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Arcadia faces housing issues as a new state law requires cities to offer affordable senior and family housing.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Housing

Item ID: 30577AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Planning Commission will be considering new regulations to better control construction of new or remodeled houses. Concerns over mansionization are being addressed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26938

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 15, 1999; May 13, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 15, 1999; May 13, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Housing; Mansionization; Mansions

Item ID: 27137AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia housing boom with Chinese dollars? Bloomberg BusinessWeek says kickbacks and Chinese cash deals are fueling the rapid growth of mansions in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34008

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 30, 2014

Pages: p. 1, 32

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 30, 2014

Pages: p. 1, 32

Subjects: Housing; Mansions; Real Estate

Item ID: 34202AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council approved an owner participation agreement with American Senior Living for a 54-unit affordable senior housing project at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive. The City will put in $1.8 million for the $8.5 million project. Residents will be selected by lottery.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30837

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 23, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 23, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Senior housing

Item ID: 31025AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

American Senior Living broke ground yesterday on the 54-unit Heritage Park, an affordable senior citizen housing project at 150 Las Tunas Drive. Rent for one-bedroom units is $484, and for doubles, the rent is $708.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31842

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 21, 2003

Pages: p. 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 21, 2003

Pages: p. 19

Subjects: Apartments; Senior Citizens; Senior housing

Item ID: 32039AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Planning Commission approved a 5-unit condominium construction project at 230 California Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35059

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 18, 2018

Pages: p. 11

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 18, 2018

Pages: p. 11

Subjects: Arcadia Planning Commission; Condominiums; Development; Housing

Item ID: 35249AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Work on building the Arcadia Heritage senior housing project on Live Oak Avenue will probably begin at the end of August. It will be 54 units of low-income senior housing and is being developed by American Senior Living.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 3, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 3, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Heritage; Low-income housing; Senior housing

Item ID: 31781AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city is exploring means to provide low-income senior housing by 2005 as required by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments "Fair Share" housing formula.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27145

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 14, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 14, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Senior Citizens; Housing

Item ID: 27343AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction is expected to begin this summer on a 54-unit senior housing project on Las Tunas, to be known as Arcadia Heritage Park. The builder is American Senior Living.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31152

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 6, 2003

Pages: p. 20

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 6, 2003

Pages: p. 20

Subjects: Arcadia Heritage Park; Senior housing

Item ID: 31347AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Manager Bill Kelly is concerned about a new measure to penalize cities that are not meeting state affordable housing rules. The Dunn Measure could penalize cities as much as $1000 per needed unit and take away up to 60 percent of gas tax funds. Bill Kelly says Arcadia already has a number of senior citizen projects in planning.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29427

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 3, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 3, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Dunn Measure; Affordable Housing

Item ID: 29611AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Three sites are being considered for senior and/or low-income housing. They are: Marketowne at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive, the old Westerner Hotel at 161 W. Colorado Place, and the old Mounted Police site at 600 E. Live Oak Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30648

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 17, 2002

Pages: p. 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 17, 2002

Pages: p. 17

Subjects: Low-income housing; Senior housing

Item ID: 30836AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council has approved a contract with Keyser Marston Associates to analyze city housing projects, including senior housing on the Marketowne site on Las Tunas and another senior project at the Elite Westerner site on Colorado Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30723

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 28, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 28, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council - 2001-2010; Housing; Keyser Marston Associates

Item ID: 30911AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33318

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 16, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 16, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia housing development; Anoakia Mansion--history; Anoakia School; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 33514AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Local business owners tell Assemblywoman Carol Liu that Temple City needs more affordable housing. The article includes a photograph of Christine Hernandez, Arcadia resident and owner of CKW uniforms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28757

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News B3

Date: July 9, 2004

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News B3

Date: July 9, 2004

Subjects: Housing - San Gabriel Valley - Temple City - affordability; Hernandez, Christine; Business and Business Owners; Liu, Carol

Item ID: 28945AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Affordability: looming issue for local housing market. Increase in interest rates and tapering prices make great incentives for buyers, for now. Arcadia Association of Realtors (AAR) says the housing market was strong this spring.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34864

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 27, 2017

Pages: p. 1, 10

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 27, 2017

Pages: p. 1, 10

Subjects: Arcadia Association of Realtors (AAR); Housing; Real Estate

Item ID: 35054AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Residents of Santa Anita Village will get a chance to register their opinions on limiting the size of new houses in their area. Homeowners are asking for a 35 percent floor area ratio rule to be in place.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 12, 2001

