AR 20 SUPP CORR PT 4 CORRESPONDENCE — Pasadena City Council, May 11, 2026

McMillan, Acquanette (Netta)
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Re: Support for ethical investment
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Dear Mayor Gordo and City Council members,
I am writing to urge you to support and expand the ethical investment resolution scheduled to come before council on May 11th.

I am a member of Orange Grove Quaker meeting, and ethical investment has been a core value of Quakers for 250+ years. John Woolman, an 18th century Quaker abolitionist, refused to wear clothing dyed with indigo harvested by slave labor. His example has inspired Quakers ever since. The assets of Orange Grove Meeting are invested in the Friends Fiduciary Corporation (FFC), a Quaker-founded, non-profit organization serving Quaker organizations since 1898, managing over $800 million with a focus on values-aligned, ethical investing.

They screen investments based on peace, social justice, and environmental stewardship, often actively engaging in shareholder advocacy.

As a Pasadena community member, it is very important to me that our tax dollars are spent in alignment with our 1 values as a community. How we spend our money is a direct reflection of our values, and I want to see our spending promote human dignity, freedom, and respect for the planet and all of its people.

I I wholeheartedly support the council's decision to prohibit investments in weapons manufacturers, fossil fuel companies and private prisons. And I urge you to go beyond this language, and to align the resolution with Pasadena's stated commitment to protecting our immigrant neighbors by prohibiting investments in companies engaged in mass surveillance. If we are divesting from the private prisons incarcerating our immigrant community members, we should be divesting from the machinery that allows the government to target, surveil and kidnap them. I also hope you will include language about divestment from genocide, specifically naming the genocide in Palestine that our tax dollars are currently funding. Just as Pasadena has acknowledged the Armenian genocide, so should the council acknowledge the human rights atrocities that our government has funded and supported. I don't see how genocide and ethical investment could ever be compatible.

I applaud you for taking this important step to more fully articulate a citywide ethical investment policy. I hope you will take the draft resolution from the Legislative Policy committee and expand on its important premise so that Pasadena can truly have an ethical investment policy that reflects the values of this community I treasure. i Anthony Manousos
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05/11/2026
Item 20
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Dear Mayor and City Council members,
I wholeheartedly support the Legislative Policy's Committee's recommendations that the City prohibit investments in weapons manufacturers, fossil fuel companies and private prisons.

However, I urge you to expand the ethical investment resolution to include the genocide taking place in Gaza.

Just as Pasadena has acknowledged the Armenian genocide, so should the council acknowledge the human rights atrocities that our government has funded and supported.I don't see how genocide and ethical investment could ever be compatible.

I don't use the term "genocide" lightly. I am a Quaker and I agree with eight major Quaker organizations worldwide that issued a statement calling what is happening in Gaza genocide. In July 2025 the American Friends Sen/ice, which received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Quakers in 1947, published this statement, which asserts: "We believe with moral clarity, and in line with the definition of the crime of genocide, that the current actions in Gaza perpetrated by the Israeli government, constitute the crime of genocide."
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I also agree with the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. Last year they issued a report stating that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, The Commission urged Israel and all States to fulfil their legal obligations under international law to end the genocide and punish those responsible for it. The US government has given over $22 billion in military aid to Israel since it began bombing Gaza, so we are morally complicit in any war crimes committed by Israel Today, Nicholas Kristofof The New York Times reported that Israeli forces sexually assault Palestinian prisoners on a regular basis. These allegations, along with other well documented war crimes and atrocities, are widely reported.

Anthony Manousos
Resident of District 1
05/11/2026
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Dear Mayor and City Council,
The Pasadena for Palestine Divestment Coalition supports the Armenian Bar Association's proposal to strengthen the City's Investment Policy by better identifying its priorities when it comes to human rights violations and to monitor Pasadena's investments in deferred compensation or retirement plans to assess whether such investments are in compliance with the City's ESQ standards.

