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Measure A seeks to repeal utility users tax in Arcadia, on the April 12 ballot. The utility users tax is a source of revenue expected to generate $7 million for the city this year. Arcadia charges residents 7% for gas, water, and electricity, and 5% for telephone on utility bills. The city estimates each household pays less than $10 per person per month on average. The tax is 12.5% of the city's $54.9 million general fund budget. If repealed, it would mean a 12.5% cut to city services, including cutting 12 police officers, closing a fire department, increasing blight, street sweeping would be reduced from weekly to every other week. Programs for children and seniors would be eliminated and library and museum hours would be reduced significantly. Larry Papp helped author the initiative.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34452
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia city budget
City Council Elections--2011-2020--April 2016
Measure A--Utility Users Tax
Papp, Larry
Item ID
34644AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Citizen’s Financial Advisory Committee releases last report. The committee, an independent, ad-hoc advisory body of civic volunteers empaneled by the City Council to review the City’s General Fund long-range financial forecast and provide recommendations to the City Council for cost containment and/or revenue enhancements, recently released its final report. The 40-page report includes 15 recommendations to Arcadia City Council to address the $8,000,000 structural budget deficit. A key recommendation is for the city to consider increasing the city’s local sales tax rate by ¾ of one cent in order to maintain current levels of services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35358
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 20, 2018
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 20, 2018
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Citizen’s Financial Advisory Committee
Arcadia city budget
Arcadia City General Fund
Sales tax
Item ID
35548AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadians: "No" on Measure A, the repeal of Utility Users Tax (UUT) by Joan Schmidt. The utility tax is 12.5% of the city's $54.9 billion General Fund.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34496
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
March 19, 2016
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
March 19, 2016
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Ballot measures
Castro, Mike
City Council Elections-April 2016
Schmidt, Joan
Utility Users Tax (UUT)
Item ID
34688AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia seeks residents to serve on newly formed Citizen's Financial Advisory Committee to help review City's long-term financial forecast, provide recommendations to City Council for revenue enhancements and cost containment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35111
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2018
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2018
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Citizen's Financial Advisory Committee
Item ID
35299AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia teachers and students unite for Measure A, the renewal of a parcel tax that helps provide stable school funding for Arcadias, on March 7 ballot. Previously approved in 2012, Measure A would authorize a "qualified special tax of $288 per parcel of taxable real estate property," an increase of $60 over the 2012 proposal. Citizen homeowners age 65 and over would be able to exempt their primary residence from the tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34825
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2017
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2017
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Elections-local-March 7, 2017
Ballot measures
Chen, Travis
Item ID
35017AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority opened bidding yesterday on Phase 2A of the light rail's extension toward Azusa, which would make a stop in Arcadia. The project is estimated to cost more than $450 million with a completion date in 2017. Measure R guarantees full funding for the Gold Line Extension minus a gap of $500,000. With possible help from a private investment, the completion could be moved up to 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32161
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
32358AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Mayor Sho Tay pays tribute to Cherry Liu as the Oct 2 City Council Meeting was adjourned. Liu, 50, who was murdered by her estranged husband August 1, who then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide. Liu was a long-time resident of Arcadia and volunteered for the City of Arcadia, frequently acted as an interpreter for city staff to help bridge the gap between cultures.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35294
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Liu, Cherry
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35483AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County's 2017 homelessness count has gone up 23% from the previous year and District 5, where Arcadia, Monrovia and Pasadena lie, has exceeded the county high at 30%. Measure H funds from a 1/4 cent sales tax increase in Los Angeles County, creates estimated $355 million per year to use on homeless initiative. Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted on how to properly allocate over a billion dollars from Measure H to help prevent and combat homelessness.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34913
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Homelessness
Social issues
Item ID
35103AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Woman's Club invites local residents to holiday fashion show fundraiser on Saturday, November 9 at the historic clubhouse at 324 South First Avenue. The cost is $50 per person.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35608
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Woman's Club
Fundraisers
Organizations
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves $55.7 million General Fund budget for fiscal year 2015-2016. Officials anticipate revenue totaling $59.7 million, enabling $4.5 million in funds transfers toward road and park improvements, staff equipment upgrades, a boost to the general liability and workers' compensation fund, establishing a reserve fund for building a new City Hall and nearly $500,000 in new programs and employees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34184
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
City of Arcadia Budget
Item ID
34378AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Measure A a cause for concern for some, relief for others. Senior citizens may receive exemption. Measure A was placed on the ballot by Arcadia Board of Education. It is intended to supplement the Arcadia Unified School District's current Federal, State, and local revenue with a $228 per parcel tax, in effect for a period of 5 years. By Terry Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32844
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Miller, Terry
Item ID
33041AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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First Transit, Inc. takes over the city's dial-a-ride system, which has been operated by Southland Transit for the last 30 years. The city is transitioning from a dial-a-ride to a full service transit system. The contract with First Transit is $8,248,078 for 5 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34948
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 24, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 24, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Buses
First Transit, Inc.
