Pasadena City Council

The Pasadena City Council meets once a week in the City Hall.

The Pasadena City Council is the governing body of the city of Pasadena, California. It meets regularly on Mondays at 6:30 PM (local time), except on holidays or if decided by a special resolution not to meet.

The Council is composed of seven members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. While the mayor is elected by voters at-large, the Vice Mayor is elected by the council to a term of one year (though it is customary for him or her to serve multiple terms).

Composition

Partisan makeup

Officers

• Mayor: Terry Tornek
• Vice Mayor: Gene Masuda
• City Manager: Steve Mermell

Councilmembers

Past City Governments

Indiana Colony (1874-1886)

Between 1874 and 1886, the Indiana Colony, as Pasadena was then known, was privately owned and had no formal government, though most consider Daniel Berry to be the de facto leader.

Board of Trustees (1886-1901)

Originally classified by the State of California as a "Class-6 City," it was allowed the creation of a five-seat board of trustees, who chose the mayor. The seats themselves were at-large

City Council (1901-1921)

In 1901, a new City Charter was written, reorganizing the city government into a council comprising a publicly elected Mayor, multiple Councilmembers from separate wards, and an additional Councilmember elected by the city at large.

Board of Directors (1921-1997)

Under Mayor Hiram Wadsworth, the City brought back the class-6 system, this time with a seven-seat Board of Trustees and an unelected mayor.

City Council (1997-present)

Under Mayor Chris Holden's direction, the City Charter was revised to allow for a City Council and an elected mayor. However, in 1999, Holden was defeated in the first city-wide election for mayor in eight decades by former Mayor Bill Bogaard.

*Chris Holden was elected to the California State Assembly in 2012. Joel Bryant was appointed to serve as interim councilman until the 2013 election. **Terry Tornek defeated Jacque Robinson in the election to succeed Mayor Bogaard. Tornek was sworn in on Monday, May 4, 2015.^[2]

References

External links

• City Council homepage
• City Council at Google Maps

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Coordinates: 34°11′05″N 118°07′54″W / 34.1846°N 118.1316°W / 34.1846; -118.1316