Regarding the genocide in Artsakh:
• The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention: Issued multiple "Red Flag Alerts" regarding Azerbaijan's actions, characterizing them as a deliberate attempt to create unlivable conditions. • Luis Moreno Ocampo: The former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court published a report finding that the blockade of the Lachin corridor was an act of genocide. • International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS): Condemned the blockade as a "deliberate attack" on the population, with its president stating that Azerbaijan's actions constitute genocide. • Genocide Watch: Placed Azerbaijan at Stage 9: Extermination and Stage 10: Denial regarding the assault on Artsakh.

Our goal is for our city to take a stand against all genocides. Our focus has been on the genocide in Gaza because that is the one for which the U.S. is supplying weapons and policial cover, but we stand with everyone who is resisting and acting to stop genocide and hold the perpetrators accountable.

Please use your leadership to help us do that!
Respectfully,
Pasadena for Palestine Divestment Coalition.
05/11/2026
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Dear Mayor and City Council,
Please post this with public comment for Item 20 on the agenda.

We are writing to provide documentation showing that the people who sent our mass email "YES to Ethical Investment" are overwhelmingly from Pasadena and neiahborinfl cities. The attached document shows the sender's city of residence for all emails sent as of 11 a.m. on May 11. Of the approximately 300 emails, only 12 senders did not list a California residence. The largest number of senders are from Pasadena, and other senders are primarily from Los Angeles, South Pasadena, Alhambra, Burbank, Monrovia, and other parts of Los Angeles County.

Based on past experience, we believe that the senders of the "Stop BDS" theme mass emails sent to Council either did not provide their city of residence or they are not from the Pasadena area and have little if any connection to our community.

When the ethical investment resolution was on the agenda for the 18 December 2025 Legislative Policy Committee meeting, over a thousand people sent in emails of opposition. However, we were able to verify with City Clerk Mark Jomsky that almost none of the people expressing opppsitjon provided their location and that the few who did were from outside our area. A copy of Clerk Jomsky's email is posted below.

The email below is confirming that the mass email against ethical investment when it was on the Legislative Policy Committee agenda in December 2025 did not include info on the sender's residence. 05/11/2026
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Good morning Pasadena City Councilmembers, Vice Mayor Rivas, and Mayor Gordo, I appreciate the Council's willingness to consider a more fully-articulated citywide ethical investment policy, one that prioritizes optimal environmental, social, and governance outcomes while honoring Pasadena's history of upholding human rights, Locally and internationally.

I urge the Council to pass an ethical investment policy that specifically includes divestment from entities complicit in the genocide in Palestine or in any genocide occurring anywhere in the world. I also ask that the FPRS Board divest its holdings from and prohibit future investment in companies complicit in genocide.

Thankyouforyour consideration.

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Good morning Pasadena City Councilmembers, Vice Mayor Rivas, and Mayor Gordo, I appreciate the Council's willingness to consider a more fully-articutated citywide ethical investment policy, one that prioritizes optimal environmental, social, and governance outcomes while honoring Pasadena's history of upholding human rights, locally and internationally.

Thankyouforyour consideration.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Collins
Pasadena resident. District 5
05/11/2026
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Council Member,
Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Thank you for updating the ethical investment policy to support Pasadena's values and protect human rights.

I would like to ask for the additional consideration of including surveillance manufacturers, equipment and services.

It is always the right time to uphold the dignity of and the protection of human rights. As was extremely evident during the pandemic, we are all connected and what we do in our little corner of the world can have positive ripple effects for people across the globe.

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05/11/2026
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Good evening,
I am absolutely puzzled by the amount of energy and effort the public is putting into the financial investment decisions made by the city of Pasadena and how they hope to influence policy in other areas using these investments.

The reality is that Pasadena's investments would only be a symbolic measure in any geo-political discussion and the monetary impact is so minuscule that the whole discussion is really about the 'what feels right' aspect of investing public funds.

