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City Completes Restorationof New York Drive Medians 
Just Cause 
Eviction 
Protections 

Health Department Consolidates Operations 


Pasadena’s Rent Stabilization 
Department is set to hold anupcoming workshop Tuesdaythat will walk attendees 
through these requirementsunder Pasadena’s local 
rent stabilization laws. 
Understanding when and howa tenancy may legally end canraise important questions forboth tenants and landlords. In 
general, just cause protectionsrequire landlords to have alegally recognized reason toend a tenancy. Pasadena’s RentStabilization Charter includes 
just cause eviction protectionsfor covered rental units,
helping ensure that evictionsare based on specific legalgrounds and follow requiredprocedures.
The workshop will cover:
Legal Grounds for Eviction:
Learn what qualifies as just 
cause for eviction under 
Pasadena law. 
Required Notices and 
Procedures: Understand the 
notice requirements and 
procedures landlords must 
follow when terminating a 
tenancy.
Relocation Assistance: Learn 
when relocation benefits mayapply, who may qualify, andhow amounts are determined. 
This workshop is an 
opportunity for the 
community to learn 
more about local eviction 
protections, ask questions, 
and connect with Rent 
Stabilization Department 
staff. 
Parking Information:
Metered street parking is 
available on Euclid Ave. and 
Los Robles Ave. Additional 
non-validated parkingis available in the garagebelow the Rent Stabilization 
Department building(entrance on Cordova St.)
and at the Paseo parking lot(300 E. Colorado Blvd., mainentrance on Green St.). RentStabilization staff are unable 
to validate parking for eitherlocation.

 For questions or moreinformation, contact 
the Rent Stabilization 
Department at (626) 7447999 
or RentStabilization@
CityOfPasadena.net. 

BackyardCompostingWorkshop

 Composting food scrapsat home is a great to keepfood scraps out of landfillsand generate rich soil 
amendments for your 
garden!

 Join Pasadena Public 
Works at the Lamanda 
Park Branch Library fora workshop on how to 
compost. Participants willreceive a free backyardcompost bin. Registrationis limited to the first 20 
people. Limit one bin perhousehold. Compost bin 
measures 33”x33” fully 
constructed, 33”x18” 
collapsed for transport. To 
receive a bin you must be aPasadena resident. 
Sign ups begin on today at 
10 a.m. 
Call Lamanda Park Libraryto register.
Phone: (626) 744-7266

Lamanda Park Branch 
Library is located 140 SAltadena Dr 
Pasadena,

 For more information 
visit: cityofpasadena.net/
public-works. 

health programs and services

The Pasadena Public 

including the Immunization

Health Department 

& Travel Clinic, Tuberculosisenters the fiscal year 
& Chest Clinic, Pasadena 
with millions in cuts, Outreach Response Team 

(“PORT”), Long-Term

fewer staff and less 


Care Facility Support,

programs. 

Communicable Disease 

and Nursing Services, and 
Director of Public Health, Epidemiology programs. 
Manuel Carmona, recently The division protects health 
announced, reorganized and safety by collecting 
programs within the and analyzing public 
Pasadena Public Health health data, monitoringDepartment (PPHD) to communicable disease 
enhance collaboration and trends, investigating cases, 
align services with available publishing peer-reviewed 
resources. Over the last two articles, and implementing 
years, the department has prevention strategies to 
consolidated operations reduce the spread of illness. 
from six to four divisions. With the reorganization, 
Epidemiology and Disease the division will also deliver 
Control Division, led by case management for people 
Division Manager Dr. experiencing homelessness, 
Matthew Feaster, is the first opioid abatement strategies,
featured division. and violence prevention

 The PPHD had eliminated its programs. 
Community Health Services The division works in close 
Division last year and merged partnership with healthcare 
its Social and Mental Health providers, communityServices Division into the partners, and public health 
Epidemiology & Disease agencies to identify emergingControl Division. health threats and coordinate

 Led by Feaster, the interventions that protect 
Epidemiology & Disease the health and well-beingControl Division oversees the of Pasadena residents. Staff 
delivery of essential public conduct community health 

Caring for Trees and Safetyat Pasadena Central Library 

assessments and analyze 
public health data to inform 
prevention efforts. The 
Division also supportsinfection prevention activitiesin healthcare and longterm 
care settings, conductshomeless outreach services, 
provides mental health 
awareness training, and offersrisk reduction services such 
as HIV testing and Naloxone(Narcan) distribution.

 The consolidations are partof deep cuts for fiscal yearthat began July.

 Through Interim CityManager Matthew 
Hawkesworth, the 
department PPHD will 
provide an overview of therole and programs withineach of the four divisions 
over the upcoming weeks tohelp the community learnabout the departmentalorganization changes.

 For more information and 
updates visit: cityofpasadena.
net/city-manager and

 cityofpasadena.net/publichealth. 


