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Writer Richard P. McKee, a past president of Californians Aware, an open-government advocacy group, thinks Arcadia City Council closed session meetings about the "southerly parking area of the Santa Anita Park race track property" are suspect.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30450
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Brown Act
Caruso, Affiliated
City Council - 2001-2010
McKee, Richard
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30636AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Stephen Deitsch, Arcadia's City Attorney, wants residents to know he has not taken a position on ballot Measure N or Measure P. Westfield Group has published campaign materials that might lead residents to believe Deitsch has taken a stance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30239
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2006
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2006
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Attorneys - city attorney
Ballot measures
Caruso Affiliated
Deitsch, Stephen
Elections - local - 2006
Mall war
Westfield Group
Item ID
30426AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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With construction nearly complete on the Arcadia Historical Museum, city officials are mulling possible litigation against the contractor because the $1 million project is three months behind schedule.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21606
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
21827AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City council members refute charges that they met in private with a developer and property owner. Arcadia councilman Bob Harbicht said council did not meet in closed sessions, but met only with city staff to discuss land located in the parking lot of Santa Anita Park. The Council has never met privately with Caruso Affiliated or Magna Entertainment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30425
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Malls
Mall war
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30611AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Infighting at city council meetings over the Habitat for Humanity issue that was voted down is described.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29936
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
City council - disputes
Segal, Mickey
Marshall, Gail
Brown Act violations
Item ID
30122AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Caruso Affiliated will give Arcadia $2 million in development fees and receive assurances from the city under the terms of a 63-page draft agreement released Friday. The agreement gives Caruso the assurance they can build what is approved. Caruso must dedicate a portion of the parking lot for City Hall to construct a water well. This was the topic of recent controversial closed session meetings held by City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30448
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Caruso, Affiliated
Developments
Malls
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30634AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Opponents of the proposed mall The Shops at Santa Anita have filed a complaint accusing the City Council of breaking open meeting laws. An attorney for Arcadia First! asked the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office to investigate whether negotiations between the city and developer Caruso Affiliated violated the Brown Act because they were held outside of public view.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30423
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Malls
Mall war
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30610AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The city council voted 4 to 1 in closed session not to accept Kare Youth League's offer of $2 million to purchase 1.5 acres of the Arcadia Par 3 Golf Course, which is owned by the city and is more than 20 acres in size. Councilman Gary Kovacic thinks the property is more valuable than Kare Youth League's offer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31191
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
American Golf Corporation
Arcadia Par 3 Golf Course
Kare Youth League
Land
Item ID
31386AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The city has taken its first step toward condemning part of a desirable downtown block to make way for the expansion of the Rusnak Mercedes Benz. The City Council voted unanimously to move forward with eminent domain proceedings against Arcadia Self Storage, a four-story building on Huntington Drive just west of Santa Anita Avenue. This building is one of five under threat of condemnation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29948
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Eminent domain
Rusnak Mercedes Benz - expansion
Automobile Dealerships
Arcadia City Council
Item ID
30134AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council voted unanimously to impose a 45-day moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries, known as pot clubs. There are no such dispensaries in the city nor have there been any applications. The moratorium will give the city time to study the issue and see what type of regulation would be appropriate to put in place in Arcadia. The concern is that pot clubs could draw an element to the community that increases crime. The Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) legalized medical marijuana in California in 1996.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31224
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215)
Medical marijuana
Item ID
31419AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield, Santa Anita Shoppingtown, and Santa Anita Fashion Park, are the three plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the City of Arcadia, the City Council, and developer Rick Caruso, aimed at stopping the new mall The Shops at Santa Anita. Plaintiffs allege the environmental study done was flawed. Assistant City Manager Don Penman said the study was the most thorough one he had ever seen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30546
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Caruso Affiliated
Lawsuits
Malls
Mall war
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30734AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City Manager Bill Kelly outlined his proposed budget for the 2003-2004 fiscal year which begins July 1. The Arcadia City Council will hold a public hearing and is scheduled to adopt it at its June 17 meeting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25629
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Budget
Item ID
25829AN
Collection
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29796
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Two people who want to open a nude adult club in an industrial area of Arcadia have a lawsuit pending against the city if their application is denied.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26179
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lawsuits
Adult Business Ordinance
Taboo Gentlemen's Club.
Item ID
26379AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Some Arcadia residents distributed unsigned fliers urging people to vote against Robert Harbicht in the City Council election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23093
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council election
Harbicht, Robert
Item ID
23301AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia School Board after a two-hour closed session decided that Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusa - who resigned but then quickly changed her mind - could not have her job back.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24654
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ragusa, Sandra
Schools - Foothills Middle School
Item ID
24844AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council voted 4 to 1 against a suggestion to rename El Monte Avenue in memory of the legendary horse Seabiscuit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28938
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Street Names
Seabiscuit
Arcadia City Council
Item ID
29127AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The city of Arcadia has kept its finances intact despite the budgetary troubles facing California, Mayor Gail Marshall said in her State of the City address delivered during the City Council Meeting on April 1. The article includes information on the Centennial commemorative flower. Nunccio's Nursery in Altadena created pink Arcadia Azaleas to mark the city's birthday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25311
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mayors - Marshall, Gail
State of the City Address
Finance
Budget
Centennial Celebrations, 2003
Item ID
25509AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rick Caruso faces off with Westfield Group's Kenneth Wong at a City Council meeting. Some 350 Arcadia residents came to hear about the proposed expansion of Westfield Shoppingtown and Caruso's outdoor lifestyle center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29775
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Mall war
Developers
Westfield Group
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Wong, Kenneth
Caruso, Rick
Item ID
29960AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City Council quietly dropped eminent domain action against Rod's Grill. The city is working with the Church in Arcadia and Elks Lodge to buy their properties so that Rusnak Mercedes Benz might expand its business.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30064
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Rod's Grill
Eminent domain
Rusnak Mercedes Benz - expansion
Self-Storage
Item ID
30251AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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