A recent mailer sent out by Justin Jones’ campaign over the weekend to Pasadena’s district 3 voters included a list of several local residents that supposedly officially supported his campaign, however some that appeared on that list do not support Jones and did not consent to having their full names and street of residence publicly shared.
Jones was appointed by the city council in late 2022 after the unexpected passing of late council member, John Kennedy who had previously held the seat in district 3.
Pasadena District 3 where Jones is opposed by Brandon Lamar “is bounded by the 210 Freeway, Colorado, Lake, El Molino, Orange Grove, Los Robles, Fair Oaks, Marengo, Mountain, Jackson, El Molino, Ladera and Washington,” according to the Pasadena City Council district 3 website.
The mailer heading read, “Who’s supporting Justin Jones for City Council? More than a thousand of your friends and neighbors!” It was paid for by Justin Jones for City Council 2024.
The issue did get enough attention that several local residents engaged and commented on several posts in the local Pasadena subreddit that first alluded to the issue and brought it to the wider community beyond district 3.
In a statement, Jones said that he has the location of every voter that was included on the mailer. He did not address the issue of whether these voters appeared on the mailer consensually.
“My campaign is being conducted 100 percent electronically and as a result I have the contemporaneously collected exact date, time and geographic location I spoke to and received the support of the approximately 1100 people listed on my mailer,” Justin Jones said in an email to The Courier.
Raquel Calderon who is a resident in district 3 spoke to The Courier and said that they planned to vote or have already voted for Lamar, the challenger to Jones in the March 5 election.
The same voter said that they signed Jones’ original efforts to get on the ballot in mid to late 2023, but did not sign anything else from his campaign following that first signature.
However, despite these privacy issues for voters it is not clear that Jones actively broke any campaign laws or specific regulation that prevents these types of tactics.
“I definitely do just feel genuinely like really upset to be like misrepresented like this,” Calderon said.