I suggest following the advice of Warren Buffettand Charlie Hunger who advocated for a simple-is-better investing method. This approach eliminates questions about the overall investment strategy, provides clear and understandable pathways for the public to grasp the investments and yields a return that many consider the actual target. These are public funds needed for real expenses.

The percentages may differ for city needs but in short, invest 90% of the funds in a very low cost S&P 500 index and the remaining 10% in short term government bonds.

This is the main quote from the 2013 Shareholder Letter:

Nevertheless, both individuals and mstitutians will coBstantIy be urged to be active by those who profit from giving advice or effecting transactions. The resulting frictional costs e;m be huge and, far investors ia aggregate, ttevoid of benefit. So ignore the chatter, keep your costs minimal, and invest in stocks as yoii would m a t'ami.

My money, I should add, is where my moiitli is: What E advise here is essentially ittentical to certain instructions I've laid out in my will. One bequest provides that cash will be lieiivered to a tmstee for my wife's benefit. (I have to use cash for individiial bequests, becEiiise alf of ray Berkshire shares will be fulfy (listribtited to certain philailtliropic organizatians over the ten years following the closing of my estate.) My advice to the tnistee could not be niore simple: Put 10% of the cash in short-term govemm<;nt bonds and 90% in a very luw-eosE S&P 5tX) index fund. (I .-iuggesS Vanguiird's.) I believe the trust's long-lenn results tTOm this poiicy vvill be su|»erior to those anained by most investors - whether pension fiinds, iiistitutions or individuals - who employ high-fee managers.

Here in Pasadena, we have
some exceptional money managers and risk analysts that can likely tell you why this is good or bad but the reality is that asking your council, and future councils, to police the world and judge where city investments are spent is turning into a circus.

I suggest keeping things simple.
05/11/2026
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As Charlie (a former student at CalTech) would say: "One of the greatest ways to avoid trouble is to keep it simple."
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Adam Bray-Ali
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Hello Mayor Gordo and Councilmembers,
I am a Pasadena resident, business owner, parent of children at two PUSD schools, member of Pasadena Mennonite church, and participant with Pasadena for Palestine.

I am not an expert in global politics but I don't need to be (nor do you) in order to care about ethical investment.

Corporations that profit off of genocide, war, fossil fuels, and private prisons fait to affirm the dignity and humanity of all people, and continue to exploit the land. These are not the values of our city. This is not the legacy I want to leave for my children.

I stand with many other Pasadena community members who care about the financial integrity of our city and ask you to support the ethical investment policy.

Thank you for your consideration.
- Emily Schnitger, 91104
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Dear Pasadena City Council,
I am a Pasadena resident writing to you to express my support for passing a stricter ethical investment policy that would not allow investments in weapons manufacturing, fossil fuels, and private prison companies. I understand the city itself does not have any investments in these types of companies, but I appreciate the attention to specifically naming these industries, as these do not align with the values of Pasadena.

I would also Like to see the FPRS Board adopt an ethical investment policy Like this, in which this board has investments in such companies. I understand the board is a separate entity; however, as it is overseen by the city, it only makes sense that it would uphold the values of the city- creating communities that allow for the flourishing of people and the environments we occupy.

I would also like the city to cite a reason for adopting a stricter ethical investment policy, because we do not want to be involved in the genocide in Palestine. While it is not common for the city to comment on international affairs, when those international affairs could be touched by our tax dollars, it only seems relevant and wise to have intentionality in where our investments end up.

The staff report on ESGs from the Legislative Policy meeting listed a few examples of why people might choose to implement an ESG. Combat climate change was an example. I bring this up to make the point that stating a reason whyyou choose an ethical investment policy is a normative practice. There is support in Pasadena to cite the genocide and apartheid in Palestine, as evidenced by a petition with 600 signatures collected in Pasadena, weekly presence by constituents at city council meetings for over a year, and Letters, emails, and art sent to city council members over the past year.

