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As a member of the Superintendent’s School Consolidation Advisory Committee and a parent in Pasadena Unified, I have spent the past several months reviewing data and participating in conversations about school closures. What has become clear is that we are bei... More »
Every year, the City of Pasadena spends $1.5 billion. Most of the attention goes to the General Fund—the quarter that pays for police, fire, libraries and parks. But the biggest decisions—the ones that shape whether our city works or fails—are made in the Capi... More »
The City of Pasadena sets the standard for transparency and accountability in local government. Yet the handling of the 133-unit Rosemead Family Apartments at 600 N. Rosemead Boulevard represents a disturbing failure of that proud tradition — one the City Coun... More »
I think the City Manager situation warrants a fresh pot of gumbo. For those of you who have not been following the situation, Mike Futrell was positioned to be the City’s next City Manager. Miguel Márquez announced his retirement back in November, after runnin... More »
There will be 61 names of would-be governors on the June 2 primary election ballot, but the top two finishers will — as certainly as anything can be in politics — come from the six who participated Wednesday evening in the first statewide televised debate. For... More »
After more than two years of implementing California’s CARE Court homeless intervention program, judges have approved fewer than 900 treatment plans, and only 32 have been definitively court-ordered. There is a good explanation for why CARE Court has produced ... More »
[Editor’s Note: The information published by Pasadena Now was in alignment with the City’s framing of the issue in the agenda.] The April 20th Pasadena Now article about the Capital Improvement Budget repeats false and misleading information about the cost of ... More »
Eric Swalwell’s abrupt departure from the campaign for governor due to revelations about sexual transgressions leaves nine men and women remaining as serious contenders for spots on the November ballot. So far their campaigns have produced a scattershot of pos... More »
For years, East Pasadena has slumbered peacefully — a quiet corner of our city defined by modest single-family homes, mid-century commercial strips, and a suburban scale that families have cherished for generations. We have watched as density crept closer alon... More »
I grew up in Pasadena. I raised my family here. For more than 36 years I served this community, on the City Council, as Mayor, and in the State Assembly. I know the streets of Altadena. I know the families who lived on them. On January 7, those streets burned.... More »
When California voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978, they forced a massive change in how government services are financed that continues to reverberate nearly a half-century later. Prop. 13’s limits on property taxes that had financed public schools and oth... More »
Attempting to address the need for affordable housing, our state legislators have passed laws — enacted by our governor — that require cities and counties to allow the development of large housing projects that can bypass local zoning codes, despite the legiti... More »
