Pasadena hears Reconnecting 7/10 vision plan emphasizing restorative justice, housing and phased infrastructure

The Pasadena City Council on March 30, 2026 heard a multi-hour presentation of the draft Reconnecting Pasadena (SR-710 relinquishment) vision plan that pairs design concepts with an explicit restorative-justice framework and preliminary housing and financing targets.

Danny Parker, chair of the Reconnecting Communities 7/10 advisory group, told the council the advisory group's three-year effort focused on community engagement and producing recommendations that center displaced families and long-term neighborhood benefits. "We were charged with soliciting, hearing, and amplifying the voices of the entire Pasadena community," Parker said, urging flexibility, a distinct Pasadena identity for the project, and efforts to keep dollars circulating locally.

The advisory group's restorative-justice standing committee, led by Tina Williams, recommended a package of actions the group called foundational to righting historical harms from mid-20th-century freeway construction. Williams highlighted a proposed Restorative Justice Community Oversight Committee (RJCOC) and recommended that at least 51% of that oversight body be comprised of displaced residents, descendants or their designated representatives.

"Restorative…