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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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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Revenue
Sales Taxes
Taxation
Item ID
27366AN
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City Council discusses blackouts and Bill Kelly's salary of $141,264.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29064
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Blackouts
City Manager
Kelly, Bill
City Council Meetings
Item ID
29250AN
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"State of the City" address was given by City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto at an event hosted by Arcadia Chamber of Commerce. Due mainly to solid property, utility and sales tax revenue, Arcadia has remained fiscally sound despite a sluggish state and national economy. Overall in 2014, the city received $56.9 million in revenue and spent $54.7 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34080
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 29, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 29, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Arcadia budget
Economy
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Revenue
Item ID
34274AN
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How Measure A is expected to affect Arcadia. Arcadia City Council will put a sales tax increase of 3/4 percent on this year's June ballot. The added sales tax would be added to the city's income to benefit the current deficit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35509
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Sales tax
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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
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2019
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Citizen's Fiscal Advisory Committee
Ballot measures
Finance
Sales tax
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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
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p. 12
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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
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City Manager William Kelly marks five years and looks at issues that face Arcadia in the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26481
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Kelly, William
City Manager
Item ID
26682AN
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Arcadia City Council approves 3/4 cent sales tax increase to go on an upcoming ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35454
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Ballot measures
Sales tax
Item ID
35646AN
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Arcadia residents pass Measure A by significant majority. It is a 3/4 cent sales tax increase, passed with 63.94% of the vote in Tuesday's mail-in ballot. The increase will provide locally controlled funds to maintain Arcadia's public safety and other city services. See Also Mountain Views News, June 8, 2019, p. 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35520
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections
Sales tax
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City Manager William Kelly states the financial future of the city is good with a projected surplus in the General Fund.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26952
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 13, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 13, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
27151AN
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Arcadia City Council takes steps to increase public safety. On October 16, City Council discussed a recommendation to add a measure to the ballot containing a ¾-cent sales tax, which is needed to help Arcadia with its current financial woes. The Citizens Financial Advisory Committee reviewed the city’s expenditures and asked the council to declare a state of fiscal emergency as soon as possible and no later than June 2019. The vote to add the measure passed almost unanimously, with one council member recusing themself from the vote.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35309
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 18, 2018
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p, 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 18, 2018
Pages
p, 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Citizens Financial Advisory Committee
Sales tax
Item ID
35498AN
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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
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 5, 2020
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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
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City Manager Bill Kelly responds to a letter sent by the City of Arcadia Management Team to the Mayor and members of the City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25912
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Manager - Kelly, Bill
Item ID
26112AN
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City Manager Bill Kelly presented a "flat line budget" to the city council. Kelly said current uncertainties in state funding will not be resolved until after the election. The city will revisit the budget at midyear.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30362
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2002
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budgets
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Item ID
30549AN
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County Assessor reports solid growth for Arcadia in 2020 Assessment Roll. The Roll for 2020 has been closed and it reflects solid growth for Arcadia and the rest of the County. However, the Roll is pre-COVID. This comprehensive tally values more than 2.5 million real estate parcels in Los Angeles County and results in the very tax dollars that goes to pay for vital public services, such as healthcare, police, fire, schools, and even librarians, to name just a few. The County Assessor is constitutionally mandated to close the roll by the end of the Fiscal Year on June 30. The 2020 Assessment Roll has a total net value of $1.7 trillion, indicating the 10th year of consecutive growth. That value places $17 billion in the hands of the County to be used for those public services I just mentioned. This year the Roll has an added dynamic, the COVID-19 pandemic. Locally, Arcadia for 2020 came in at $18.3 billion for taxable values, which is a 4.4% increase over last year’s numbers. That includes 14,854 single-family homes, 809 apartment complexes, 995 commercial-industrial parcels for a grand total of 16,658 taxable properties. Growth is steady in Arcadia. More importantly, that $18.3 billion translates into about $183 million for vital public services such as public safety, healthcare and public education that benefits Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35824
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 27, 2020
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p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 27, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Los Angeles County Assessor
Pandemics
Prang, Jeff
Property Taxes
Viruses
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Arcadia City Manager Bill Kelly and Mayor Gary Kovacic met with school board members to discuss possible city-school district projects. School Board members questioned how much a new auditorium would be used and were cool to a joint plan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26709
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 11, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 11, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools
School Board
Item ID
26911AN
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Economic development of the city is discussed with steps listed to attract new businesses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25840
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 1997
July 24, 1997
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 1997
July 24, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Redevelopment Agency
Business and Industry
Item ID
26040AN
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Newspaper Index
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The city's first ever Town Forum discussed the city's future and what is good about Arcadia now.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26411
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 1, 1998
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 1, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Mayors - Kovacic, Gary
Town Forum
Item ID
26611AN
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The city has lost $2 million over the last ten years because the 1990 U.S. Census undercounted residents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27135
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 1999
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Census
Population
Revenue
Item ID
27333AN
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Bill Kelly, City Manager, says the city is doing fine in its budget projections. The city may have a budget surplus of over $3.7 million on June 30.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29032
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Budget
Midyear budget projections
Budget surplus
Item ID
29219AN
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Newspaper Index
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