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Arcadia City Council lowered the city's utility tax from 7 to 5% and rescinded the street-sweeping assessment.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3326AN
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City Council met with representatives of Santa Anita Park race track to discuss the possibility of raising the admissions tax. Council is concerned with the cost of traffic control. Benefits to the city from the track have increased 22.6% in the past two years and 43% the previous season.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 30 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 30 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3331AN
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Arcadia City Council candidate Johanna A.M. Hofer is circulating petitions asking for a reduction in the city's utility tax rate.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3333AN
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City Council has renewed an examination of the admission tax Santa Anita pays compared to other race tracks. The track provided 34.1% of the city's total annual revenues in the fiscal year 1980-81. Traffic control costs in Arcadia are higher than in other cities with race tracks.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
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3330AN
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Santa Anita Park pays 38.5% of the overall tax revenue of the City of Arcadia. It pays the usual taxes plus a unique admission tax. Article outlines a history of the tax and the projects it has helped finance.

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Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement
Date
October 16, 1980
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p. 8
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Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3328AN
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City tax rates.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 18, 1931 p. 1 (1931)
September 25, 1931 p. 1 ( " )
September 9, 1932 p. 1 (1932)
September 15, 1933 p. 1 (1933)
September 7, 1934 p. 1 (1934)
September 11, 1936 p. 1 (1936)
September 16, 1936 p. 1 ( " )
September 8, 1937 p. 1 (1937)
August 13, 1938 p. 1 (1938)
September 13, 1938 p. 1 ( " )
September 7, 1939 p. 1 (1939)
August 17, 1944 p. 1 (1944)
September 5, 1946 p. 1 (1946)
August 21, 1947 p. 1 (1947)
September 4, 1947 p. 1 ( " )
September 9, 1948 p. 1 (1948)
September 8, 1949 p. 1 (1949)
September 15, 1949 p. 1 ( " )
August 31, 1950 p. 1 (1950)
September 7, 1950 p. 1 ( " )
August 9, 1951 p. 1 (1951)
August 21, 1952 p. 1 (1952)
August 6, 1953 p. 1 (1953)
July 22, 1954 p. 1 (1954)
June 11, 1956 p. 1 (1956)
September 3, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 18, 1931 p. 1 (1931)
September 25, 1931 p. 1 ( " )
September 9, 1932 p. 1 (1932)
September 15, 1933 p. 1 (1933)
September 7, 1934 p. 1 (1934)
September 11, 1936 p. 1 (1936)
September 16, 1936 p. 1 ( " )
September 8, 1937 p. 1 (1937)
August 13, 1938 p. 1 (1938)
September 13, 1938 p. 1 ( " )
September 7, 1939 p. 1 (1939)
August 17, 1944 p. 1 (1944)
September 5, 1946 p. 1 (1946)
August 21, 1947 p. 1 (1947)
September 4, 1947 p. 1 ( " )
September 9, 1948 p. 1 (1948)
September 8, 1949 p. 1 (1949)
September 15, 1949 p. 1 ( " )
August 31, 1950 p. 1 (1950)
September 7, 1950 p. 1 ( " )
August 9, 1951 p. 1 (1951)
August 21, 1952 p. 1 (1952)
August 6, 1953 p. 1 (1953)
July 22, 1954 p. 1 (1954)
June 11, 1956 p. 1 (1956)
September 3, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
4305AN
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Tax rates are being increased in the city's five lighting districts. Article discusses status of other tax rates and notes an increase of 9.2% in the total assessed valuation of all properties in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 7, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 7, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3327AN
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Arcadia will benefit from the State Municipal Advisory Reform Team : Enhanced Report (SMARTER) plan for restructuring local government finance which will help stop the city's dependence on sales tax.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 6, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Revenue
Sales Taxes
Taxation
Item ID
27366AN
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The ordinance permitting certain occupations in Arcadia homes becomes effective June 20. The City Council has set the annual permit fee at $25.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 15, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 15, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
721AN
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The Arcadia City Council voted unanimously to ban fireworks in Arcadia beginning July 5, 1987.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Fireworks
Item ID
1618AN
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Jack Saelid has proposed a cap on the utility tax: when a yet-to-be-determined sum has accrued, collection would cease. City Attorney Charles Liberto will research and report on a possible ordinance.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1981
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3329AN
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Article outlines discussion at City Council meeting about the ballot measure to increase the utility tax to raise money for the schools. It was suggested a higher admission tax at Santa Anita Park be used to raise the money.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2924AN
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Tax reform candidates Jeff Dring and Richard Haltom won the two city council seats in the April 8 election. Dring received 3,750 votes while Haltom received 3,390. Of the 27,001 registered voters in the city, 9,074 voted (33.6%)

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 10, 1980
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 10, 1980
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1980
Dring, Jeff
Haltom, Richard
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1080AN
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In order to give Arcadia teachers an already agreed-upon 6% raise, the Arcadia Board of Education voted to approve cuts of $50,000 from other portions of the budget.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 25, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 25, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Budget
Item ID
2645AN
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On a 4-1 vote, Arcadia City Council gave first reading to an ordinance whereby the City elects to receive a 1/3 of 1% of parimutual wagers at Santa Anita Park Race Track. Adoption means the city will not charge an admission tax.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2419AN
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City council members and Arcadia city officials take a tour of the new wing of the mall. The Grand Opening is set for October 1, 2004.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2004
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Shopping malls
Expansion
Westfield Corp., Inc.
Item ID
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Arcadia voters have approved ballot Measure A with 2091 people voting yes and 643 voting no. The measure protects the city's right to collect taxes on cell phone use. Measure A will not raise taxes.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 2009
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p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 2009
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Ballot measures
Measure A
Special elections
Telecommunications tax
Item ID
31706AN
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Mortgage rates for senior housing rise. City has been notified by Department of Housing and Urban Development that the mortgage rates for such projects have been raised from 9 1/4 to 11 5/8 %.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1983
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Senior Citizens - Housing
Item ID
3185AN
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Arcadia City Council voted 4 to 1 against a suggestion to rename El Monte Avenue in memory of the legendary horse Seabiscuit.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Street Names
Seabiscuit
Arcadia City Council
Item ID
29127AN
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Several buildings were closed in Arcadia following a major earthquake which struck shortly before 8 A.M. October 1.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 4, 1987
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p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 4, 1987
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p. A-1 photos
Item ID
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