Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) is having an Open House and the public is invited.
Assemblymember Holden wants to share the new district office with residents of the 41st A.D. and hear from them about issues that concern the district and the state. His district includes South Pasadena, Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, San Marino, Monrovia, San Dimas, La Verne, Claremont, Upland and Alta Loma (part of Rancho Cucamonga).
A brief program will announce and honor the 41st Assembly “2013 Woman of the Year” and provide a brief update from the Capitol. Light refreshments will be served and the event is free and open to the public.
The open house takes place from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 at the 41st Assembly District Office, 600 N. Rosemead Blvd., suite 117, Pasadena.
Assemblyman Holden, you have stated you are opposed to allowing trucks in the proposed SR710 tunnel extension. Some of your constituents have taken this as saying you would oppose the tunnel if trucks were allowed. Is this an accurate depiction of your statements and views? There is a concern in your district--from Pasadena on the West to Upland in the East--that your support of using Measure R funds on the SR710 study--a study using 1950's, 20th century solutions to solve a 21st century transportation problem--is taking away funds that could be used to extend the Gold Line even further to the East. Do these concerns accurately reflect your position? Thank you for your response.
1. According to Metro (as explained in their news release), the 710 tunnels are being built specifically for trucks: http://tinyurl.com/adu5346 "While this year's 18 projects and the I-405 are designed primarily to give people a better commute, three other high-profile projects in various planning stages but not yet scheduled, address the demands of commerce -- specifically goods movement from the twin ports of L.A. and Long Beach, the two busiest ports in the country, and goods movement from California's Central Valley, America's bread basket."..."The 710 north gap closure between the I-10 and the I-210 would complete the natural goods corridor that was begun several decades ago." (Doug Failing, executive director of highway programs Metro) 2 .710 tunnels will not "pencil out" unless they have the income of tolls from trucks: http://tinyurl.com/cemhbah Even with trucks, if the tunnels estimated capital expenditures exceed 6.3 billion (2007$ and likely will total 24 B upon completion), it will have to be subsidized by tax payers otherwise the tolls would be astronomical : http://tinyurl.com/coyvq45
@Vicki, I find your "build a road and they will come" assessment lacking, at least, with regards to the 210 extension - the increase in traffic once the extension was completed was sudden, i.e., not added vehicles for the region, but more likely traffic now taking a better route than the 10 or 60. In other words, relieving pressure off other regional highways. Bad for us, good for others.
South Pasadena DID NOT oppose the Gold Line, in fact we fought for it with Los Angeles (Highland Park) and Pasadena. We also fought for mitigations of noise and grade separation which we did not get. LA and Pasadena was more successful on that front. I suggest you look at a map before saying South Pasadena citizens should not be allowed to use freeways and be confined to surface streets. What cities do you think the Arroyo Seco Parkway goes through or does that freeway not count in your mind? It goes through LA and South Pasadena TO Pasadena and stops at the Pasadena border. FYI, this Parkway was the first freeway west of the Mississippi and we've had it in our town since 1939. If you were a fair person, you'd start harping that the 710 freeway should go through San Marino, as the first proposed route did, but they screamed about saving their town and pushed it over into So Pas. They don't have any freeway or light rail line so lets share the wealth. Politically the 710 freeway or toll tunnels are unbuildable with LA, So Pas and Pasadena mayor and three councilmen against. These are the cities it would go through, not Alhambra. Check it out on that map I suggested!
www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3441676Jan 27, 2006 – But speed restrictions in South Pasadena and Los Angeles have led to slower service. Increased ridership on the Gold Line is seen as key to ...
1) "Geez Gail, you are so wrong and so rude in what you have said. I hope for Chris Holden's sake you resign." Let's take a look at FMH's posts and see who is being rude. 2) "No gitinjiggywitit, both Gail and you are very wrong. Everyone is entitled to be ignorant, but you abuse the privilege." Nice. Accusation of ignorance, no facts to support the assertion. 3) "There ya go folks, Holden's mouth piece, Gayle, admits the 710 freeway is being built to "provide a viable commercial corridor" (Cargo trucks galore). Inhale deeply folks - your health is not Holden's concern." Continuing the fiction that Gayle represents Holden. 4) "The trouble with you, Gail, is that you lack the power of reasoning but not the power to post false information." Amusing, isn't it, given the false assertion made in comment 3? Not to mention an apparent inability to rebut any of Gayle's "false information". 5) "I'm quite certain, Gail, that neither Sam nor I would do ponies the disservice of confusing you for one." Gratuitous insult, check. 6) "Gail, how much more of your venom and hatred can you spew at the residents of South Pasadena? Does Chris Holden approve of your behavior?" Who is spewing venom and hatred? Others here may take exception with what Gayle posts, but they post counterpoints. You just post ... <insert expletive>.
Of course Chris Holden approves of Gail's attacks on the city of South Pasadena. Chris Holden is certainly not a friend of that city considering how strongly he has advocated for the 710 freeway to tear right through it. I saw them together at one of Holden's events and those two appear very well acquainted. If you Google Gail Montgomery's name you'll see she posts comments on almost every article about him like a paid spokesperson would do. I don't think a person not being paid to do this would spend that much time out of their assumed busy day unless they are paid. My guess is Montgomery is Holden's "Karl Rove" style strategist and she uses Rush Limbaugh's style while acting as Holden's spokesperson. You know like if both Holden and Montgomery can deny she represents him, then she can say any foul thing she wants using his talking points while Holden's hands appear nice and clean. Chris Holden hiring an attack dog? Seems plausible to me.
Before the 210 freeway went through pasadena, Wodbury road was congested, as people used it race across to NewYork dr.- foothil BLVD for the east-- west route. When the freeway opened in the early seventies, It did not have a slow rush hour f 7 or 8 years. But what happened is, a change in peoples job, and houses. Suddenly someone who worked in Glendale could move to Glendora for a cheaper house, and still work in Glendale, Alot of houses were built along the cities of the 210. They mostly would of been built anyway. But having the 210 in place set up the commuting possibilities. That with the general growing population, by the time the 1981 recession ended, the freeway became congested. From what I remember as a kid, the traffic on the streets here never increased back to the pre freeway days. But the freeway did increase the overall commute rides east-west by 50 times over the last 40 years.
a study of traffic congestion that does not factor for regional population growth is, to put it nicely, difficult to interpret. E.g., if you double highway capacity, but population growth doubles, of course congestion is not going to improve. Now, if you hadn't improved highway capacity, and population doubles, .....