Richard Schneider, Neighbor

A resident of South Pasadena since 1975, Councilmember Schneider was elected to the City Council in March, 2007. He served as Mayor and Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Chair from 2009-2010. Prior to that, he served as Mayor Pro Tem and CRA Vice Chair.

Councilmember Schneider currently serves as the City Council liaison to the City’s Cultural Heritage Commission, the Library Board of Trustees, and the Planning Commission. He is also the Council representative to the Tournament of Roses Committee. He previously served as a member of the City’s Design Advisory Group, a committee overseeing interim traffic improvements in lieu of the 710 surface freeway, and on the City’s Transportation Commission from 1996-2004. He also chaired the City’s Ad Hoc Bicycle Committee.

Councilmember Schneider is a member of numerous community groups including South Pasadena Beautiful, Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, South Pasadena Preservation Foundation, California Native Plant Society, Pasadena Audubon Society, Friends of the LA River, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, California Bicycle Coalition, Wilderness Society, and the California Mountaineering Club.

A graduate of Yale University and Case Western Reserve University, where he obtained his medical degree, Dr. Schneider is a diplomate of the American Board of Pathology, and he has been a partner of the Clinical Laboratory Medical Group since 1979. He is also a member of the College of American Pathologists.

Councilmember Schneider and his wife Pauline have four children—Nicole Schneider, Tamara Schneider Bhandari, Garrett Schneider, and Brandon Schneider, all of whom attended our local schools.  They are also the happy grandparents of Dion, 3 and Donovan, 2.