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Harold Ellis, leader of a planned no-growth initiative for Arcadia, said his group, Save Our Suburbia, has received an overwhelmingly positive response to its proposal to virtually shut down residential development in the city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2499
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 4, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 4, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Save Our Suburbia
Item ID
2443AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Members of the Arcadia City Council are concerned about a proposal by Harold Ellis and his group, SOS (Save Our Suburbia) to severely restrict residential development in the city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2500
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Save Our Suburbia
Item ID
2444AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Zoning codes: Arcadia measure on mansionization qualifies for ballot. If adopted the initiative would create a citywide floor area ratio (FAR) which would set much tighter restrictions on square footage. Lisa Mussenden said it could be on the ballot as soon as November 2016 or as late as April 2018. Saving Arcadia is the group behind the initiative.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34505
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arvizu, David
Houses
Mansions
Midgley, Richard
Real Estate
Saving Arcadia
Thompson, Laurie
Verlato, April
Zoning codes
Item ID
34697AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ballot initiative targeting large scale homes in Arcadia (often referred to as McMansions) will not make it on the ballot after all. The city clerk's office discovered a discrepancy in the number of qualifying signatures. Saving Arcadia is the local activist group behind the initiative.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34519
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections-2011-2020
Ballot initiatives
Floor area ratios (FAR)
Development
Mansions
Real Estate
Zoning codes
Item ID
34711AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia residents hoping to vote to curb home sizes. Groups want city to have a lot less 'mansionization' and are circulating a petition for a ballot initiative that aims to set square footage regulations for new residential development projects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34273
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Highlands Homeowners Assocation (HOA)
Houses
Mansions
Santa Anita Village Homeowners Association (HOA)
Thompson, Laurie
Verlato, April
Zoning codes
Item ID
34467AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An initiative designed to stop an entertainment complex from coming to Santa Anita Park has qualified for the ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6070
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Entertainment Center
Neighbors for Arcadia
Item ID
5903AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Anti-mansionization goes to the ballot. Zoning code issue continues as anti-mansionization group Saving Arcadia (an outgrowth of Save the Arcadia Highlands) takes it to the ballot in April 2018. At issue are Floor Area Ratios (FAR). See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, April 7, 2016-initiative did not make it onto ballot because of signature discrepancy.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 31, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 31, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections-2011-2020
Ballot initiatives
Chandler, Roger
Development
Mansions
Real Estate
Tay, Sho
Verlato, April
Zoning codes
Item ID
34708AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The citizens group Neighbors for Arcadia said Wednesday it will take the fight against Santa Anita Entertainment Center to voters with a ballot initiative.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5655
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Entertainment Center
Item ID
5506AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Although owners of horse-size lots in Southeast Arcadia recently lost a battle before the City Council to extend a moratorium on subdivisions in the area, one leader of the group says they will continue their fight on 2 fronts: a lawsuit against the city and the formation of a new citizen's group to put initiative measures on the city ballot to limit development of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1325
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1324AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City Council votes to put a utility tax increase on next April's ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25914
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 1997
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 1997
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
City Council - 1990-1999
Taxation
Item ID
26114AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The campaign over a controversial ballot measure to restrict development at Santa Anita Park race track is heating up, with two community groups coming out against the initiative and a new group being formed to support it. Measure M requires a majority vote of approval from Arcadia residents for any change in land use requested by Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8015
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Elections, Local - 1996
Item ID
7976AN
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Newspaper Index
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An activist group called Save the Arcadia Highlands is suing the City of Arcadia over two residential developments that Arcadia City Council approved in February, citing possible violations to "specific provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the California Planning and Zoning Law, filed March 12. The addresses involved are 29 East Orange Grove Avenue and 1600 Highland Oaks Drive. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, March 19, 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34125
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Arvizo, David
Bowden Development
Highland Oaks Homeowners' Association (HOA)
Lawsuits
Mansions
Save Arcadia Highlands
Tong, Robert
Verlato, April
Item ID
34319AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A strike by equipment operators has brought downtown redevelopment to a virtual halt.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4850
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
4726AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Real estate pros weigh in on Arcadia home size debate. Explains Arcadia residential land investment. Real estate professional Eric Rosa says big homes are not hurting real estate values and warns that the proposed ballot measure for April 12 to enact tougher limits on square footage, would be policy that can't be overturned by elected officials and would require a ballot initiative in 2018 to rescind voter-approved code amendments.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34345
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Houses
Mansions
Real Estate
Rosa, Eric
Sira, Joe
Item ID
34538AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Save-On Drugs

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 14, 1966
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 14, 1966
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry - Save-0n Drugs
Item ID
3735AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien ordered changes to a statement signed by Mayor Roger Chandler and members of the City Council after two residents, with the backing of the initiative's corporate sponsor, filed suit over factual inaccuracies. This will affect the wording of Measure N on the next ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30198
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ballot iniatives
Elections
Measure N
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30385AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A six-story Hilton Garden Inn could be the ninth hotel to come to the Huntington Drive corridor if plans announced by an Orange County-based developer are successful.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9808
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hotels, motels, etc - Hilton Garden Inn
Item ID
9765AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City lacks votes to adopt a temporary moratorium. Arcadia City Council will not consider a temporary moratorium on any stage of residential development because they don't have enough votes (4 are required) to pass the proposed ordinance. A moratorium would have initially been in place for 45 days, with an option to extend it, while the city updates its residential and commercial standards and conducts a historic preservation survey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2015
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2015
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Historic preservation survey
Mansions
Residential development
Item ID
34550AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City Council is considering whether to put community redevelopment on the November ballot in order to get a current consensus of the electorate's feelings on the subject. The article gives the present status of redevelopment in Arcadia and the positions of the Council members.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1262
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1261AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Understanding Our City Series - Part 2, City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25788
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 1996
February 12, 1998 (Reprinted)
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 1996
February 12, 1998 (Reprinted)
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Understanding Our City Series
City Council
Item ID
25988AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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