PASADENA — A newborn boy became the county’s first “Safe Surrender” of the year when his mother turned him over to a Pasadena hospital Tuesday, officials announced.

The Safe Surrender program allows new mothers to anonymously surrender their babies at locations such as fire stations and hospitals within three days of birth, so long as there are no signs of physical abuse, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe’s spokesman Andrew Veis said in a written statement.

“The mother gave birth to the baby boy at home, then called paramedics and said she wanted to safely surrender the infant,” according to the statement.

The child was taken to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena and the process of finding a foster family for him had begun.

“The Safe Surrender program was created to give a mother, no matter what the situation is, a safe, secure and anonymous way to get her child into safe hands and protect the baby from abandonment,” Veis said.

“This baby boy has a second chance at life and hope for a bright future,” he added.

Tuesday’s incident was the first Safe Surrender in the county this year, and the 89th to take place since the program was founded ten years ago.