Transportation
Item ID
35138AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Measure A would increase sales tax by .75% to bring local Arcadia sales tax rate to 10.25%. It will be placed on a June 4 mail-in ballot. If passed, Measure A would yield about $8.6 million annually, which would be dedicated to keeping city services at the levels residents have come to appreciate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35441
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Ballot measures
City of Arcadia Budget
Sales tax
Item ID
35633AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's parcel tax, Measure A, is validated. It gives schools $17 million over the next 5 years. Residents, with a few exceptions (seniors and those who receive Social Security), will have to pay an additional $228/year to help offset the fiscal deficit the Arcadia Unified School District faces. This Measure A was on the March 13 ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32906
Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of San Marino Tribune
Date
March 29, 2012
Pages
p. S1, S3
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Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of San Marino Tribune
Date
March 29, 2012
Pages
p. S1, S3
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Arcadia Unified School District
Elections--Ballot measures--Measure A
Item ID
33103AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia city is widening and improving three major downtown intersections, a $1 million project that has caused significant congestion in recent weeks. The work is taking place on Huntington Drive at intersections of Santa Anita Avenue, Santa Clara Avenue and Colorado Place. Sixty percent of the funding is by the City and forty percent by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The city is also replacing an older sewer with a new larger one on Baldwin Avenue, northbound between Huntington Drive and Duarte Road, and will repave the road. Cost about $413,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33141
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Street construction
Street repairs
Item ID
33338AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Street closures for the 59th Annual Festival of Bands Parade hosted by City of Arcadia. Baldwin Avenue between Huntington Drive and Naomi Avenue will be closed 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Duarte Road between Golden West and El Monte Avenue closed 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and Campus Drive between Santa Anita Avenue and Holly Avenue closed 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33262
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 17, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 17, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Festival of Bands Parade
Street closures
Item ID
33459AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council is divided over preservation vs. development. Should the city update a 2001 historic preservation survey of buildings and homes in Arcadia? Council members held a lively discussion about merits and costs of preserving Arcadia's historical commercial buildings and homes, designed by renowned architects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34038
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 4, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 4, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Meetings
Development
Historic preservation
Item ID
34232AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia is highlighted as part of the Strong Cities-Strong State Campaign, a project of the California City Management Foundation and the League of California Cities.The city's profile is at www.strongcitiesstrongstate.com/city/arcadia. The website promotes city success stories with profiles of elected officials and city managers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33096
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 21, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 21, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
City description
City government
Item ID
33293AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia voters consider extending hotel-room tax in the ballot Measure D. It is meant to close a loophole in a city ordinance on the transient tax. Currently, the city imposes a tax rate of 10% of the rent paid by guests to occupy a room up to 30 consecutive days. If the measure passes by a majority vote, the occupancy tax would be imposed the first 90 days of a stay.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32909
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Elections, April 2012--Ballot Measure D
Hotel room tax
Item ID
33106AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Yesterday Arcadia city officials celebrated the groundbreaking of a nearly $12.5 million Gold Line bridge that will be built over Santa Anita Avenue, south of Colorado Boulevard. Starting on or near May 1, the new bridge's construction, which would take 7 months, will cause lane closures on Santa Anita Avenue, disruptions and detours, including not being able to enter In-N-Out Burger from Santa Anita Avenue for 4 months. The bridge is being paid for by a voter-approved bond measure and city transportation funds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33478
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bridges
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33673AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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