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Arcadia wrestles with homeless issue. Metro Gold Line is seen as factor by some in the growing numbers camping nearby. In 2016, the Arcadia Station of Metro Gold Line opened and police began seeing a marked increase in calls for service regarding homelessness, said Sergeant Dan Crowther.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35544
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia Station
Homeless
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Social problems
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Newspaper Index
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Volunteers needed for the 2019 Arcadia’s homeless count on January 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35395
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 12, 2019
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 12, 2019
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Census
Homeless people
Social problems
Item ID
35588AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Chief Bob Guthrie talks to Chamber of Commerce meeting about "Helping business deal with the issue of homelessness."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35166
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
May 12, 2018
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
May 12, 2018
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Guthrie, Bob
Homeless
Item ID
35355AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-2019 has structural deficit of nearly $3.1 million. City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto says Arcadia is at a fiscal crossroads. See hard copy in VF Budget.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35224
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
City Budget
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Item ID
35413AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia plans for the future. Arcadia City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto presented the City's Fiscal Year 2018-2019 budget. Fiscal year 2018-2019 budget maintains existing levels of public services, but the City can no longer guarantee that services will remain at current levels over the long term. Due to recent changes in state law and other fiscal constraints, the City's proposed budget has a structural deficit of nearly $13.1 million in expenditures in excess of revenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35208
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2018
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2018
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
City of Arcadia Budget-Fiscal Year 2018-2019
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Item ID
35397AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Homeless impact on business. The article defines the homeless and gives ways business owners can protect their property and safety. Steve Delgadillo, community affairs liaison for Arcadia Police Department, monitors and responds to encounters between citizens and the homeless.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34587
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 9, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 9, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Delgadillo, Steve
Homeless people
Item ID
34779AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County's 2017 homelessness count has gone up 23% from the previous year and District 5, where Arcadia, Monrovia and Pasadena lie, has exceeded the county high at 30%. Measure H funds from a 1/4 cent sales tax increase in Los Angeles County, creates estimated $355 million per year to use on homeless initiative. Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted on how to properly allocate over a billion dollars from Measure H to help prevent and combat homelessness.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Homelessness
Social issues
Item ID
35103AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Chief Bob Guthrie to speak at Government Affairs Forum. at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33836
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 22, 2014
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 22, 2014
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Guthrie, Bob
Item ID
34030AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gold Line extension may be contributing factor in Arcadia homeless population. Arcadia is seeing a drastic increase in homeless compared to recent years, specifically in Downtown Arcadia and Arcadia County Park, largely due to the Gold Line light rail extension that opened in early 2016 with a stop in Arcadia. Arcadia Police Department has seen a 46% increase in transient calls to deal with in 2017, compared to 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35074
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Homeless people
Homelessness
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Item ID
35263AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Manager of Arcadia, Dominic Lazzaretto, celebrates his birthday with cake and his presentation of a Brown Bag Lunch Program at the Gilb Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33201
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 1, 2012
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 1, 2012
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia City Manager
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Item ID
33398AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School students start nonprofit Fruit for Homeless to feed the homeless.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35561
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Fruit for Homeless
Nonprofit organizations
Yeung, Andre
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Arcadia's new city manager Dominic Lazzaretto is ready for the job. He starts March 26 and replaces Don Penman who retired last November. He comes to Arcadia from a City Manager position in La Palma.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32865
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2012
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2012
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia city managers
Arcadia city employees
Lazzaretto, Dominic--biography
Item ID
33062AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dominic Lazzaretto will be the new Arcadia City Manager, pending City Council's approval next week. He replaces Don Penman and is expected to start on March 26. He has been City Manager of La Palma for 6 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32834
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
City managers
City of Arcadia--employees
Lazzaretto, Dominic--biography
Item ID
33031AN
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Newspaper Index
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"State of the City" address was given by City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto at an event hosted by Arcadia Chamber of Commerce. Due mainly to solid property, utility and sales tax revenue, Arcadia has remained fiscally sound despite a sluggish state and national economy. Overall in 2014, the city received $56.9 million in revenue and spent $54.7 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34080
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 29, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 29, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Arcadia budget
Economy
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Revenue
Item ID
34274AN
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Newspaper Index
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At the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce's annual Power Planning Conference on January 24, City of Arcadia's City Manager, Dominic Lazzaretto, provided optimism to the local business community during this time of economic uncertainties. He said 25% of Arcadia's $48 million in annual revenue comes from local businesses--with nearly $10 million from sales taxes and another $2 million-plus from licenses and permits. The City has proposed a new business assistance program ombudsman to help entrepreneurs with the start-up process, is working with Chamber of Commerce to create a more interactive one-stop business checklist, and has not increased the cost of a business permit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33369
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Business and Industry
Economy
Chamber of Commerce--Power Planning Conference
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Small business
Item ID
33565AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Trip to China and Taiwan called off by Arcadia City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto, in light of recent "questions" about city officials' motives. The $30,000 in donations to fund part of the trip will not be accepted. See VF Sister City. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, February 26, 2015.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Sister City
Item ID
34268AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department has a new police chief. His name is Bob Guthrie and has been serving as interim police chief since Bob Sanderson retired in April. He joined the Arcadia Police Department as a cadet in 1989.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32464
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Police chiefs
Guthrie, Bob
Item ID
32652AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Circa 2020. Economic Development Analyst Tim Schwehr (photo) will present a commercial development preview of City of Arcadia circa 2020 at the Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Forum.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Arcadia city employees
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Economy
Schwehr, Tim
Item ID
34736AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Homeless initiative takes a back seat to home improvement grants. Arcadia City Council approved Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program funds for 2017-2018 fiscal year for home improvements and repairs to low and moderate-income residents, about $230,000 and only $20,000 on the Homeless Initiative Program. Mayor Tom Beck expressed concern for the disparity.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34782
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Beck, Tom
Habback, Malak
Home improvement
Homeless
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Item ID
34973AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police chief Robert Guthrie shares crime prevention tips.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Guthrie, Robert
Item ID
34693AN
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Newspaper Index
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