Additionally, citing the genocide and apartheid in Palestine as a reason to adopt a stricter ethical investment policy falls in line with other statements and actions the City has taken, both recently and historically. Within the past month, Pasadena has made public statements in support of standing with the Armenian population and condemning the Armenian genocide. Historically, Pasadena divested from companies involved in apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s.These are just two examples of the precedent set for how Pasadena speaks out against genocides and uses it's finacial power to fight for human dignity and equality.

I look forward to the discussion at the city council meeting tonight and hope that Pasadena will find the courage to lead with love and compassion in a time of so much fear and violence.

All the best,
Bailey Payne, MDiv (she/her)
Pasadena, CA Resident
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Hello City of Pasadena,
I am a frequent shopper in downtown Pasadena and have recently heard there is a push for ethical investment legislation. I highly urge city council to support this meaningful action. During these chaotic times, we need bold leadership that stands for equal justice under the law and not be subservient to corporate interests.

Ps. I am a Jewish American and stand alongside the marginalized voices of my Palestinian brothers and sisters.

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Dear Pasadena City Council,
I am writing to urge you to support the Legislative Policy Committee's recommendation to strengthen Pasadena's ethical investment policy by prohibiting investments in weapons manufacturers, fossil fuel companies, private prisons, and companies involved in surveillance. Our city's investments should reflect Pasadena's stated values of human dignity, environmental responsibility, and protection of vulnerable communities, including immigrants who are disproportionately impacted by surveillance systems.

I also encourage the Council to include language addressing divestment from genocide, specifically acknowledging the ongoing violence and human rights atrocities in Palestine. Pasadena has previously recognized other historical genocides, and our ethical investment policy should be consistent in rejecting investments connected to violence and oppression. As a Pasadena community member, it is important to me that our public funds are invested in ways that align with justice, freedom, and respect for all people and the planet.

Thankyou foryourtime and for considering these important additions to Pasadena's ethical investment policy.

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Hello Council,
My name is Robert Schaefer and I've been a lifelong resident of the Pasadena area and a Pasadena City College graduate. I thank the council for passing the Gaza ceasefire resolution in 2024, and their actions towards ensuring Pasadena is a safe and progressive city for its residents of all races, nationalities, and religions.

I write to encourage city council to adopt a resolution that enacts a more ethical investment policy which divests from weapons companies, oil companies, and the prison industrial complex.

In Lieu of the grotesque genocide in Gaza that has murdered hundreds of thousands of Palestinians for the illegal profits of weapons contractors, the criminal war waged against Iran that is risking triggering a global economic depression while oil companies reap billions in windfall profits, and ICE dragnets that ensnare dissidents and immigrants under invasive surveillance and mass incarceration, the need for divestment from these companies has never been more urgent than now.

This step as necessary as it is bold, is long overdue and taking decisive action will be undeniably in-step with the course of history that follows the long arc of justice. Adopting this ethical investment policy will ensure that Pasadena residents will enjoy safety, tolerance, and progress in a city that prides itself on those very same values.

Thank you once again council for all of the work that you do to make this community we cherish prosper! -Robert Schaefer
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
I am writing to urge you to support the recommendation from the Legislative Policy Committee to update the ethical investment policy to include prohibitions on investments in weapons manufacturers, fossil fuel companies, and private prisons and to call on the FPRS Board to consider a similar policy.

Additionally, please add to the list of prohibitions, exclusion of companies involved in surveillance. Our investment policy should align with Pasadena's stated commitment to protecting our immigrant neighbors by prohibiting investments in companies engaged in mass surveillance, a major part of the machinery that allows the government to target, surveil and kidnap them.

I also hope you will include language about divestment from genocide, specifically naming the genocide in Palestine that our tax dollars are currently funding. Just as Pasadena has acknowledged the Armenian genocide, so should the council acknowledge the human rights atrocities that our government has funded and supported. I don't see how genocide and ethical investment could ever be compatible.

