The City Council on Monday officially began the discussion on the process to appoint a new councilmember to District 3. By now local residents know the electeds must fill the seat at the dais by Oct. 4 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Pasadena native a... More »
Dear Members of the Economic Development & Technology (“ED Tech”) Committee: I have been a resident of Pasadena for over 19 years. I am an advocate for persons experiencing homelessness in Pasadena, especially our unsheltered residents. I have also been invo... More »
The City Council will discuss the process to select a new District 3 City Councilmember. The Council must appoint a Councilmember by early October to succeed John J. Kennedy. Kennedy died late last month. A public celebration of Kennedy’s life is scheduled for... More »
It’s been a while since I was a renter but it’s an experience I haven’t forgotten—worrying whether I’d have my rent together by the first of the month, anxious about asking for repairs for fear my landlord would raise my rent, and knowing that within a few day... More »
California’s housing problems should not be placed solely on the backs of working Angelenos living in Pasadena and Los Angeles. Senator Kamlager’s SB 679 not only does that but will put homeownership out of reach for many of our local working families. Homeown... More »
Interesting discussion on the rent control initiative at last night’s City Council meeting. Here’s the long and short of it. The Council decided not to take a stance on the initiative after hearing from a couple of consultants during the meeting. The rent cont... More »
Opening Day! there’s something magical about those words. What is it? A promise of new beginnings, a return to something we have loved in the past, a launch, a shimmering mixture of anticipation, anxiety, and a touch of moxie. Thursday, August 11 is Opening... More »
Monday’s City Council agenda is heavy on rent control. The City Council will receive a report on the rent control initiative that will appear on the November ballot. Local rent control advocates collected more than 15.000 signatures to qualify for the November... More »
I was recently appointed by the City Council to the Pasadena Planning Commission. But my first two meetings felt like I had joined the “Reacting Commission.” The July 13 meeting was taken up by a nearly four hour hearing regarding the Affinity Project on South... More »
He crooned for the Dodgers. His voice was more familiar in our Pasadena household than that of my own father, since Daddy worked hard at his own business and came home after I’d finished dinner. I can still hear the iconic Dodger announcer even though decades ... More »
The Power of the Public – Schools In the Superintendent’s Enrollment Committee for the Pasadena Unified School District, a group of us are reading and discussing a book entitled American Public Education and the Responsibility of its Citizens by Sarah Stitzlei... More »
Whenever I drive up to Pasadena for the day, I walk my old neighborhood on South San Rafael Avenue, turn the corner on La Loma, and head across the bridge. My stop? Peering over the wall into the play-yard of Pacific Oaks Nursery School, one of my first and fo... More »
