When considering a candidate for any position, including a District 1 PUSD School Board candidate, a voter asks, “Why should I vote for you? What makes you different?” Here is what makes me, Billy Malone, different: I believe in the PUSD and my child will be ... More »
Helplessness. That’s the feeling I had as a tenant subject to arbitrary increases in my rent. Here’s why you should vote YES on Measure H. While I admire and respect my City Councilman, Andy Wilson, I’m sorry to say that he is wrong about rent control. His re... More »
Two key items come before the City Council tonight. The public hearing on the Affinity Project and, the top item in my opinion, the City Council will provide direction for returning to in-person public meetings of City legislative bodies. We all know that Cou... More »
I am deeply committed to housing justice, increased affordability, and production of more affordable housing. I voted to increase the inclusionary housing requirement to 20% affordable for new projects, significantly raised in lieu fees imposed on new devel... More »
My name is Dr. Xilian Stammer and I’m running for the Pasadena Unified School Board in District 5. I’m the only candidate in this seat with classroom experience. My extensive career as an educator spans 35 years as a teacher, a special education teacher and ... More »
Dear Editor, This is in response to letters Re: Rent Control. William Paparian hits the nail on the head with the experience of being a renter, worrying about having the rent together by the first of the month, the anxiety of asking for repairs in case the la... More »
Billy Malone is the community’s choice for PUSD School Board’s District 1 seat, largely comprised of West Altadena neighborhoods. I voted for Billy this past weekend with an enthusiasm and satisfaction rarely associated with a process that many times gives you... More »
Public education is one of the most foundational institutions of our democracy. Promoting, protecting and preserving public schools has been at the core of my professional and volunteer service for my entire life. I was raised in Pasadena and educated by Pasa... More »
There are few greater disservices to the fight for racial justice than false claims of racism. For example, the Jussie Smollet hoax that he was a victim of a hate crime advanced the right-wing racist narrative that claims of racial injustice in America are mer... More »
Dear Editors, In a recent letter to the editors of Pasadena Now Ryan Bell interprets comments I made about rent control. His fictionalization of my comments warrants correcting. I said very clearly rent control “will not have any of the purported benefits” pro... More »
The increasing cost of housing is not just a Pasadena problem, but a national problem. Historically one size fits all solutions such as the proposed Measure H don’t work for Pasadena. What we’ve always been able to do when we work together as a community, an... More »
It is said that “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” This was my mantra when I decided to run for school board. After being employed with the Pasadena Unified School District for 14 years, I thought about how to... More »
