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Arcadia firefighters help single mom Valerie Babinski with meals and gifts as she battles brain cancer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34049
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 24, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 24, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Arcadia Firefighters Association
Babinski, Valerie
Brain tumors
Fournier, Beth
Glioblastoma
Item ID
34243AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Deadline to return Arcadia ballots is Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 8:00 PM, in person, at City Clerk's office. Ballots postmarked April 10 must be received on or before April 13 to count.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35145
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council Elections-2018
Item ID
35334AN
Collection
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bill Kelly discusses the economic future of Arcadia and the revenue that the city receives.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27169
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 13, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 13, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Property Taxes
Revenue
Sales Taxes
Item ID
27367AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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April 12, 2016 municipal election divides the community. The big issues are mansions (over-building) in Arcadia and Measure A, the repeal of the Utility Users Tax (UUT).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34518
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Mansions
Measure A-Utility Users Tax (UUT)
Item ID
34710AN
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Newspaper Index
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New Arcadia City Council member April Verlato brings a new voice. She is a lawyer born and raised in Arcadia. She has been an activist against mansions. She is president of Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (AIA). Her goals for her time in office are 1) to address the uptick in residential burglaries and 2) to improve Arcadia's business districts.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34571
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia City Council members
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (AIA)
Verlato, April
Item ID
34763AN
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City of Arcadia to place three measures on November 8, 2022 ballot. 1. Proposed City Charter Amendment Measure. The City Charter was last amended in 1998. The citizen-led Charter Review Committee recommends updates to mirror changes in state laws since 1998 and to reflect current local government standards, to include a) mirroring changes in state laws to increase voter turnout by moving the date of regularly scheduled city council elections from April in even-numbered years to the November Statewide General Election in even-numbered years. b) recognizing the city's change to by-district elections as required by California Voting Rights Act. c) Creating a rotation of mayor and mayor pro tem positions every 9.5 months to allow all council members to serve during their term. d) Change position of City Clerk from elected to appointed. e) other amendments to streamline government, utilize technology and increase transparency. 2. Two measures to increase locally controlled funding. One measure would increase Arcadia's local tax on stays at hotels and motels from 10% to 12%--similar rate to many neighboring cities. The other measure would enact a local tax on sports wagers if sports betting becomes legal in California through State Proposition 26, also on the November ballot

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36301
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2022
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2022
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Ballot measures
California Voting Rights
City Charter
City Clerk
Elections
Gambling
Hotels
Motels
Sports betting
Taxes
Collection
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Arcadia Post Office's drive-through mailboxes returned to their original position so that once again, there is safe access from the driver side, in the rear parking lot of the post office at 41 Wheeler Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34026
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 27, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 27, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Mailboxes
United States Postal Service
Item ID
34220AN
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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
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Sales tax
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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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Newspaper
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 Board of Education selected Genna Helmberger as Arcadia Teacher of the Year for 2003-2004. She is an 8th grade science teacher at Dana Middle School (picture).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32718
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District--teachers
Helmberger, Genna
McClain, John
Teacher of the Year
Item ID
32915AN
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Measure A makes waves. The debate on repealing the Utility User's Tax (UUT) is coming to a head. Measure A is opposed by City of Arcadia workers. It is supported by Larry Papp and California Tax Limitation Committee, backed by TeaPAC, part of the Tea Party's Tax Revolt. See hard copy in VF Arcadia-City Council-Elections-2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34473
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Arcadia city budget
City Council Elections--2011-2020--April 2016
Measure A--Utility Users Tax
Papp, Larry
Item ID
34665AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ballot measure aims to repeal Arcadia's utility tax. The current tax adds 7% to bills for water, electricity and natural gas and 5% for telecommunications for both residential and commercial customers. If approved, city services will be downgraded significantly. It would eliminate 12.5% of Arcadia's budget.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34335
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Ballot measures
Kovacic, Gary
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Utility Users Tax
Item ID
34528AN
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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
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections
Sales tax
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dorothy Denne, longtime Arcadia humorist, "Mother of the Force" honored by Arcadia Police Foundation at the Arcadia Police Foundation's Halloween Hoopla. Arcadia Mayor April Verlato and her husband attended. For 20 years, Dorothy wrote a weekly column called "Dorothy's Place" in Arcadia Weekly. She was a teacher for her career and has been a volunteer at the Arcadia Police Department. In 2015 she spearheaded the effort to bring back the K-9 program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35595
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Foundation
Denne, Dorothy
Miller, Terry
Volunteers
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Arcadia Post Office has a screw loose, really. Controversy and rumors abound in the re-positioning of the blue mailboxes in the rear parking lot of the post office at 41 Wheeler Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34017
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Mailboxes
Miller, Terry
United States Postal Service
Item ID
34211AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Karen Gutierrez-McNair named new CEO of Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, effective February 29. She is executive director of Santa Anita Family YMCA in Monrovia. She replaces Chamber CEO Scott Hettrick, who has resigned to move to Nebraska.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34474
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Arcadia city budget
City Council Elections--2011-2020--April 2016
Measure A--Utility Users Tax
Papp, Larry
Item ID
34666AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City Council votes to put a utility tax increase on next April's ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25914
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 1997
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 1997
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
City Council - 1990-1999
Taxation
Item ID
26114AN
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Newspaper Index
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Nadia Lanyi celebrated her 105th birthday. She lives at Arcadia's Vista Cove. She is originally from Lithuania and lived in New York for most of her life. She has lived in this area for 14 months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32329
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 17, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 17, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Centenarians
Lanyi, Nadia
Item ID
32528AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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