If you are interested in the Pasadena City Council and want to make a public comment, good luck navigating the City’s many recent attempts to stifle public engagement. First, several months ago, the Council cut the time allotted for each speaker in half, from... More »
A video made the rounds last week, for whatever that’s worth, of a local cop fleeing the scene after a California Highway Patrol stopped to question him in another jurisdiction. Three people sent me texts asking me for my opinion. It was incredibly stupid. A f... More »
Not a lot coming out of the City Council this week. The resolution to continue meeting remotely will be interesting, the question here is will any councilmember ask when the council plans to meet in person. If so, that should make for interesting watching. As ... More »
The same year that the Rose Bowl will celebrate its centennial operation, its General Manager, Darryl Dunn, will be retiring after nearly 30 years. At a time when the future of the Rose Bowl has been challenged be it in social media, the court room or from th... More »
Pasadena has long had both a significant population of poorer families and a significant number of educated, caring and very wealthy people. As a result, there are an extremely high number of nonprofits—something like 1100-1200—in the city trying to help the p... More »
Dear Editor, I write to share my experience with the Brown Act’s exception that allows for school boards or city councils to discuss negotiations with employees in closed session. While I value the board’s ability to discuss its priorities and offers with its ... More »
The water rate item went exactly how I thought it would go. The only thing that surprised me was the lack of public comments at the meeting. That might be due to the process. The public had several chances to attend meetings and get educated on the process and... More »
The big item on Monday’s special meeting agenda is the water rates increase. First, yes this meeting is also a special meeting and that means no public comment on matters not on the agenda. Start time is 4 p.m. A word of advice though, using the time to compla... More »
[UPDATED] On behalf of the Redistricting Commission of the Pasadena Unified School District (“PUSD”), we, Co-Chairs of the Commission, are submitting the following for consideration by the County Committee on School District Organization. The PUSD Trustee area... More »
The deadline to turn in papers to run for City Council in the June election is fast approaching. Residents in district 3 and 5 have until Friday, March 11 at 5 p.m. to return nominating papers to the city clerk’s office. Perspective candidates must collect 25 ... More »
Dear Pasadena Now: I am not Pasadena’s best historian but it has always been my understanding that our city was planned so that there would be a library and a park within walking distance of every neighborhood. As the city has grown, it has become impossible t... More »
Not a lot going on this week, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t stuff to check out. PUSD and the City Council will hold their annual joint meeting on Monday. The two sides will see presentations on programs and agreements. Yes, it’s a special meeting. Of cours... More »