Pages: p. 10

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 12, 2001

Pages: p. 10

Subjects: Houses; Mansions; Mansionization; Design review process; Architecture

Item ID: 30214AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Residents object to proposed home to be built at 920 South Fifth Street. At issue are the size of the house and how its design may not fit in with the neighborhood.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34663

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 8, 2016

Pages: p. 1, 13

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 8, 2016

Pages: p. 1, 13

Subjects: Houses; Mansions

Item ID: 34855AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Saving Arcadia, the anti-mansionization group, sues City over controversial two-story home proposed at 1101 S. Fifth Avenue. Lawsuit alleges the project violates California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34682

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 29, 2016

Pages: p. 1, 11

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 29, 2016

Pages: p. 1, 11

Subjects: Arvizu, David; Houses; Mansions; Saving Arcadia (activist group)

Item ID: 34874AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council voted against a proposed 6-unit development of condominiums on First Avenue. This caused some conflict as applicant Hank Jong had received approval for the project until a second check showed the zoning he was relying on conflicted with the general plan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29426

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 3, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 3, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council Meetings; Agenda; Condominiums; Zoning and zones; Jong, Hank

Item ID: 29610AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Planning Commission denies Marvin Fong's plan for a large development at 2236 Hollis Lane. The proposed project is 4 times larger than the existing property, which upset a grass roots group effort to prevent "mansionization."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34292

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 10, 2015

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 10, 2015

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Municipal Code; Arcadia Planning Commission; Development; Fong, Marvin; Houses; Mansions

Item ID: 34486AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia faces housing issues as a new state law requires cities to offer affordable senior and family housing.

The Planning Commission will be considering new regulations to better control construction of new or remodeled houses. Concerns over mansionization are being addressed.

Arcadia housing boom with Chinese dollars? Bloomberg BusinessWeek says kickbacks and Chinese cash deals are fueling the rapid growth of mansions in Arcadia.

The Arcadia City Council approved an owner participation agreement with American Senior Living for a 54-unit affordable senior housing project at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive. The City will put in $1.8 million for the $8.5 million project. Residents will be selected by lottery.

American Senior Living broke ground yesterday on the 54-unit Heritage Park, an affordable senior citizen housing project at 150 Las Tunas Drive. Rent for one-bedroom units is $484, and for doubles, the rent is $708.

Arcadia Planning Commission approved a 5-unit condominium construction project at 230 California Street.

Work on building the Arcadia Heritage senior housing project on Live Oak Avenue will probably begin at the end of August. It will be 54 units of low-income senior housing and is being developed by American Senior Living.

The city is exploring means to provide low-income senior housing by 2005 as required by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments "Fair Share" housing formula.

Construction is expected to begin this summer on a 54-unit senior housing project on Las Tunas, to be known as Arcadia Heritage Park. The builder is American Senior Living.

Three sites are being considered for senior and/or low-income housing. They are: Marketowne at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive, the old Westerner Hotel at 161 W. Colorado Place, and the old Mounted Police site at 600 E. Live Oak Avenue.

The City Council has approved a contract with Keyser Marston Associates to analyze city housing projects, including senior housing on the Marketowne site on Las Tunas and another senior project at the Elite Westerner site on Colorado Street.

Local business owners tell Assemblywoman Carol Liu that Temple City needs more affordable housing. The article includes a photograph of Christine Hernandez, Arcadia resident and owner of CKW uniforms.

Affordability: looming issue for local housing market. Increase in interest rates and tapering prices make great incentives for buyers, for now. Arcadia Association of Realtors (AAR) says the housing market was strong this spring.

Residents of Santa Anita Village will get a chance to register their opinions on limiting the size of new houses in their area. Homeowners are asking for a 35 percent floor area ratio rule to be in place.

Residents object to proposed home to be built at 920 South Fifth Street. At issue are the size of the house and how its design may not fit in with the neighborhood.

Saving Arcadia, the anti-mansionization group, sues City over controversial two-story home proposed at 1101 S. Fifth Avenue. Lawsuit alleges the project violates California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

The City Council voted against a proposed 6-unit development of condominiums on First Avenue. This caused some conflict as applicant Hank Jong had received approval for the project until a second check showed the zoning he was relying on conflicted with the general plan.

Arcadia Planning Commission denies Marvin Fong's plan for a large development at 2236 Hollis Lane. The proposed project is 4 times larger than the existing property, which upset a grass roots group effort to prevent "mansionization."