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Volume 22, NO. 19
PASADENA’S OCCUPANCY INSPECTION PROGRAM TO UNDERGO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
City staff will develop methodology that ‘piggybacks’ OIP onto private third-party inspections; will return before council within 30 days Gus HERRERA gherrera@beaconmedianews.com
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n a night when budget discussions dominated the city council’s meeting agenda, it was an item that will change how real estate transactions are conducted in the City of Pasadena that ended up filling the seats. A platoon of local
realtors, many of whom sported a sticker that read “no illegal searches,” attended council’s latest regular meeting in hopes that the city’s occupancy inspection program (OIP) would be amended or scrapped altogether. The program, which has drawn criticism from local SEE INSPECTION PROGAM PAGE 12
Although highly unpopular, the OIP stands as one of the city’s only effective tools to formally identify and deter illegal additions/renovations that could otherwise go unreported during a property’s point of sale. - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Gang Member Sentenced to 332 Years to Life in Prison for Drive-By Shooting in Pasadena A member of the Du Roc Crips gang in Duarte was sentenced Monday to 332 years to life in state prison for his role in the shooting of seven bystanders in Pasadena, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Marquis Duran Turner, of Apple Valley, was convicted by a jury on April 2 of one count each
of conspiracy to commit murder and shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, and seven counts of attempted murder. Deputy District Attorney David Ayvazian of the Hardcore Gang Division said the jury also found true gang allegations and allegations of a principal discharging a firearm causing great
bodily injury. On March 28, a different jury found co-defendant Anthony Deon Edwards, aka Deon Jackson, of Duarte guilty of the same counts and allegations. Edwards was sentenced on April 26 to 246 years to life in state prison. On Jan. 16, 2017, SEE GANG MEMBER PAGE 13
PASADENA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES MARIJUANA HEALTH EDUCATION CAMPAIGN The Pasadena Public Health Department (PPHD) has launched a campaign to inform the public about the health effects of cannabis, commonly known as marijuana. The goal of the local educational campaign is to raise awareness about the health effects of cannabis use and the legal consequences of cannabis consumption while
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driving, which can impair driving abilities. The ads are focused on reaching youth and marijuana users, and will be placed inside Pasadena Transit buses. On November 9, 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64, known as the “Adult Use of Marijuana Act” or “AUMA”, which legalized the recreational use and smallscale personal cultivation of
cannabis for individuals age 21 and older. On January 2, 2018, the proposition allowed for the sale and taxation of recreational marijuana. Although the sale of cannabis continues to be prohibited in Pasadena, education to protect the health of Pasadena residents is necessary due to the availability of cannabis from SEE MARIJUANA PAGE 13
SPORTS
Pasadena Athletes Sign Letters Of Intent
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