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The lawsuit against the city of Arcadia by the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee & Paul Gann's People's Advocate will be heard April 20, 1979. The committee has collected $4020.00 from 22 cities to date.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2262AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ruling in favor of the city on Friday, June 8, Judge Richard Hayden said that the lawsuit filed by People's Advocate Inc. & the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee did not have facts sufficient for a legal action. The plaintiffs have 30 days to file and amended complaint.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2264AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City of Arcadia is being sued by the People's Advocate, Inc., headed by Paul Gann, and the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee, headed by Jeff Dring. The lawsuit could set a state-wide precedent for post-Proposition 13 municipal financing.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1978

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1978

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2258AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The suit brought against Arcadia by the People's Advocate, Inc. and the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee will include all taxes and charges imposed or increased by the city in the wake of Proposition 13. Article gives outline, list of plaintiffs and defendants.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 7, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 7, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2259AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council ignored a request from the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee to vote again on taxes approved in June, 1978, following passage of Proposition 13.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 26, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 26, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2257AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

By a vote of 3-2, the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce endorsed the "Spirit of 13" or Gann amendment to the California constitution.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2260AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Jeff Dring discusses postponement of the lawsuit against the city of Arcadia. Dring contends that a demurer filed by Arcadia, asking dismissal of the case, takes precedent over the preliminary injunction sought by the plaintiffs.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 26, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 26, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2263AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The lawsuit challenging Arcadia's recent taxation laws will have its first day in court on March 8, 1979.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 15, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 15, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2261AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Tax Reform Committee has officially been formed and will petition the City Council to rescind the new sewer and street-sweeping levies and the increase of the utility tax from 5% to 7%.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 30, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 30, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3321AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Efforts have been made to try to find out whether Arcadia is due for a major county tax reassessment this fall. It appears very possible.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3306AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Tax Reform Committee will present signed petitions to the City Council re requested repeal of 3 ordinances levying assessments on street sweeping and sewer service, and an increase in the utility users' tax from 5% to 7%.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3325AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City officials replied to the petition formulated by the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee regarding the "tax shifts" recently passed by the City Council.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3322AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Newly elected City Councilman Bob Margett has had a lawsuit filed against him by Roy Speirs charging malicious mischief for destroying campaign signs in April.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 8, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 8, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1976; Margett, Bob; Speirs, Roy

Item ID: 1059AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Marriage. Announcement of pending marriage on April 2, 1940.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1940

Pages: p. 1

Announcement Type: Marriage

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1940

Pages: p. 1

Announcement Type: Marriage

Subjects: Youngken, Ruth; Klusman, Fred

Item ID: 6030AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Monrovia News Post, the Alhambra Post Advocate and the Arcadia News Post ceased publication with the Saturday November 30, 1974 issue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 1, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 1, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Newspapers

Item ID: 2015AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City of Los Angeles plans to file a suit against Los Angeles County and welcomes other cities to join in a class action suit to force the County to tax residents of unincorporated areas directly for services provided. This would, in effect, lighten the burden on incorporated cities and residents.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 4, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 4, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3307AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Notice of pending marriage on January 17, 1943. No confirming article found in papers subsequent to that date.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 24, 1942 p. 1; January 7, 1943 p. 1

Announcement Type: Marriage

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 24, 1942 p. 1; January 7, 1943 p. 1

Announcement Type: Marriage

Subjects: Moffat, Norma; Jenkins, Lorimer Laverne

Item ID: 6865AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A group of Arcadia residents has scheduled a protest meeting against tax shifts and increases proposed by the City as a result of Proposition 13.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3320AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Howard Jarvis, the father of Proposition 13, spent an hour in Arcadia, knocking down the "straw man" arguments he said were being put up against the property tax initiative. Prop. 13 would reduce property taxes in California to 1 percent of what market value was in 1975-1976, plus whatever is necessary to pay off current bonded indebtedness. A 2 percent annual inflation rate is written into the constitutional amendment.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Jarvis, Howard; Property Taxes

Item ID: 34112AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A "doomsday" budget is being studied and capital improvements postponed until it is seen whether the Jarvis Amendment (Proposition 13) on the June ballot passes.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: California - Elections - 1978

Item ID: 875AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The lawsuit against the city of Arcadia by the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee & Paul Gann's People's Advocate will be heard April 20, 1979. The committee has collected $4020.00 from 22 cities to date.

Ruling in favor of the city on Friday, June 8, Judge Richard Hayden said that the lawsuit filed by People's Advocate Inc. & the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee did not have facts sufficient for a legal action. The plaintiffs have 30 days to file and amended complaint.

The City of Arcadia is being sued by the People's Advocate, Inc., headed by Paul Gann, and the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee, headed by Jeff Dring. The lawsuit could set a state-wide precedent for post-Proposition 13 municipal financing.

The suit brought against Arcadia by the People's Advocate, Inc. and the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee will include all taxes and charges imposed or increased by the city in the wake of Proposition 13. Article gives outline, list of plaintiffs and defendants.

The Arcadia City Council ignored a request from the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee to vote again on taxes approved in June, 1978, following passage of Proposition 13.

By a vote of 3-2, the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce endorsed the "Spirit of 13" or Gann amendment to the California constitution.

Jeff Dring discusses postponement of the lawsuit against the city of Arcadia. Dring contends that a demurer filed by Arcadia, asking dismissal of the case, takes precedent over the preliminary injunction sought by the plaintiffs.

The lawsuit challenging Arcadia's recent taxation laws will have its first day in court on March 8, 1979.

The Arcadia Tax Reform Committee has officially been formed and will petition the City Council to rescind the new sewer and street-sweeping levies and the increase of the utility tax from 5% to 7%.

Efforts have been made to try to find out whether Arcadia is due for a major county tax reassessment this fall. It appears very possible.

The Arcadia Tax Reform Committee will present signed petitions to the City Council re requested repeal of 3 ordinances levying assessments on street sweeping and sewer service, and an increase in the utility users' tax from 5% to 7%.

City officials replied to the petition formulated by the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee regarding the "tax shifts" recently passed by the City Council.

Newly elected City Councilman Bob Margett has had a lawsuit filed against him by Roy Speirs charging malicious mischief for destroying campaign signs in April.

Marriage. Announcement of pending marriage on April 2, 1940.

The Monrovia News Post, the Alhambra Post Advocate and the Arcadia News Post ceased publication with the Saturday November 30, 1974 issue.

Notice of pending marriage on January 17, 1943. No confirming article found in papers subsequent to that date.

A group of Arcadia residents has scheduled a protest meeting against tax shifts and increases proposed by the City as a result of Proposition 13.

A "doomsday" budget is being studied and capital improvements postponed until it is seen whether the Jarvis Amendment (Proposition 13) on the June ballot passes.