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Arcadia City Councilman Gary Kovacic will take over as mayor at the next City Council Meeting. He will serve through October 21 and then the position will rotate to John Wuo (October 21-January 4), Mickey Segal (January 4-April 20). Gail Marshall was mayor through April 15 of this year. All council members are rotating to the position of mayor during the city's centennial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31623
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia centennial
City council members
Mayors
Item ID
31820AN
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Newspaper Index
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The city council reorganizes and elects Gary Kovacic as Mayor and incoming Councilmember Mickey Segal as mayor pro tem.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27500
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 20, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 20, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council - 2000-2009
Mayors - Kovacic, Gary
Item ID
27698AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dr. Sheng Chang has been elected mayor of Arcadia. He is the first Asian-American mayor of Arcadia. In 1994, he was the first Chinese-American Arcadia City Council member.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31226
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Asian-Americans
Chang, Dr. Sheng
Chinese-Americans
Mayors
Item ID
31421AN
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Newspaper Index
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Charles Cooper continues his Arcadia city centennial series "Memories of Arcadia" with a story about Arcadia's mayors. A. N. Multer was the first person to be given the title of mayor of Arcadia. City founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin was the city's first presiding officer, but he held the title of president of the Board of Trustees. The title of mayor was not adopted until 1927, when the Board of Trustees changed to the City Council. Arcadia will have 4 mayors this year to mark the city's centennial. Each city council member will rotate into the position. More interesting facts: Floretta Lauber was the first woman to serve as mayor. She paved the way for Mary Young, Barbara Kuhn, and Gail Marshall to follow. Other history of mayors is recapped. The first city manager was William J. Richards in 1951, when a charter was adopted. The longest serving city official was City Clerk Christine Van Mannen, who held the job for 32 years. See hard copy in VF Arcadia (City) History.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32471
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Alford, June
Arcadia mayors
Bottema, John
Busse, Earl
Butterworth, Ed
Chandler, Roger
City council history
Cooper, Charles
Cozad, Lyman
Fasching, George
Gilb, Charles
Kelly, Bill
Krebs, Richard, Jr.
Kuhn, Barbara
Lauber, Floretta
Link, Harry
Margett, Bob
Marshall, Gail
Multer, A. N.
Richards, William J.
Van Mannen, Christine
Young, Mary
Item ID
32670AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gary Kovacic is Arcadia's mayor for the third time. His first term was in 1998-1999 and his second term was in 2000-2001. In this, his third term, he is one of four out of the five Arcadia city council members rotating into the mayor's position during the 2003 Arcadia Centennial. The article includes biographical information.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31747
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Kovacic, Gary - biography
Mayors
Item ID
31944AN
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Mayor Gary Kovacic and Mayor Pro Tem Mickey Segal will represent the City Council in future talks with Santa Anita Park owner Frank Stronach.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27766
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Mayors - Kovacic, Gary
Segal, Mickey
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
27963AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dr. Sheng Chang has completed his three month term as mayor of Arcadia. For this centennial year, the position of mayor is a under rotation plan approved by the city council. Gary Kovacic will now be mayor for the next three months. Dr. Sheng Chang was honored as Arcadia's first Chinese-American mayor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31744
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Chang, Dr. Sheng
Chinese-Americans
Mayors
Item ID
31941AN
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Newspaper Index
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Mayor Gail Marshall reports that the state of the city is excellent. She discussed some of the civic projects in progress, such as the $16 million police station.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31197
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Marshall, Gail
Mayors
State of the City Address
Item ID
31392AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council has accepted a grant for $42,026 from the MTA in Proposition C funds to help operate Arcadia Transit. Other City Council items were discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30567
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Transit
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Metropolitan Transportatin Authority (MTA)
Item ID
30755AN
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Newspaper Index
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Floretta Lauber, the first woman to be elected to the Arcadia City Council and serve as mayor, has been elected to head the Arcadia Historical Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30017
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Lauber, Floretta
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
30204AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gary Kovacic leaves his position as mayor and welcomes Mickey Segal as the new mayor of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29219
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Mayors
Segal, Mickey
Kovacic, Gary
Item ID
29405AN
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Newspaper Index
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Three Arcadia City Council members to be chosen in next Tuesday's municipal election. Candidates are Roger Chandler, Bob Harbicht, Gary Kovacic, Gail Marshall, and John Wuo. Two articles on this page.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33218
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections--2002
Chandler, Roger
Harbicht, Bob
Kovacic, Gary
Marshall, Gail
Wuo, John
Item ID
33415AN
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Newspaper Index
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Major issues and biographical information are given for each of the seven candidates running for two seats on the Arcadia City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27426
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 10, 2000
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 10, 2000
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
City Council Elections - 2000
Item ID
27623AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Mayor Dr. Sheng Chang said he plans to sue two business partners for libel over their charges that he embezzled money from the Access IPA medical group. Dr. Araceli Chanbonpin and Dr. Azucena Porrai charged in a letter that Chang improperly closed a savings account in the company's name at Bank of East Asia. The amount in the account was $421,483.59. Chang, who is president of Access IPA, said he moved the funds to Preferred Bank to establish more banking relationships for the company. When the other two doctors objected, Chang said he moved the money back to the Bank of East Asia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31237
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Chang, Dr. Sheng
Lawsuits
Libel
Mayors
Item ID
31430AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council has granted an appeal to allow owners of property at 182 W. La Sierra Drive to split their parcel into two lots.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31936
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia City Council - 2001-2010
Homes
Item ID
32133AN
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Arcadia's new city government first formed in 1903 and its first meeting took place at Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel, located at First Avenue and Santa Clara Road. Baldwin's hotel featured gambling and fine dining along with city government. The Oakwood Hotel burned down in 1911, and the city government moved to the McCoy Building at First Avenue and St. Joseph Street. Two years later, City Hall moved across the street to the Hibbard Building. In 1917, the first building was constructed as a City Hall at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue (?). A two-story colonial building was built for $18,000. This City Hall opened on July 13, 1918. City Hall moved in 1949 to a 13-acre parcel between Huntington Drive and the Pacific Electric railroad tracks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31749
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Arcadia civic buildings
Arcadia City Hall - history - 1903-2003
Item ID
31946AN
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Newspaper Index
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Former mayor Charles Gilb and former City Commission Dean Efsthathiou are appointed City Ambassadors at Large to Arcadia's two sister cities Newcastle, Australia and Tripolis, Greece.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30841
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 30, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 30, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Efsthathiou, Dean
Gilb, Charles
Sister city ambassadors
Item ID
31029AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council debated the issue of more parking on the west side of Baldwin Avenue, next to the Hub Center, between Duarte Road and Naomi Avenue. The Council approved the revision to the adult business ordinance, adopted an anti-loitering measure for gang members, and more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31451
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
Subjects
Arcadia City Council meetings - 2001-2010
Parking
Item ID
31644AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council will remodel the council chambers and conference room for $479,269. A contract was awarded to D.L. Kaufman Inc.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30571
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council chambers
Item ID
30759AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Manager Bill Kelly presented a "flat line budget" to the city council. Kelly said current uncertainties in state funding will not be resolved until after the election. The city will revisit the budget at midyear.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30362
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budgets
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Item ID
30549AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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