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The Arcadia City Council debates home design controls.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Home design reviews
Houses
Mansionization
Item ID
30756AN
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Arcadia considers joining Monrovia in reviving the Blue Star Program, in which families of men and women in the armed forces can display a symbol of that fact on their home. The matter will be put on a city council agenda in the future.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Meetings
Blue Star Program
Military
Item ID
33420AN
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Increased home values means the City of Arcadia will receive more money from property tax.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Property Tax Valuations
Real Estate
Item ID
29104AN
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California home sales are growing as values fall. A chart of October's median home prices gives a picture of the local real estate landscape. Arcadia's median home price in October, 2008 was $697,500, down 12.1% from the median price of $793,500 in October, 2007.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
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p. A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Home prices
Housing
Real Estate
Item ID
31498AN
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Median home prices in California surged to a record $305,940 in March, up 19 percent from last year. In Arcadia, prices averaged $355,000, up 9.2 percent.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2002
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p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Homes
Real Estate
Item ID
30505AN
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A chart shows local median home prices for February, 2006. From February 2005 to February 2006, Arcadia's median prices jumped 20.7%.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
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p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Real Estate
Housing
Home prices
Item ID
30153AN
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County home prices were up slightly in April after more than 1.5 years of declines, according to the California Association of Realtors. Arcadia's median home price was $689,090 in April, down 8% from a year ago. A chart shows figures from other local cities.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2009
Pages
p. 14 (Business Section)
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2009
Pages
p. 14 (Business Section)
Subjects
Housing
Median home prices
Real Estate
Item ID
31687AN
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California home prices continue to increase. Chart shows the change in median home prices from March 2004 to March 2005. The median home price in Arcadia went up 7.5% in the last year.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2005
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p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Real estate--residential--home prices
California Association of Realtors (CAR)
Housing market
Item ID
29663AN
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Los Angeles County's median home price is rising. In July, 2009, it was $339,430, up from $319,860 in June 2009, but well below $395,240 a year ago. Broker Chris Vigil thinks the market has hit rock bottom. Arcadia's median home price in July 2009 was $663,000, up from $626,500 a year ago (July, 2008). A chart shows figures from surrounding cities.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Mome prices
Housing market
Real Estate
Item ID
31818AN
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Home prices in California have dropped almost 42% from a year ago, November, as a glut of foreclosed homes drove first-home buyers to buy on the bottom end. Statewide, a single-family home cost a median price of $285,680. In Los Angeles County, the San Gabriel Valley housing market is in bad shape. According to the California Association of Realtors, prices around the San Gabriel Valley ranged from lows of $256,000 in La Puente to highs of $692,500 in Arcadia, which saw a slight drop of only 4.8%, compared to last year.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2008
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Economy
Housing
Real Estate
Recession
Item ID
31526AN
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The City Council considers adopting a floor area ratio (FAR) guideline for single family homes. The FAR sets the total buildable size of a home at a percntage figure of the lot size.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Design review
Floor area ratio (FAR) guidelines
Homes
Mansionization
Item ID
30691AN
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Gabrielle Cohen and Karina Flinn, both of Arcadia, have received scholarships from UC Davis to pursue veterinary careers.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 4, 2002
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p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 4, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Cohen, Gabrielle
Flinn, Karina
Scholarships
Students
Item ID
30667AN
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Columnist Charles Cooper reviews the news of Arcadia month by month from July through December 2000.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2001
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p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia Year 2000 in Review
Arcadia news recap July - December 2000
Casillas, Jennifer
Item ID
29122AN
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The City Council voted unanimously to expand design review for single-family homes citywide. It is the latest effort in the fight against boxy mansions being built in Arcadia. The review board thinks Asian families like the big houses and the Asian families say they do want to fit in with the community.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mansions
Developers
Architecture Design Review
Houses
Item ID
29959AN
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Arcadia City Councill will look at possible changes in the city code on floor area ratio (FAR), lot coverage, and design review for single-family homes. FAR refers to the combined floor area of buildings on a lot, compared to the size of the lot. Arcadia has a lot coverage rule that single-story homes can cover 45% of the lot and 2-story dwellings 35%. Arcadia currently has a citizen-run design review effort within homeowner associations in northern parts of Arcadia, but no citywide system.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Design review
Houses
Mansions
Item ID
32043AN
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Arcadia Planning Commission voted to support the Rancho Santa Anita Homeowners Association's Architecture Review Board (ARB) in its decision to reject changes in Ibraham Irawan's home under construction at 821 San Vicente Road.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Commission
Architecture Review Board (ARB)
Irawan, Ibraham
Rancho Santa Anita Homeowners Association
Item ID
31303AN
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Arcadia City Council rejected objections filed by Los Angeles County and declared a redevelopment district for South Arcadia. The district, which covers business properties along Las Tunas and Live Oak, will be operated as a non-contiguous part of the Arcadia downtown redevelopment district. The City Council declared the area does suffer from both economic and physical blight, and hope to spend $12 million to upgrade the district.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
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p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Redevelopment
South Arcadia Business District
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30215AN
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Home sales rise sharply in February with a 69.3% increase in sales in Los Angeles County over the same period a year ago. People are buying up foreclosed homes as prices drop in the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia home prices came down 6.6%, whereas Azusa's home prices fell 45.3%. The median price of a single family home in the county was $298,000 in February, compared with $465,000 last year. Arcadia's median home price was the highest in the San Gabriel Valley, at $635,000. A chart of February median home prices is shown.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2009
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Foreclosures
Homes
Housing
Real estate market
Item ID
31610AN
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Arcadia officials approve expansion and seismic retrofitting plans for Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Expansion plans include a new five-story patient tower, a new ambulance bay, a larger emergency room and a larger critical care unit.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Buildings
Item ID
31164AN
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The number of million dollar homes in the San Gabriel Valley is growing, surprising even real estate agents.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia homes
San Gabriel real estate market
Item ID
28208AN
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