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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 »
Dear Editor, Can we get an article on how awesome the Rose Bowl is and it doesn’t need UCLA’s 7 games a year. Why spend so much money on a lawsuit for 7 games? UCLA is not a top revenue generator for the Rose Bowl. Those seven days might be more lucrative for ... More »
It’s election season in Pasadena. But with just two months before voters start casting ballots in the June primary, all the City Council races may already be decided. Three incumbents are all running for re-election, one unopposed. The challengers in the other... More »
As someone who served as Pasadena’s Mayor and represented East Pasadena on the City Council for 12 years, I have dedicated decades to protecting the unique character, livability, and quality of life that define our neighborhoods. East Pasadena has long been a ... More »
On Monday night, the Pasadena City Council spent more than three hours debating the design of a single apartment building—down to its hallways, its courtyard, and the fate of a neighboring oak tree. Later that same evening, just before our midnight adjournment... More »
Three years ago, Pasadena voters approved Measure H. While presented as a straightforward rent control measure, it created a new governing structure that transferred broad authority over the city’s housing market to an unelected Rent Board. Since its passage, ... More »
