PHOTO: Office of Sen. Perez | Sen. Sasha Perez at the podium in South Pasadena announcing the audit legislation before the trip to Sacramento. The action by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee follows a coordinated push led by Pérez, who, alongside Assemblymember Mike Fong and local leaders, publicly called for the audit just days earlier after hearing extensive complaints from residents across the 710 corridor.
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CALTRANS AUDIT PASSES: State Audit of 710 Homes Mismanagement Approved

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FILE PHOTO: senate.ca.gov | California State Senator Sasha Perez in the State Capital | Senator Pérez Represents Senate District 25 encompass Los Angeles and San Bernardino County. Cities that are found in this district include Claremont, East Pasadena, Glendale, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Gabriel, Sierra Madre, Temple City, Rancho Cucamonga, San Antonio Heights, Uplands, and other cities in found in San Bernardino County.
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Senator Pérez Audit Call – State Leaders Demand Oversight of CalTrans...

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PHOTO: South Pasadena Public Library | SouthPasadenan.com News | The South Pasadenan – Many of the trees South Pasadena Streets have to day were planted by this effort.
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Editorial: The Livability & Lifestyle of South Pasadena Is Not Guaranteed—It’s...

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Fire aftermath in Altadena. Eaton Fire Palisades Fires. Firefighter inspecting through catastrophic loss of homes and businesses
Altadena Fires & Recovery

Insurance Reform: Local Residents Urged to Fight for FAIR Coverage

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New Development Breaking Ground 2026 The Raymond | Odom Stamps and Laurel Myers of the South Pasadena-based Architecture and Interior Design firm Stamps & Stamps, as well as attorney Doug Yokomozio of Nida & Romyn, P.C., advised Greenbridge Investment Partners, helping usher the project through the entitlement and permitting process with the City of South Pasadena. Looney & Associates leads The Raymond’s interior design, and LandStudio 360 oversees the development’s landscape design.
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‘The Raymond’ South Pasadena: The Largest New Residential Development in a...

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Screencap: South Pasadena City Council Meeting November 19,2025 | Attorney Chris Sutton giving public comment
Caltrans Issues

Broken Promises: CalTrans Tenants Go on the Record at City Council...

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PHOTO: City of South Pasadena | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena Launches New Bulky Item Collection Program with 4 Free Pickups per Year
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South Pasadena Launches New Bulky Item Collection Program with 4 Free...

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Being South Pasadenan

SB79 Is Live: Will You Lose Trees To Developers in South...

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CA Scott Weiner SB79
Being South Pasadenan

EDITORIAL: SB79 Says “Affordable Housing.” It’s Really About Cutting You—the Voter—Out...

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PHOTO: 'Professional Drain Service' Plumbers | Clogged mainline camera inspection resulted in huge root extraction and and hydrojet process that cleared the pipe, avoiding a major, and costly, replacement.
Business

‘Professional Drain Service’ – Local Plumber Keeps South Pasadena &...

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South Pasadena City Council | Special Joint Meeting with the Finance Commission August 13, 2025.
City and Local Government

South Pasadena Progress Decisions On-Deck | Landmark August 20 City Council...

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Housing Issues

Price Gouging Protections Extended | LA County Responds to Thousands of...

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PHOTO: Elaine Lee | South Pasadenan News | Tenant advocates, wildfire survivors, and legal representatives from Neighborhood Legal Services and Morrison Foerster gather outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse on May 22, 2025, to announce a lawsuit against the City of Pasadena and Los Angeles County for failing to protect renters from toxic conditions following the Eaton Fire.
Altadena Fires & Recovery

Left in the Ashes: Tenants Sue Pasadena & LA County Over...

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PHOTO: City of South Pasadena | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena Planning Commission continues public hearing May 20, 2025
Public Notices | City of South Pasadena

PUBLIC HEARING MAY 20th: South Pasadena Planning Commission – Height, Density,...

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FILE PHOTO: senate.ca.gov | California State Senator Sasha Perez in the State Capital | Senator Pérez Represents Senate District 25 encompass Los Angeles and San Bernardino County. Cities that are found in this district include Claremont, East Pasadena, Glendale, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Gabriel, Sierra Madre, Temple City, Rancho Cucamonga, San Antonio Heights, Uplands, and other cities in found in San Bernardino County.
Housing Issues

INSURANCE RATE HIKE State Farm | Senator Pérez Criticizes Approval, Unresolved...

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FEMA California Fires, Altadena, Eaton Fire, Palisades, Southern California Help
Eaton Fire & LA County Resources

LA Country Wildfire Recovery | FEMA Continued Temporary Housing Assistance Available

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LA County Fire Help Los Angeles County Assistance Eaton Fire, Altadena, Pasadena
Eaton Fire & LA County Resources

LA County Fire Recovery | Debris Removal Deadlines, Virtual Workshop on...

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City & Government

Public Hearing Tuesday | South Pasadena Planning Commission Holds Major Housing...

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South Pasadena Library & Community Center Comprehensive Site Plan
City and Local Government

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION REPORT: Critical Fire Risk Re-Zoning & Civic Facility...

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DEO Announces $19.1 million in LA Region Small Business and Worker Relief Fund Awards for Wildfire-Impacted Communities
Housing Issues

Eaton Fire Help | $19.1 million Cash Assistance for Wildfire-Impacted Communities

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BREAKING NEWS

L.A. County Moves to Strip Funding from Homelessness Agency — What...

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Juanita West-Tillman helped win a reprieve last week in a lawsuit filed to prevent the Trump Administration’s draconian effort to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Housing Issues

A Win For Fire Victims: Eaton Fire Victim Helps in Battle...

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Housing Issues

Angels for Sight Opens State-of-the-Art Vision Clinic in Long Beach to...

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South Pasadena Possible Rendering: Mission Street with 8 and 10 story buildings. Can the water, schools, and traffic handle this kind of development?
Op-ed

MEETING TONIGHT: “No on Measure SP” Voters Justified: City Admits RHNA...

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News from Senator Sasha Renée Pérez | The South Pasadenan
Housing Issues

Senator Pérez Legislation to Rebuild Fire-Devastated Communities & Protect Housing

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South Pasadena Fire Map Graphic: CalFire Updates:Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) Wildfire Hazard Maps – What South Pasadena Residents Need to Know
Los Angeles County

CalFire Updates: Wildfire Hazard Maps – What South Pasadena Residents Need...

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South Pasadena Mayor Janet Braun 2025
City and Local Government

Pregame Report: South Pasadena City Council Special Meeting – March 26,...

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March 19, 2025 South Pasadena City Council Meeting | The South Pasadenan.
City and Local Government

City Council Meeting Report: South Pasadena Makes Efficiencies with Planning, Updates...

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Fire aftermath in Altadena. Eaton Fire Palisades Fires. Firefighter inspecting through catastrophic loss of homes and businesses
Altadena Fires & Recovery

Eaton Wildfire Lawsuits Growing | Targeting Utilities After Catastrophic Eaton &...

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South Pasadena's Rent Control Crisis Intensifies After Fires – The Eaton and Palisades Fires have drastically altered the housing landscape, leaving long-term tenants with little to no time to find new housing when their properties are sold. Some, after decades in their homes, now face the devastating prospect of displacement—or even homelessness.
Housing Issues

Renters Facing Crisis: LA County’s ‘Wildfire Protections’ In Place, But Major...

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