Pasadena’s pursuit of a Sister City finds itself in an ’embarrassing situation’

Flashback to early January , and it was all smiles.

Just an hour before the 2025 Rose Parade began on a crisp morning, Mayor Samantha Smith of Guanajuato, Mexico, presented the Rose Court and local officials with gifts and an open invitation to visit Guanajuato at their convenience.

The foundation of a Sister City relationship was beginning to form, just like the city has with cities in Germany, Japan, Finland, Armenia, China and Senegal.

An ad hoc committee was poised to propose to the Pasadena Sister Cities Committee a new affiliation to establish a new sister city relationship between Guanajuato and Pasadena.

Members of the committee and Mayor Victor Gordo also met with the Mexico delegation on New Year’s Eve at City Hall.

It was all smiles on New Year’s Eve, when city leaders an