Lawsuit includes allegations of serious errors and misconduct by city officials On Tuesday, The Atrium Group, LLC filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the City of Pasadena, City Manager Steven Mermell, Planning Director David Reyes, and other parties, alleging that serious errors and official misconduct took place during the recent ranking of 122 screening…
Calif. State Public Instruction joins lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its practice of refusing entry for asylum seekers State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson released a statement Friday on the Trump administration’s policy of separating families seeking asylum from human rights abuses, violence, and crime. “I am saddened and angered by the treatment…
The Pasadena NAACP and community activist Michelle White are dismissing their lawsuit against Pasadena City Manager Steve Mermell and Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez over the Police Department’s body camera policy. The lawsuit sought to enjoin the use of the new policy because it allegedly was not submitted to the Department of Justice as…
The NAACP’s 5-step process to ratify the NAACP v. Mermell lawsuit has been completed, with all 5 levels of decision-making unanimously agreeing that the lawsuit should continue. On Nov. 20, President Gary Moody of the Pasadena Branch of the NAACP made a time-sensitive decision to authorize the Branch suing the City of Pasadena, City…