As a Pasadena community member, it is very important to me that our tax dollars are spent in alignment with our values as a community. How we spend our money is a direct reflection of our values, and I want to see our spending promote human dignity, freedom, and respect for the planet and all of its people.

Thank you for taking this impori:ant step to more fully articulate a citywide ethical investment policy so that Pasadena can truly have an ethical investment policy that reflects the values of our city and its people.
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Honorable Mayor Gordo and City Council of Pasadena,

PURPOSE OF OUR LETTER
We are your constituents and deeply concerned Americans who, like you, care profoundly about our beloved city and country.

Sadly, our city now finds itself at the forefront of a runaway train.

We are writing to bring your attention to the calculated manipulation and coordinated propaganda campaign behind the pressure for a proposed (direct or indirect) reference to BDS or Israel on any proposed Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) resolution or any other City policy. These tactics falsely accuse Israel of genocide.

If applied consistently and universally, it would demand sanctions against numerous governments and armed groups responsible for well documented atrocities.

Yet, its laser focus on Israel reveals its true hand - selective enforcement disguised as morality to isolate Israel, a staunch democratic ally.

We ask you to read this letter, reject terrorist ideology, refuse to give this resolution any oxygen, and vote for our democracy instead.

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED....

Is a 'social justice' movement legitimate if...?
1) It pays 'protesters' using funds linked to U.S. designated terrorist groups? [1-3] 2) Its followers harass, intimidate, vandalize, are violent, and even murder fellow Americans? [4] 3) It shuts down civil discourse and intimidates people who dare to disagree? [5] 4) It demands civil rights protections for itself but violates the civil rights of fellow Americans - including a protected minority? [6]
5) It rebrands a terrorist attack as 'resistance'? [7]
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6) It ONLY condemns one country, and is silent while its compatriots in different countries are doing ACTUAL atrocities (e.g., slaughter of protesters in Iran; slaughter, rape, and enslavement of Black Christians in Nigeria and Sudan; lack of gender equality in many Muslim majority countries)? [8-12] 7) It calls for anti-Black racism in America while perpetuating Black racism in many Muslim majority countries (e.g., Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, UAE) ? [13-20] 8) It uses silence or rebranding to justify rape against Jewish women? [21] 9) It uses coalitions with civil rights groups (e.g.. Black Rights, Communists, Feminists, LGBTQ+ Community) that it vehemently disagrees with to broadcast its ideology and then abandon in the future? [22-23] 10) It calls for the discrimination, exclusion, and intimidation of fellow university students? [24] 11) It bullies city councils and boards to vote on isolating a democratic ally that protected and rescued its citizens after experiencing a terrorist attack and simultaneous attacks on seven fronts against its diverse citizens on its 3,000-year-old indigenous land? [25-26]
12) It demands that Americans abandon their moral reasoning - the bedrock of democratic values? [27] Additionally, have you ever asked yourself....?
How could thousands of students in 520 American universities, a day after 10/7/23, all chant the exact same chants, repeat the same libelous accusations on and off-line, hold the same banners, and use identical strategies for campus take overs? [28]

AHA MOMENT
Have you figured it out? This is not 'social justice.' It is an authoritarian movement dressed in sheep's clothing.

It is the fruit of a Master Plan, entitled The Memorandum (1991), comprehensively designed by the notorious Muslim Brotherhood (MB) (a designated terrorist organization in Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE; and in the U.S. - Lebanese, Jordanian, Egyptian branches). Upon translation, the FBI discovered a shockingly sophisticated plan for a "civilizational jihad" to take-over the United States and destroy it from within [29-30].

The document states:
"The Ikhwan [The Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated, and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions" [31].

Rather than using overt violence, the MB uses sophisticated strategies to embed multi-layered extremist Islamist ideology in the U.S. - keeping peaceful Muslims, and all diverse people who speak against this ideology, silent with reputational and financial intimidation, vandalism, and violence [32].

