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Arcadia School Board members unanimously approved the funds to prepare and file the necessary legal documents to hold a bond election on September 15 that could raise nearly $28 million to renovate the district's classrooms.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
43AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia registered voters received the second in a series of mailings last week, urging them to vote in the $27.9 million bond election on April 20th. A similar bond measure failed by less than 1% in an election on September 15, 1992.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
223AN
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Newspaper Index
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An application for state funds to make $8.5 million worth of repairs in 6 Arcadia schools is moving ahead. Funds for the repairs, from the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Program, a bond measure, have been exhausted. However, another bond issue, coming up in the June 1990 election, is expected to pass and provide money to continue the program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3019
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2943AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia voters narrowly rejected the passage of a special school bond measure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper128
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
September 16, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
September 16, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
128AN
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Measure A, an $8 million bond measure to fund a train bridge over Santa Anita Avenue, will need a 2/3 vote to pass. Citizens will need to form a committee to build support for this measure, to be voted on on April 11, 2006.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Train bridges
Bond measures - Measure A
Santa Anita Avenue
Gold Line extension
Traffic
Item ID
30067AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Board of Education incumbents Joann Steinmeier and Mary Dougherty will compete with challenger Debbie Ewing, a Montebello high school teacher, in a 3-way race for 2 seats. Also, a $28 million bond measure to renovate the school's buildings will be on the ballot on April 20, 1993.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, Section J,
Date
April 18, 1993
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, Section J,
Date
April 18, 1993
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Schools - Finance
Item ID
238AN
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Arcadia Unified School District upgraded and improved four campuses over summer break, costing nearly $10 million. Funded under the district's $218 million Measure I Bond, the four schools that got updated classrooms and facilities are Arcadia High School, Camino Grove Elementary, Hugo Reid Elementary, and Highland Oaks Elementary schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Bond measures
Construction
Item ID
33793AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District officials prepared for a second try at a bond measure to rehabilitate school facilities by taking a group of seniors to Arcadia High School for a meeting and tour.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
231AN
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Newspaper Index
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Last year the School District received $138,000 from different community groups. The District, in a financial crunch, used the funds for some of its basic expenses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3017
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2941AN
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The recent Supreme Court ruling which declared California's property tax funding of public education unconstitutional will have its affect of area schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2987
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2912AN
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Newspaper Index
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What does Measure A mean for Arcadia? According to Arcadia Citizen's Fiscal Advisory Committee Final Report, additional revenue is required to maintain city services at current levels. If the 3/4 cent sales tax Measure A fails to pass, it could mean eliminating up to 13 police and 10 firefighter and/or paramedic positions, and other cuts to other service areas, like Public Works, Recreation, and the Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35512
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Citizen's Fiscal Advisory Committee
Ballot measures
Finance
Sales tax
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Incumbents Mary Dougherty, 57, and Joann Steinmeier, 47, beat out challenger Debbie Ewing, 29, for 2 Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education positions. A bond measure to raise funds to renovate AUSD facilities won by a vote of 71% to 28.3% (67% was needed to pass).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper207
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Schools - Finance
Item ID
207AN
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Longley Way Elementary School students return to campus after $10.4 million upgrade from Measure I bond. Upgrades include air conditioned cafeteria and classrooms equipped with smart boards, assisted hearing technology and document cameras.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2015
Pages
p. A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2015
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Arcadia schools-Longley Way Elementary School
Long, Travis (principal)
Item ID
34470AN
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Arcadia schools have received $377,665 from the California state lottery and the district expects another, slightly smaller, payment for January-March 1986.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3010
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2935AN
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Newspaper Index
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If Bond Measure I on the November 7, 2006 ballot is passed by the voters, it will fund improvements at Arcadia schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30261
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2006
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2006
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Bond measures
Elections - local - 2006
Measure I
Schools
Item ID
30448AN
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It appears residents will have an opportunity to vote in June on whether the city should help the school district with its financial problems. They are trying to reduce the budget by $1.2 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2997
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 8, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 8, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2922AN
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Newspaper Index
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Unanimous Arcadia City Council acts to place local funding measure, known as the “Arcadia Public Safety, City Services and Accountability Measure” on the June 2019 ballot to maintain public safety and other city services. City staff and the Citizen’s Financial Advisory Committee have indicated Arcadia has a multi-million dollar structural deficit.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
March 9, 2019
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
March 9, 2019
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Budget
Item ID
35598AN
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Newspaper Index
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A county transportation committee has recommended the Gold Line extension receive $10 million in initial funding from Measure R, instead of the $127,000 that was originally budgeted for the light rail line.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A16
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A16
Subjects
Gold Line extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
31675AN
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Newspaper Index
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Article discusses further arguments pro and con on the upcoming ballot measures to raise the utility tax to provide funding for the schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3003
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2928AN
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Newspaper Index
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Less than one week remains before voters decide on ballot measures I, N, and P. A lot of money has been spent by Westfield Group and Our City, a committee headed by George Fasching, on Measures N and P. Measure I is an unopposed bond campaign.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2006
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2006
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections - local - 2006
Measure I
Measure N
Measure P
Item ID
30453AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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