The Pasadena City Council is set to revisit several potential ballot measures on Monday for which its members aim to secure voter approval in the Nov. 5 general election.
Among the items up for consideration are a $195 million bond to retrofit the century-old Central Library for earthquake resilience and proposed amendments to the city’s rent control measure.
The public meeting to discuss these issues will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 22, at the Pasadena City Hall Council Chamber, located at 100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249.
MEASURE H AMENDMENTS
City officials are considering several revisions to the Pasadena Fair & Equitable Housing Charter Amendment, otherwise known as Measure H.
The article, approved by voters in the November 2022 General Election, introduced rent control in the city and established a rental housing board to manage it, handle just-cause evictions, provide relocation assistance and make other rental rules.
The proposed amendments include adjustments to the disbursement of relocation assistance schedules, partially exempting units leased to government subsidized tenants from rentcontrol, as well as adding an alternative mechanism for removing board members by the City Council, among others.
They have several goals: clarifying legal language, addressing ambiguities that can’t be resolved through regulations, aligning with practices in other city departments, and reducing the municipality’s administrative burdens, financial costs, as well as legal liabilities, according to the city.
The changes to Measure H were approved during two lengthy City Council meetings on June 17 and July 8, both marked by heated exchanges between landlords and renters. While landlords demanded more protections for their rights, renters urged the city not to weaken the existing provisions.
CENTRAL LIBRARY BOND MEASURE
Pasadena’s century-old Central Library has been closed since May 2021 after an assessment revealed that its structure posed a significant…
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