conversation happening this Saturday, June 10 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. The event, aimed at improving community involvement and transparency takes place at the Pasarroyo complex […]

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City Council to Vote on Resolution for Postal Stamp Honoring Martin Luther King Confidante Arrested in Pasadena – Pasadena Now | #citycouncil

Bayard Rustin in New Ork City. [New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection/Library of Congress] The City Council will vote on a resolution on Monday honoring a gay Civil Rights advocate who was arrested in Pasadena in 1953 during the movement with a US postage stamp. Police arrested Bayard Rustin after he was […]

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Guest Opinion | Bill Paparian: Pasadena City Hall Believes in the Golden Rule – Pasadena Now | #citycouncil

Pasadena City Hall believes in the Golden Rule: “Those who have the gold make the rules.” Nowhere is this more apparent in the ludicrous approach that the current City Hall clique took in response to the state law that set a maximum of $4,900 in contributions but left it up to local cities to establish […]

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City Committee OKs Resumption of Remote Public Comments in City Council Meetings – Pasadena Now | #citycouncil

The Economic Development and Technology Committee (Edtech) has expressed support for the proposal to resume remote public comments in the meetings of the City Council and its subordinate bodies. The City Council and its subordinate bodies resumed in-person meetings on Jan. 9., two years after working virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the […]

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“Pasadena is at Its Best When We Work Together” – Pasadena Now

Through two years now as your Mayor, and nearly three decades of serving our City, I find it frequently useful to step back, evaluate the big picture, and ask what work must be done to move our City forward. One thing I have learned in asking myself this question is that this City, our City, […]

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City Council to Consider Measures and Funding Addressing “Extraordinary Need” Caused by Winter Storms – Pasadena Now | #citycouncil

Mayor Victor Gordo said Saturday night that Wednesday’s Special City Council Meeting will take up the severe weather Pasadena is experiencing and funding for measures to address the “extraordinary level of need we are seeing.” “Pasadena has traditionally provided enhanced assistance to individuals experiencing homelessness during inclement weather but as we open 2023, we are […]