The South Pasadena City Council responded to community input regarding the status of its financial controls Wednesday night’s public meeting. Mayor Robert Joe explained that the City Council was recently made aware of community concerns about the City’s financial processes based on public comments by a former City employee. “This City Council firmly believes the …
Clean Power Alliance (CPA) is here to help our customers during COVID-19. The Clean Power Alliance is the electricity provider for South Pasadena and Southern California Edison (SCE) continues to be responsible for transmission and delivery of electricity, sending customer bills, and maintaining the electric grid infrastructure in the city. Residential and small business customers adversely affected …
On Tuesday, June 2nd, the City held its second interactive 2021 Housing Element Community Workshop with approximately 25 participants on Zoom and several more watching the broadcast live on the City’s cable network. The first workshop was held on Saturday, May 30th, with approximately 30 participants. During both interactive workshops, the City’s consultant, Amy Sinsheimer …
Residents can drop off bulky furniture or appliances for disposal on Saturday, June 20, 8am to 2pm at Arroyo Drive/Mission Street. No appointment is necessary and the disposal service is free for residents. Senior citizens can also have bulky items picked up from their home at no cost during the week of June 15 to …
Last week, South Pasadena police and canine officer “Barry” were called upon to assist a neighboring agency on a suspected narcotics investigation. While assisting on the search of a location, police located approximately ten kilos of cocaine that were packaged and vacuum sealed, $26,000 in U.S. currency and a semi-automatic pistol. Joe OrtizPolice Chief 6/3/2020
The Public Works Engineering Department is fully operational and continues to serve the City of South Pasadena. The department began working remotely in mid-March and has updated our workflows to issue permits electronically and perform electronic plan checking. Since then, the Public Works Department has issued 51 permits electronically and completed 17 plan check reviews. …
The Summer Recreation Guide is now available and registration begins tomorrow for Tot, Youth and Adult classes. Classes vary from sign language for tots to fitness for adults. There are 25 different types of classes with over 40 individual class times to sign up for. Thirteen specialty camps will be offered as well as a …
The Public Works Department has reviewed requests to automate cross walks so that pedestrians are not required to touch the pedestrian push buttons. Pedestrian push buttons at the traffic signals are required by ADA, they help visually impaired person to safely navigate thru the intersections. Removal of push buttons will put the traffic signals on …
Oak Tree trimming season is from June 1 to September 30. As Oak tree pruning season is approaching, the Public Works Department would like to take this opportunity to remind the residents and business owners of South Pasadena that the City has a permitting process to prune these protected trees. Permits must be obtained for …
Looking to join the conversation about the City’s Climate Action Plan (CAP)? The development of the City’s CAP is moving forward into the next phase and we want your feedback! Join us in a virtual Zoom community meeting on May 28th at 6:00pm to review the preliminary greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction strategies and actions. For …
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