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Special Election Set for April 7

January 27, 2026/

Lakewood City Council unanimously decided to put the zoning code up for a vote on a special election on April 7, 2026. Both pro-zoning and anti-zoning advocates requested the special election. Both sides believe they have the support of the people. The decision to put the zoning code on the ballot was not about the zoning code. The issue was whether City Council would listen to the people. City Council rushed to approve a new zoning code without a public discussion of the underlying densification decision. The actual changes were a different discussion than the broader Comprehensive Plan or “affordable housing” discussion. Once people started to understand zoning densification impacts, there was a rising number of complaints. City Council Members discounted these voices as a “small minority.”

Top Causes of Crashes on Lakewood Roads

January 26, 2026/

A close look at data from Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) shows the top causes of crashes on Lakewood roads: Careless driving Failed to yield Followed to closely Failed to stop at signal Lane violation

Lakewood Is Weaponizing Government Processes to Support Controversial Policy Decisions

January 25, 2026/

Lakewood officials often describe the negative impacts of their policies as unintended consequences. But recent examples show something far more troubling: the deliberate use of government processes to build support for residents and businesses to accept favored policy outcomes.

Lakewood Citizens Demand City Overturn Ordinances Benefiting Wealthy Individuals and Corporations

January 25, 2026/

From Save Belmar Park, Inc and People Before Profits On Monday January 26, Lakewood City Council will again vote on a controversial new zoning scheme enacted by a council majority that was led by dark-money, developer-funded Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem. This vote—triggered by four historic citizen referendum petitions—will determine whether the Council repeals its radical zoning rewrite or sends it to Lakewood voters for a citywide vote.

Lakewood Still Dodging Hearing on Shelter Permit

January 21, 2026/

In another example of Lakewood manipulating the rules, there appears to be no intention to get a special use permit to operate the newly renovated Navigation Center. Under 2025 zoning rules, a homeless shelter requires a special use permit. Such permit requires a public hearing. The Navigation Center “extreme weather” shelter bypassed this requirement through the “emergency” ordinance, even though there was plenty of time to anticipate winter. Winter comes every year after all. In the 2026 zoning ordinance, Lakewood removed the requirement for a special use permit.

Aguilar: City reckons with ruling, faces $42M fiscal hole

January 20, 2026/

Repost from John Aguilar, Denver Post Lakewood is about face a costly reckoning with the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights — to the tune of more than $42 million. That’s the amount the state’s fifth-largest city has calculated it owes to dozens of cell phone carriers and telecommunications companies it wrongfully taxed for years. The bill is now coming due after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled last year that the city had violated TABOR, a state constitutional amendment, by levying a business and occupation tax without first obtaining voter approval.

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