City Council approves a renewal motion so that a multi-family development project gets a second chance, but only if it changes its plans first
Pasadena Now, By EDDIE RIVERA, Community Editor, Published : Tuesday, August 27, 2019 | 4:53 AM

Pasadena Weekly, Posted by Andre Coleman | Aug 22, 2019
"Pasadenans Organizing for Progress (POP!) called for the fee to be raised to 25 percent. On Tuesday, Ed Washatka said that although the council did not go that high, he is happy with the vote.
“I applaud the council for what they did,” Washatka said. “This is a huge win for the city and people who want affordable housing. Even though the ordinance was 15 percent, most of the time developers were giving us 10 or 11 percent and we weren’t getting the full 15 percent.”"

Pasadena Weekly, Posted by Andre Coleman | Aug 22, 2019
"A former Irvine deputy police chief said he believes one of two Pasadena police officers involved in a local traffic stop that led to the violent arrest of an Altadena motorist was lying when he said he did not know why his partner decided to pursue an African-American driver who later suffered a broken leg and head and other injuries in the incident."

Amendments raise minimum number of required affordable housing units for new developments, create new developer incentives, and raise ‘in-lieu’ fees for developers who opt out of providing lower-income units
Pasadena Now, By EDDIE RIVERA, Community Editor, Published : Tuesday, August 20, 2019 | 4:43 AM

Community battle lines gel on several issues—inclusionary zoning, a toxic waste cleanup, cannabis and rent control likely to draw a number of critics
Pasadena Now, By EDDIE RIVERA, Community Editor, Published : Monday, August 19, 2019 | 5:30 AM

Pasadena Now, By EDDIE RIVERA, Community Editor, Published : Friday, August 16, 2019 | 5:13 AM

Pasadena Now: ​Published : Thursday, August 15, 2019 | 4:58 AM

Pasadena Now: ​Housing experts, rental advocates, local leaders ponder the fallout from Pasadena’s rising rental rates, with little agreement on what if anything should be done
By EDDIE RIVERA, Community Editor, with DAVID CROSS, Newsdesk Editor
Published : Friday, August 9, 2019 | 5:53 AM

Pasadena Now, STEPHEN SICILIANO Managing Editor, Published : Wednesday, August 7, 2019 | 4:44 AM