FOUR LAYERS OF ENTRYISM IN THE USA
The Memorandum meticulously outlines four major strategies that weaponize our democratic freedoms (e.g., free speech, civil rights, lawfare, etc.) to embed an intolerant ideology with the aim of destroying our democracy. 1) POLICY IMPACT: Islamists achieve consultative government positions to Qbstruct our country's response to counterterrorism and shift foreign policy. In a wiretap, the FBI discovered that CAIR is a front for the MB - Hamas - in the U.S. Post September llth, CAIR has played a strategic role in removing counter-terrorism training about Islamist extremism in Department of Homeland Security manuals [33-34]. 2) LEGAL FRAMEWORK MANIPULATION: Islamists turn debate about their ideology and violent behavior into claims of discrimination to protect their totalitarian agenda [35]. 2 3) INSTITUTIONAL INFILTRATION: Islamists build networks of schools, charities, Islamic chairs, campus and off-campus organizations to transmit their ideology under the radar of those unaware it is propaganda meant to destroy the host democracy. The Muslim Students Association (MSA) is in 600 U.S. colleges, there are 300 Islamic Centers in 42 U.S. states, and U.S. professors, such as Cornell's Russell Rickford, call the Hamas terrorist attack "exhilarating" [36-37]. 4) NARRATIVE CONTROL: Islamists influence media, education, and academia, using financial investments and media partnerships to promote MB ideology and spokespersons. Qatar, a state sponsor of terrorism, has spent over $100 billion across U.S. Congress, lobbyists, colleges, PR firms, corporations, and media [38-39].

BDS: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S SECRET WEAPON
BDS, and related methods falsely accusing Israel, are an essential part of the MB's "civilizational jihad"[40].

Like other totalitarian movements, the MB needs a rallying cry, so it wraps its intolerant ideology in 'social justice' language to create messaging palpable to Western ears. By rallying against Israel, the MB pretends to sell Americans 'social justice' but in reality, it fools Americans into amplifying its violent extremism and warped moral code [41].

Yes, the MB wants to eradicate Israel, but its ultimate goal - is to take down the USA - the seat of DEMOCRACY in the world and replace it with extreme, intolerant Islamism via "civilizational jihad" [42].

BDS: INFRASTRUCTURE TO AMPLIFY TERRORIST IDEOLOGY
The goal of BDS campaigns is not merely to pressure cities to adopt terrorist ideology that ultimately tries to shape U.S. foreign policy.

The true power of BDS lies in its role as a permanent, embedded organizational infrastructure across America - one that can be rapidly mobilized against American cities during future global crises to fool and pressure the public into aligning with MB terrorist ideology [43].

Our city's decision regarding this proposed discriminatory BDS is a test case for how deeply we allow or block this infrastructure from taking root. Choose wisely.

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ALIGNED GROUPS
It is essential to carefully look at the groups that are pushing for this proposed resolution in our city. The Memorandum lists 29 initial groups embedded in the USA that are carriers of the MB totalitarian ideology (see reference # 44).

Moreover, the Memorandum mentions the importance of building alliances with groups (e.g., Black rights. Communists, Feminists, LGBTQ+, etc.) whom the MB vehemently disagrees with and will abandon in the future - but intentionally uses to broadcast MB's terror messaging [45].

BDS: FALLING INTO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S TRAP - A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL HARMONY Even entertaining a BDS resolution in the hallowed halls of our city government plays right into the MB's hands - threatening our laws and the security of our communities.

The U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause grants only Congress the power over foreign policy and sanctions - not cities.

This proposed resolution risks unconstitutional overreach and undermines the rule of law [46-47].

Moreover, there is a direct correlation between divestment campaigns such as this and the increase of discrimination, harassment, and violence against Jewish citizens [48-49]. 3 After the Pasadena Jewish Temple was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti, and antisemitic hate crimes in California have jumped by 57% compared to pre-10/7 incidentnumbers,why would your governing body risk the liability of generating more antisemitism and potential violence against our Jewish community members? [50-51] Why would you entertain BDS that ultimately violates our Constitution, threatens the civil rights of our children and neighbors, and rips away at the peaceful fabric of our society?

