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McMillan, Acquanette (Netta)
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026 10:47 AM
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SB 79 and AB2576
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Mayor Victor Gordo and Members of the Pasadena City Council:
I am writing in support of Agenda Item 21, the proposed delayed implementation ordinance for SB 79.
I live about 1/2 mi north of the Alien Station. I am very concerned about the potential damage to a neighborhood that historically has been a working class neighborhood of single family homes. Today it has a charm that includes older home owners and newer families moving in. Its not a rich neighborhood but it includes many smaller historic English Spanish and French revival homes.
We are not however a historical designated area.
I support efforts to increase housing opportunities near transit and believe Pasadena can continue to be a leader in addressing housing needs. I appreciate the City's thoughtful approach to evaluating how SB 79 may affect Pasadena's historic neighborhoods, landmarks, and historic districts.
Pasadena's historic resources are an important part of our community identity, local economy, and quality of life. Once historic buildings are lost, they cannot be replaced. The City's proposed phased implementation strategy provides time to better understand potential impacts and develop appropriate local policies while still complying with State law.
I also appreciate the City's ongoing advocacy for additional historic resource protections through AB 2576 and encourage continued efforts to strengthen those protections.
Thank you for your leadership and for supporting a balanced approach that advances housing goals while preserving the historic places that make Pasadena unique.
Sincerely,
Chris Equihua
District 2
McMillan, Acquanette (Netta)
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Juliette Michaels
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 10:58 AM
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Mayor Victor Gordo and Members of the Pasadena City Council:
I am writing in support of Agenda Item 21, the proposed delayed implementation ordinance for SB 79.
I support efforts to increase housing opportunities near transit and believe Pasadena can continue to be a leader in addressing housing needs. At the same time, I appreciate the City's thoughtful approach to evaluating how SB 79 may affect Pasadena's historic neighborhoods, landmarks, and historic districts.
Pasadena's historic resources are an important part of our community identity, local economy, and quality of life. Once historic buildings are lost, they cannot be replaced. The City's proposed phased implementation strategy provides time to better understand potential impacts and develop appropriate local policies while still complying with State law.
I also appreciate the City's ongoing advocacy for additional historic resource protections through AB 2576 and encourage continued efforts to strengthen those protections.
Thank you for your leadership and for supporting a balanced approach that advances housing goals while preserving the historic places that make Pasadena unique.
Sincerely,
Juliette
Juliette Michaels
McMillan, Acquanette (Netta)
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026 5:04 PM
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SB 79 & Historic Resources
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Mayor Victor Cordo and Members of the Pasadena City Council:
1 am writing in support of Agenda Item 21, the proposed delayed implementation ordinance for SB
79. I support efforts to increase housing opportunities near transit and believe Pasadena can continue to be a leader in addressing housing needs. At the same time, I appreciate the City's thoughtful approach to evaluating how SB 79 may affect Pasadena's historic neighborhoods, landmarks, and historic districts.
Pasadena's historic resources are an important part of our community identity, local economy, and quality of life. Once historic buildings are lost, they cannot be replaced. The City's proposed phased implementation strategy provides time to better understand potential impacts and develop appropriate local policies while still complying with State law.
I also appreciate the City's ongoing advocacy for additional historic resource protections through AB 2576 and encourage continued efforts to strengthen those protections.
Thank you for your leadership and for supporting a balanced approach that advances housing goals while preserving the historic places that make Pasadena unique.
Sincerely,
Charles KIEFER
McMillan, Acquanette (Netta)
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Monday, June 15, 2026 1:20 PM
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Public Comments for June 1 5 City Council Meeting - AGENDA ITEM 16 - SB79 Ordinance [ l ] CAUTION: This email was delivered from the Internet. Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Report phish using the Phish Alert Button. For more information about the Phish Alert Button view article "KB0011474" on the DolT portal.
Dear Hon. Mayor Gordo and Council Members:
I write to express disappointment that the Council seeks to delay SB79.
In May, the New York Times editorialized that especially blue cities across the US need to "loosen zoning laws to allow more multifamily housing, and to make it easier to build where it is already legal." The proposed ordinance does the opposite - makes seeks delay where SB79 would make it easier to build, including where it is already legal. It is unfortunate that, given the chance to demonstrate Pasadena is part:
of the solution, not the problem, when it comes to making housing abundant.
The evidence is clear that Pasadena and many other cities in California are way behind on their housing goals. That is why Sacramento had to step up and step in.
On the climate crisis, the Council set ambitious policy - demanding all hands on deck for renewable energy by 2030. The Council also commendably has stepped up to demand action sooner rather than later on a homeless shelter.
Unfortunately this proposed deferral ordinance - kicking the can in the name of additional planning and study - suggests that same urgency is not really present for housing.
Meanwhile, the Council confronts stagnant revenues, rising rents, a dramatically declining school age population, and many vacant retail storefronts - all problems that could be addressed by increased density and the increased population (and taxpayers and shoppers) it would bring. I applaud those who have the political courage to make those connections.
Respectfully,
P.A. Brown (Mr.)
District 6
06/15/2026
Item 16