Citing the need to “insulate” the regional airport authority from the politics of the City Council, Yousefian said he would step down from the commission 2 1/2 years after being appointed to the seat.
Yousefian also announced that he would step down immediately as chairman of the city’s Redevelopment Agency and refuse his appointment to the Southern California Assn. of Governments board as a way to cut ties to the full City Council.
His announcement did not elicit a direct response from the dais beyond a request from Mayor Ara Najarian to schedule a report on nominating a replacement for the vacated commission seat.
Leadership of the Redevelopment Agency will cede to its vice-chair, Councilman John Drayman, until the council appoints a replacement.
Police arrested two men Wednesday in separate, unrelated incidents on suspicion of impersonating law enforcement officers after they were caught detaining several Glendale residents, none of whom were harmed.
John Rottenberg, 28, of Montrose, was arrested shortly after midnight Wednesday after he ordered at least two unidentified Glendale men to put their hands on their car, which was parked at a 7-Eleven on the corner of La Crescenta and Montrose avenues, according to a police report.
Wearing a black and white FBI cap and fake uniform, Rottenberg reportedly gave the orders as he pointed an airsoft pellet handgun at the two men, one of whom called Glendale Police to report the encounter as it happened, Sgt. Dave Higgins said.
Police allege Rottenberg made a similar stop nearby minutes earlier.
At about 2 p.m. Wednesday, an unidentified motorist called Glendale Police to the 3400 block of Montrose Avenue after reportedly being pulled over by 47-year-old Glendale resident Kenneth Vanorden.
As police officers arrived, Vanorden — who was driving a silver Toyota Tundra truck — tried to drive away from the scene, police said.
