By Julie BUTCHER Glendale City Council returned to the council chambers this week – city hall elevators were back in service after lengthy repairs – to tackle a long list of issues, approve a status quo contract with most of its employees, and extend most COVID-19 related emergency orders through the end of July. First […]
The City of Glendale’s 2020 Homeless Count was a collaborative effort between the City of Glendale, the Glendale Homeless Continuum of Care, homeless alumni, and community volunteers. The results of the 2020 Homeless Count provide information that serves as the basis for two important priorities: understanding the nature and extent of the current trends in […]
The Glendale Police Dept. will step up Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Thursday, June 18 with focused enforcement on collision causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. The department has mapped out locations over the past three years where pedestrian and bike collisions have occurred along with the violations that led to those […]
By Julie BUTCHER Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28) addressed the Glendale City Council virtually from Washington, D.C. at the beginning of its Tuesday evening meeting, commenting on the extraordinariness of thousands marching peacefully in Glendale and how interminably long it felt to kneel on the pavement for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Schiff outlined what he […]
By Julie BUTCHER Following the June 2 meeting of the Glendale City Council, the police department issued a comprehensive policy statement detailing its use of force and other policies compared to recommendations from Campaign Zero, a national police reform advocacy organization. “The City of Glendale and the Glendale Police Department (GPD) have received many inquiries […]
By Julie BUTCHER Long after curfew on Tuesday night, at the end of a very long day of various long meetings, the Glendale City Council adopted a $906.8 million budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year on a vote of 3-2. Councilmember Paula Devine cited a campaign commitment made to vote against transferring funds from the […]
State Senator Anthony J. Portantino’s SB 1299 has passed the Senate Housing Committee with strong bipartisan support. The bill is now headed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) brought the idea for the bill to the senator earlier in the year to help address Los Angeles County’s housing shortage. […]
By Julie BUTCHER “This is all such nonsense. It’s not any worse that the common flu,” longtime Glendale resident and regular council commentator Tony Passarella called in to Tuesday evening’s Glendale City Council meeting. “What’s really going on here? Did you all get orders from headquarters? All of a sudden, we’re hearing words we never […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Teachers were on the defensive during the public comment section of Tuesday night’s Glendale Unified School District board of education meeting. Many teachers shared stories of how difficult it has been to adjust to remote teaching. One teacher shared that he worked from the closet of his small apartment, trying to find […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Tuesday, the Glendale City Council met first thing in the morning, again in the afternoon, then late into the early hours of the following morning, addressing imminent budget challenges, long-sought changes to the city’s historic preservation procedures and extensions to emergency orders issued in response to the global novel coronavirus pandemic. […]