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Water rates in Arcadia will be lowered by $.04 per 100 cu Ft effective July 1, 1979. The burden of the water tax, now split 50% each by the city and property owners, will fall 100% on property owners. However, the increased property tax is tax deductible.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 9, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 9, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3450AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council has agreed to pay $83,770 of the total $241,957 cost of the new parking district, thus making each of the 62 property owners' assessments smaller.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Automobile Parking

Item ID: 581AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Residents will no longer pay penalties for using too much water starting in January, after the City Council decided Tuesday that the existing system was unfair.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3473AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In an attempt to produce permanent revenue enhancement, the City Council has agreed to go to ballot with a Fire Suppression District assessment which would ask property owners to tax themselves to achieve a balanced budget.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 15, 1997

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 15, 1997

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council - 1990-1999; Budget; Fire Suppression District

Item ID: 26028AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Property owners overwhelmingly rejected the city's $2.2 million tax increase Tuesday, casting "no" votes by a 2 -to- 1 margin against the Fire Suppression District.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 6, 1997

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 6, 1997

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Elections - Fire Suppression District

Item ID: 10174AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Property owners have until Tuesday to turn in their ballots on the vote-by-mail Fire Suppression District tax.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 3, 1997

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 3, 1997

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Elections - Fire Suppression District

Item ID: 10172AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The El Monte City Council formally withdrew its petition to annex some 300 acres of Arcadia property south of Live Oak Avenue. Protests to the annexation represented more than 50% of the assessed property owners.

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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: Annexation (Municipal Government)

Item ID: 406AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council decided Tuesday to suspend overuse penalties indefinitely on water bills issued after December 3 of this year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3471AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council passed a new law requiring dog owners to promptly remove and dispose all dog feces left by their dog on City property.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal

Item ID: 2079AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's City Council approved 1979-80 tax rates that are slightly lower than those for the past year. Other action concerned the animal control ordinance, the construction of two classrooms at Barnhart School, and an appeal for funds for Dial-A-Ride.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 6, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 6, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Council 1970 - 1979

Item ID: 998AN

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

City Council is studying the possibility for a new Water Master Plan.

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Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: February 6, 1997

Pages: p. 7

Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: February 6, 1997

Pages: p. 7

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 9118AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Herb Fletcher asked the Arcadia City Council to file a class action suit against the county on behalf of city property owners. City Attorney Liberto gave an opinion that there is no legal authority for the city to bring such a suit.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 11, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 11, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3324AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In order to provide customers with more information on their water bills, the City Council approved Tuesday a $97,500 water billing system.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 17AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council approved a 5% water rate increase that will raise the average bimonthly bill from $39 to $42.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 8, 1993

Pages: p. A-5

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 8, 1993

Pages: p. A-5

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 191AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council approved a mandatory water conservation program that requires a 10% decrease in water use by all residents, as well as the use of penalties if residents use more than their share of water.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 10, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 10, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3469AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

There will be no summer school in the Arcadia Unified School District due to the passage of Proposition 13 limiting property taxes to 1 percent of the assessed valuation.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Summer School

Item ID: 3087AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council to decide the future of founding family's historic mansion.

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Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: December 21, 1999

Pages: p. B3 w/photo

Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: December 21, 1999

Pages: p. B3 w/photo

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 18261AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Santa Anita Park race track sold to Frank Stronach, a Canadian billionaire businessman and horse owner. The property is valuable to the city for sales tax reasons.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 19, 1998

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 19, 1998

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000; Stronach, Frank

Item ID: 26676AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Due to the increased property tax assessments throughout the State, the $1750 exemption will begin to disappear. This will hit lower income home owners hardest.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1975

Pages: p. A-4

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1975

Pages: p. A-4

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3303AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Water rates in Arcadia will be lowered by $.04 per 100 cu Ft effective July 1, 1979. The burden of the water tax, now split 50% each by the city and property owners, will fall 100% on property owners. However, the increased property tax is tax deductible.

The City Council has agreed to pay $83,770 of the total $241,957 cost of the new parking district, thus making each of the 62 property owners' assessments smaller.

Residents will no longer pay penalties for using too much water starting in January, after the City Council decided Tuesday that the existing system was unfair.

In an attempt to produce permanent revenue enhancement, the City Council has agreed to go to ballot with a Fire Suppression District assessment which would ask property owners to tax themselves to achieve a balanced budget.

Property owners overwhelmingly rejected the city's $2.2 million tax increase Tuesday, casting "no" votes by a 2 -to- 1 margin against the Fire Suppression District.

Property owners have until Tuesday to turn in their ballots on the vote-by-mail Fire Suppression District tax.

The El Monte City Council formally withdrew its petition to annex some 300 acres of Arcadia property south of Live Oak Avenue. Protests to the annexation represented more than 50% of the assessed property owners.

The City Council decided Tuesday to suspend overuse penalties indefinitely on water bills issued after December 3 of this year.

City Council passed a new law requiring dog owners to promptly remove and dispose all dog feces left by their dog on City property.

Arcadia's City Council approved 1979-80 tax rates that are slightly lower than those for the past year. Other action concerned the animal control ordinance, the construction of two classrooms at Barnhart School, and an appeal for funds for Dial-A-Ride.

City Council is studying the possibility for a new Water Master Plan.

Herb Fletcher asked the Arcadia City Council to file a class action suit against the county on behalf of city property owners. City Attorney Liberto gave an opinion that there is no legal authority for the city to bring such a suit.

In order to provide customers with more information on their water bills, the City Council approved Tuesday a $97,500 water billing system.

The City Council approved a 5% water rate increase that will raise the average bimonthly bill from $39 to $42.

The City Council approved a mandatory water conservation program that requires a 10% decrease in water use by all residents, as well as the use of penalties if residents use more than their share of water.

There will be no summer school in the Arcadia Unified School District due to the passage of Proposition 13 limiting property taxes to 1 percent of the assessed valuation.

Arcadia City Council to decide the future of founding family's historic mansion.

Santa Anita Park race track sold to Frank Stronach, a Canadian billionaire businessman and horse owner. The property is valuable to the city for sales tax reasons.

Due to the increased property tax assessments throughout the State, the $1750 exemption will begin to disappear. This will hit lower income home owners hardest.