FALSE ACCUSATION
It is ludicrous to have a resolution falsely accusing Israel of genocide.

As in previous wars that Hamas has started, Hamas leaders finally admitted that they lied about numbers of civilian casualties, and that 72% of casualty numbers were male terrorists [52-53].

Other reports, however, show that 86% of casualty numbers were male terrorists [54-56].

There was NO genocide here.

CONCLUSION
Now you are on record for learning about the Islamist game plan. The MB's original document is a must-read [57-58].

Will you dare wade into international waters or wisely focus on your defined role in city governance? This proposal to reference BDS or Israel in an ESG resolution or any City policy falsely accuses a democracy, is discriminatory, and does not promote justice - it institutionalizes selective outrage.

It replaces universal principles with a totalitarian ideology that values intolerance and violence - opposing the democratic principles of our city and country.

This proposed (direct or indirect) reference to BDS and/or Israel risks repeating history's most familiar error: mistaking moral language for moral action.

We urge you to indefinitely REJECT the proposed libelous resolution.

Our city and our genuine commitment to human rights demand better. "We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization." ~ Students for Justice in Palestine [59]
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Reject BDS: Protect Our City from Division
Defend Our City: Oppose BDS in Any Resolution
Reject BDS: AThreatto Our Community's Harmony
Call to Action: Reject BDS in Local Governance
Please Vote NO on BDS
Defend Our City: Oppose BDS in ESQ Policies
Vote NO on BDS: Protect Our Community's Values
Uphold Our Principles: Say No to BDS References
Defend Our City: Oppose BDS in ESG Resolutions!!!
Preserve Our Values: Say No to BDS in Governance
Vote Against BDS: Safeguard Our City's Values
Vote NO on BDS: Preserve Our Community's Values
Stop BDS: Keep Pasadena a Hate-Free City
Vote NO: BDS is Not a Trajectory to Justice
Safeguard Our Values: Reject BDS in City Policies
Vote NO on BDS: A Call for Responsible Governance
Stand Up for Justice: Reject BDS in City Policies
Stand Against BDS: Protect Our City's Future
Take a Stand: Vote Against BDS in ESG Resolutions
Vote Against BDS: A Stand for Justice and Democracy
Stand Up for Justice: Reject BDS in City Policies
Vote Against BDS: A Stand for Our Community
Oppose BDS!!!
Stand Firm: Say No to BDS in City Resolutions
Stand Against BDS: Protect Our Community's Rights
STOP THE JEW HATE IN PASADENA: Reject BDS in City Policies Vote NO on BDS: Defend Our City's Values
Stand Against BDS: Uphold Our Constitutional Rights
Reject BDS: Protect Our City's Integrity
Oppose BDS: Protect Our Community from Division
Protect Our Democracy: Reject BDS Initiatives at Pasadena Vote NO: BDS is a Threat to Our Community as a whole.

Reject BDS: A Call for Unity and Justice
Protect Our Community: Reject BDS Initiatives
Say No to BDS: Uphold Our City's Reputation
Vote NO: BDS is Not a Path to Justice
McMiIlan, Acquanette (Netta)
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Council Member,
I am writing to urge you to support and expand the ethical investment resolution scheduled to come before council on May 11th. As a Pasadena community member, it is very important to me that our tax dollars are spent in alignment with our values as a community.-How we spend our money is a direct reflection of our values, and I want to see our spending promote human dignity, freedom, and respect for the planet and all of its people.

I wholeheartedly support the council's decision to prohibit investments in weapons manufacturers, fossil fuel companies and private prisons. And I urge you to go beyond this language, and to align the resolution with Pasadena's stated commitment to protecting our immigrant neighbors by prohibiting investments in companies engaged in mass surveillance. If we are divesting from the private prisons incarcerating our immigrant community members, we should be divesting from the machinery that allows the government to target, surveil and kidnap them. I also hope you will include language about divestment from genocide, specifically naming the genocide in Palestine that our tax dollars are currently funding. Just as Pasadena has acknowledged the Armenian genocide, so should the council acknowledge the human rights atrocities that our government has funded and supported. I don't see how genocide and ethical investment could ever be compatible.

