Geoffrey Baum for PCC Board of Trustees

Geoffrey Baum for PCC Board of Trustees Hello and thank you for visiting my page.

I am running for election to the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees, serving La Cañada Flintridge, West Pasadena, Linda Vista, San Rafael, South Orange Grove, and Madison Heights.

08/17/2026

What a turnout in La Cañada!

More than 60 friends, neighbors, students and community leaders joined us for our Back to School Pizza Party. We filled the room, shared some pizza and talked about PCC and the November election.

This is a nonpartisan race, and I’m grateful to everyone who came together to talk about the future of Pasadena City College.

Thank you, La Cañada!

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What a turnout in La Cañada!More than 60 friends, neighbors, students and community leaders joined us for our Back to Sc...
08/17/2026

What a turnout in La Cañada!

More than 60 friends, neighbors, students and community leaders joined us for our Back to School Pizza Party. We filled the room, shared some pizza and talked about PCC and the November election.

My heartfelt thanks to our host committee and to special guests including PCC students and alumni Leah Castañeda, Paul Medina and Harlan Redmond; former PCC Trustee Jim Osterling; Mayor Jeanne Hobson; Pat Anderson; Bill Ukropina; Dennis McNamara; Jennifer Thompson; and David Coher.

This is a nonpartisan race, and I’m grateful to everyone who came together to talk about the future of Pasadena City College.

Thank you, La Cañada!

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Nine years ago in the Pasadena Media studios, I explained to Hoyt Hilsman that the thing many don’t realize: Tuition was...
08/14/2026

Nine years ago in the Pasadena Media studios, I explained to Hoyt Hilsman that the thing many don’t realize: Tuition was never the real barrier to an education.
$46 a unit. Half of California’s community college students paying nothing at all. And still, students were dropping out because of rent, books, the bus, childcare. That was 2017. PCC still costs $46 a unit. The real cost is still everything around it. Textbooks. Transportation. Housing. That’s the work I’m going back to the PCC Board to finish.

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08/14/2026

Nine years ago in the Pasadena Media studios, I explained to Hoyt Hilsman that the thing many don’t realize: Tuition was never the real barrier to an education.
$46 a unit. Half of California’s community college students paying nothing at all. And still, students were dropping out because of rent, books, the bus, childcare.
That was 2017. PCC still costs $46 a unit. The real cost is still everything around it. Textbooks. Transportation. Housing.

That’s the work I’m going back to the PCC Board to finish.

Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/symrizhlDvE?is=LzzwKIhW1QS_i-cU

08/11/2026

You may think PCC has one campus. It offers classes in more than 30 locations, plus online.

Our Foothill Campus offers free classes for people learning English to become American citizens, earn their high school diploma, or prepare for careers in cosmetology and other fields.

At John Muir High School and La Cañada High School, students earn high school and college credit at the same time, and some finish a degree before they graduate.

I have taken classes at PCC myself. This is the access I want to protect and expand.

In this nonpartisan election, I respectfully ask for your support.

Geoffrey Baum for PCC Board, Area 1. More in bio.

“Student debt is one of the civil rights issues of our time.”That’s one of the issues I discussed with Sheryl Turner She...
08/10/2026

“Student debt is one of the civil rights issues of our time.”
That’s one of the issues I discussed with Sheryl Turner Sheryl Turner in a new interview with Local News Pasadena Local News Pasadena.
We covered a lot of ground: free textbooks, student debt, transfer, workforce training, PCC’s budget challenges, the Eaton Fire and why I decided to run for the Board again.
But much of it comes back to a simple question: Are we making it easier or harder for students to get the education they need without taking on debt they can’t afford?
Thank you to Sheryl for a thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation.
Read the full interview at the link in bio.

Pizza party! 🍕🎉Come celebrate the start of a new school year with neighbors, friends and families from across our commun...
08/10/2026

Pizza party! 🍕🎉

Come celebrate the start of a new school year with neighbors, friends and families from across our community.

Sunday, August 16
4–6 PM
Round Table Pizza in La Cañada

Come hungry, bring a friend and stop by to say hello and pick up a yard sign.

RSVP at link in bio

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