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The Arcadia City Council unanimously supports a 5% utility tax on interstate and international telephone calls. The proposed tax will cost about $.40 per person per month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3449
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 23, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 23, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Telephone
Item ID
3336AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Article traces history of telephone service in Arcadia. In 1903, when the city was incorporated, the directory listed two customers in the city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3448
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 5, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 5, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Telephone
Item ID
3335AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia seeks to extend the right to collect cell phone usage tax. Officials plan to hold a special election in May or June in 2009 for a ballot measure. If communicated to voters correctly, it should pass, because it would not raise the tax but protect the city's revenues. At stake is about $1 million in yearly revenue. To do that, voters must allow the city to legally redefine what a telecommunications tax is. Recent court rulings have suggested cities cannot tax cell phone use by relying on older telecommunications tax ordinances.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31328
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cellular telephones - cell phones
Taxes
Telecommunications
Item ID
31523AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police and firefighters have voted to defer a portion of their salaries and health benefits to help close the city's budget shortfall. In total, employee pay and benefit deferments will free up about $300,000. The city is trying to close a $600,000 deficit this fiscal year in its $48 million general fund budget.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Arcadia city budget
Arcadia city employees
Unions
Item ID
31705AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia receives over $1.5 million in annual revenue from Santa Anita Park, according to a report from Keyser Marston Associates, which was commissioned for the city's Economic Development Division. Over the next five years, the racetrack is estimated to generate $7.5 million in sales tax, pari-mutuel revenue and property tax. According to the report submitted in the fourth quarter of 2019, Santa Anita Park is responsible for 1,160 jobs annually.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35659
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 5, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 5, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
City of Arcadia-Economic Development Division
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Collection
Newspaper Index
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With Arcadia's Foulger Ford now following Arcadia Suzuki out of town, Arcadia stands to lose about $230,000 in sales tax revenue per year, just short of 1% of the city's $23.699 million budget.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 25, 1987
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 25, 1987
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Foulger Ford
Item ID
771AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bruce Low, general manager of Arcadia Datsun, isn't particularly happy with the city. Reason stems from an about-face by the City Council last winter when it decided in favor of retail commercial developments that would bring sales tax revenue to the city.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 13, 1983
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 13, 1983
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Datsun
Item ID
737AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Senior Services is partnering with Arcadia Chinese Association to celebrate Chinese New Year on Friday, February 3, at the Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive. It's an event for age 50 and over and the cost is $10 per person.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 28, 2023
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 28, 2023
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia Chinese Association
Arcadia Senior Center
Chinese New Year
Holidays
Lunar New Year
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Newspaper Index
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"Visions of Arcadia", the anthology of essays celebrating the city's centennial, will be out in time to be presented at the city's 100th birthday party on August 5. The book was edited by Councilman Gary Kovacic. The printing cost over $15,000.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
City of Arcadia - centennial
Essays
Item ID
31725AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3328AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27168
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Revenue
Sales Taxes
Taxation
Item ID
27366AN
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A Federal revenue-sharing budget of $132,000 and general fund budget of $12.5 million for 1983-84 were approved by Arcadia City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper670
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1983
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1983
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
670AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council approved a $32.5 million general fund budget for 2003-2004. The total budget is about $142 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31531
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Arcadia City budget - 2003-2004
Item ID
31727AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City Manager Bill Kelly is concerned about a new measure to penalize cities that are not meeting state affordable housing rules. The Dunn Measure could penalize cities as much as $1000 per needed unit and take away up to 60 percent of gas tax funds. Bill Kelly says Arcadia already has a number of senior citizen projects in planning.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dunn Measure
Affordable Housing
Item ID
29611AN
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Newspaper Index
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Caruso and Westfield are still battling over the proposed Caruso lifestyle center. A decade ago the race track's south parking lot had been rezoned for commercial development. Rick Caruso feels his development will help Westfield while Westfield believes a new mall will cannibalize tenants and harm both companies and the city's sales tax revenues.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Developers
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track - zoning
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
29978AN
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Newspaper Index
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The city is expecting a 4.5 percent increase in its general fund budget. This does not include salary increases which are currently under negotiation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper664
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 17, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 17, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
664AN
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Newspaper Index
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City staff projects a $3.5 million deficit in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, due in large part to rising retirement costs. City Manager Bill Kelly told City Council that even with the Caruso mall, expansion at Westfield Shoppingtown and at Rusnak auto dealership, the city still faces a budget shortfall in about 5 years. He suggested a library assessment district as a potential revenue source.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4, A6
Subjects
Arcadia City Municipal Budget - projections
Item ID
29981AN
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Newspaper Index
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Public employees' retirement and pensions are costing cities up to 25% of the city budget. In March, CalPERS announced its stock portfolio had lost 39.8%. Costs for retirees are ballooning and El Monte and West Covina budgets have been hit hard from the recession. Arcadia, which had the fourth highest pension costs of the 24 cities surveyed, spent $6.7 million last year for its 357 current employees and retirees. The city's general fund budget is $46 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31472
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
City budgets
Pensions
Recession
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31665AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Within 18 months, Arcadia Nissan, the last of the city's 3 auto dealerships, will pack up and leave town. The departure of the 3 auto dealerships will result in a loss to the city of $450,000 a year in sales tax (about 2% of the yearly city budget).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper745
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1987
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1987
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Datsun
Item ID
745AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1372
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1371AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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