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Residents urge Pasadena council to release investigative files, allege police favoritism

Pasadena City Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Several residents used public comment to accuse city leadership and police of mishandling homicide investigations and political favoritism, and to demand that Pasadena release local investigative files and place the matter on a future agenda.

Several Pasadena residents used the Nov. 18 public-comment period to press the City Council to release local investigative files and to accuse city leadership and the police department of misconduct.

Eric Sanchez told the council that state legislation to release certain files has passed in the House and said Pasadena’s own records should be made public. "I’m asking this council ... do the right thing. No business should be passed through until the old business is finally addressed," Sanchez said. He named multiple…

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