Photo: Public Health 
Department's Epidemiology &
Disease Control Division 

Pasadena 
Library PatioBook Sale 


Join the Friends of the 
Pasadena Public LibraryPatio and Bookstore for 
their Patio Book Sale on 
Saturday, August 22 from11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

 Tired of reading the sameold books over and over? 
It’s time for something new.
Stop by and fill a papergrocery bag with books,
CDs and DVDs from the 
patio for $5. Then visit thebookstore and fill a bagwith more items (exceptfor the Premium and $5 
books). Premiums and $5books are ½ off. Lots of 
great children’s books too.

 The Friends of the 
Pasadena Public LibraryBookstore is open Mondaythough Thursday and 
Saturday form 11 a.m. to 4 
p.m.

 The bookstore and patiobook sale will be at Jefferson 
Campus, 1500 E. Villa Ave.
(between Hill and Allen),
east of the Jefferson LibraryBranch. 

As work continues on the 

Central Library Seismic 
Retrofit and Renovations 
Project, detailed effort 

is being focused on the 
preservation and stabilizationof this historic building.
Tim McDonald, Director of 
Libraries and Information 
Services, explained two keyactivities are now underway:
tree protection efforts aroundthe site and the reinstallation 
of earthquake monitoring 
equipment. Both tasks 
support the commitment topreserving historic resources 
while ensuring the building’sfuture safety and resilience.

With more than 75 trees 
of varying species on the 
property, an arborist and 
representatives from the 
project’s architectural team 
are working together to 
implement a tree protectionplan, focusing on specializedcare for the variety of treespecies on the grounds.
Before construction activityincreases, the project team isevaluating possible protective 

measures such as installingfencing, establishing tree 
protection zones, wrappingtrunks with protectiveboards or padding, and othermeasures to ensure the health 
of the trees throughout theretrofit process. Additional 
monitoring and care will 
continue throughout the 
construction activity.

 Meanwhile, Caltech 
specialists have confirmed thelocations where earthquake 
sensor devices will be 
reinstalled throughout the 
building. These instruments 
were temporarily removed 
during the early demolitionphase and are now beingrepositioned in designatedareas that will keep the devicessafe and away from activeconstruction, allowing themto provide real-time structuraldata. The new configurationincludes 25 monitors, whichwill help track vibration 
levels, structural movement, 
and other seismic indicators.

 For more information visit: 
cityofpasadena.net/library. 


Message from PUSD onEvents at John Muir High

 During Thursday’s work, [PUSD to inspect trees. Because 
continued work necessary to this removal work is being 
remove contaminated soil from conducted on District propertyimpacted areas of campus. This in alignment with a state 
work included the removal of regulatory agency, the city’s 
non-protected trees in areas request is being addressed 
where soil removal is required.], through District and Cityindividuals entered, or leadership and legal counsel. 
attempted to enter, the campus PUSD has been in ongoing 
work area without authorization. communication with the cityOne individual became involved and has shared information 
in a physical altercation with regarding the District’s testing, 
an on-site Pasadena City findings, and removal plans,
College personnel, and law including the District’s July 6enforcement was contacted. letter. 
Students participating in PUSD will continue to act with 
summer programming at John urgency, transparency, and care 
Muir remained safely in their as we complete this important 
programs, and there was no work and return students to 
disruption to student learning. safe, healthy, and fully usable

 City of Pasadena personnel campuses. 
also arrived at the John Muir For more information visit: 
campus... requesting access pusd.us/restoringourschools. 

Better Pedestrian Safety atMarengo Ave. and Hill Ave. 

Director of Parks, Recreation 
and Community Services, 
Koko Panossian, announced 
Thursday that the department(“PRCS”) has completed therehabilitation of the New York 
Drive median landscapes, 
restoring a prominent Citycorridor impacted by the EatonCanyon Fire.

 The fire caused extensive 
damage to the existing landscapeand underground drip irrigation 
system. PRCS crews conducted 
a comprehensive assessment, 

Director of Public Works,
Greg de Vinck, said that 
the department began 
construction of pedestrian 
safety improvements at the 
intersections of MarengoAvenue and Wallis Street and 
Hill Avenue and Howard Street 
late last month.

 The project includes theinstallation of Rectangular RapidFlashing Beacons (“RRFBs”),
upgraded traffic signal poles,
LED lighting improvements,
pavement striping, signage, andrelated concrete work. These 
enhancements will improve thevisibility of existing crosswalksand provide additional safety 
measures for pedestrians 

removed damaged irrigationcomponents, and installed a newwater-efficient drip irrigationsystem, including new valves,
lateral lines, emitters, and 
related infrastructure. Workingalongside the City’s landscapemaintenance contractor, staff 
also removed fire-damagedvegetation and installed new 
trees, shrubs, perennials,
mulch, and other landscapeimprovements.

 For more information visit: 
cityofpasadena.net. 

crossing at both locations.

 Funding for the project isprovided through Metro’s 
Subregional Program, with 
supplemental funding from 
Traffic Reduction Fees.

 The Department of PublicWorks will manage constructionactivities and coordinate traffic 
control throughout the project.
Work will be phased to maintainone travel lane in each direction 
and preserve access to adjacentproperties whenever feasible.

 Construction is anticipatedto be completed by the end ofSummer.

 Project information will beposted on: cityofpasadena.net/
public-works. 


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