I applaud you for taking this important step to more fully articulate a citywide ethical investment policy. I hope you will take the draft resolution from the Legislative Policy committee and expand on its important premise so that Pasadena can truly have an ethical investment policy that reflects the values of this community I treasure. 05/11/2026
Item 20
From: (Name)
Aaron Palmer
Jerome Palacios Myerson
ImadDaoud
Ethne Dennis
Juan Guevara
Marina Lecoeuche
Karen Beavers
Esther Gomez
Brian Biery
Vivian Botero
ChellyMendez

DAVID BAER
DeniseLarsen
Alex Dobbs
Reo Glancey
KenichiYoshida
Dylan Bannon
Melissa Hofstetter
AndyCarazo
Holly Hight
NoraLesterMurad
Cheri HERRBOLDT
Olivia McGinley
Dan Martin
Anne Nolty
Bianca Richter
David Abramovitch
Lauren Murtidjaja
JohnEicher
Lisa Claypool
Cynthia Cannady
T Rutherford
Jackeline Matdonado
Leila Giries
Lillian Bitar
Edward Fisher
Marianne Carter
UnaJost
Rocio Kang
RubaAlami
Victoria Tamoush
ClairePhillips
Ryan Upton
Sutyect
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URGENT: YES to Ethical Investment
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From: (Name)
JadeShariff
TedvonderAhe
Maha Sheriff
TariqAfzal
Zara Malik
David Sosa
GinaMangiaracina
ELly Levy
Britain McWhorter
Anthony Manousos
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Susanna Hostetter
HasanSeede
YdoyaWannano
David Bailey
ZaraHambartsounian
Sarah Cihak
Ibrahim at-Jaylat
Jacqueline Kandalaft
Humanity Morality
Teri Stein
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Aligning money and values: please vote YES on ethical investment Jomsky, Mark
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I am writing to urge the Council not to include any reference to BDS or to Israel—directly or indirectly—in any proposed ESG resolution or other City policy.

Municipal policy should remain focused on matters directly affecting the residents and governance of Pasadena. Singling out the world's one Jewish state for sanction or condemnation has no meaningful connection to the City's responsibilities and unnecessarily imports divisive international political disputes into our community.

Any action to promote BDS, directly or indirectly, would also send a troubling signal to members of Pasadena's Jewish community and beyond. Policies that single out Israel will be understood as marginalizing and alienating Pasadena Jewish residents whose identity and heritage are often closely connected to Israel.

Moreover, normalizing anti-lsrael rhetoric and sentiments through municipal policy risks contributing to the broader climate where antisemitic rhetoric and even violence have skyrocketed.

I respectfully urge the Council to state clearly on the record that it will not consider adopting any BDS resolution or policy—directly or indirectly—and that Pasadena will not single out any specific country in the world for sanction through City policy.

Thank you for your attention and for your service to our community.

Sincerely,
05/11/2026
Item 20
From:(Namel Subject
Janice N Robertson No to BDS! (May 11, 2026, meeting)
Shoshana Rosenbaum No to BDS! (May 11, 2026, meeting)
Michele Prince No to BDS! re: May 11,2026, meeting
StacieSulak NotoBDSonMayll
ed meyers No to BDS! (May 11,2026, meeting)
EriCohen No to BDS
cityclerk FW: No to hatred and libels towards the Jewish State (aka "BDS Palestinian Movement") (May 11,2026, meeting) Karen Eliahu Opposition to Inclusion of BDS and Israet-Specific Language in Any ESG Resolution liana Segalt Tonight's meeting: NO to BDS

Pasadena City CouncilMay 11, 2026

Pasadena City Council
May 11, 2026