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The Arcadia Tax Reform Committee has officially been formed and will petition the City Council to rescind the new sewer and street-sweeping levies and the increase of the utility tax from 5% to 7%.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 30, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 30, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3321AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Tax Reform Committee will present signed petitions to the City Council re requested repeal of 3 ordinances levying assessments on street sweeping and sewer service, and an increase in the utility users' tax from 5% to 7%.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3325AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A group of Arcadia residents has scheduled a protest meeting against tax shifts and increases proposed by the City as a result of Proposition 13.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3320AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council candidate Johanna A.M. Hofer is circulating petitions asking for a reduction in the city's utility tax rate.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3333AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council will consider lowering the Utility Tax. City Finance Director, Charles Reiman, will give the necessary background in the City's need for revenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3305AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council lowered the city's utility tax from 7 to 5% and rescinded the street-sweeping assessment.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3326AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council has cut the City tax rate by $.11, but due to county and special districts, the overall rate paid by Arcadians is going to be higher.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 19, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 19, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3314AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council voted to raise the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (a hotel/motel "bed tax") from 5% to 8% effective October 1.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3332AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 6, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 6, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Revenue; Sales Taxes; Taxation

Item ID: 27366AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council ignored a request from the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee to vote again on taxes approved in June, 1978, following passage of Proposition 13.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 26, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 26, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2257AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Chamber of Commerce's legislative committee unanimously passed a resolution recently urging the entertainment industry to "exercise social responsibility."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 19, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 19, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce

Item ID: 99AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City council, in a 3-2 split vote, passed the proposed Financial Advisory Committee on Tuesday night.

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Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: August 6, 1998

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: August 6, 1998

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: City Council, 1990 - 1999

Item ID: 15130AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council met with representatives of Santa Anita Park race track to discuss the possibility of raising the admissions tax. Council is concerned with the cost of traffic control. Benefits to the city from the track have increased 22.6% in the past two years and 43% the previous season.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 30 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 30 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3331AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City tax rates.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: September 5, 1940 p. 1 (1940); August 11, 1941 p. 1 (1941); August 24, 1942 p. 1 (1942)

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: September 5, 1940 p. 1 (1940); August 11, 1941 p. 1 (1941); August 24, 1942 p. 1 (1942)

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 4304AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City tax rates.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18, 1931 p. 1 (1931); September 25, 1931 p. 1 ( " ); September 9, 1932 p. 1 (1932); September 15, 1933 p. 1 (1933); September 7, 1934 p. 1 (1934); September 11, 1936 p. 1 (1936); September 16, 1936 p. 1 ( " ); September 8, 1937 p. 1 (1937); August 13, 1938 p. 1 (1938); September 13, 1938 p. 1 ( " ); September 7, 1939 p. 1 (1939); August 17, 1944 p. 1 (1944); September 5, 1946 p. 1 (1946); August 21, 1947 p. 1 (1947); September 4, 1947 p. 1 ( " ); September 9, 1948 p. 1 (1948); September 8, 1949 p. 1 (1949); September 15, 1949 p. 1 ( " ); August 31, 1950 p. 1 (1950); September 7, 1950 p. 1 ( " ); August 9, 1951 p. 1 (1951); August 21, 1952 p. 1 (1952); August 6, 1953 p. 1 (1953); July 22, 1954 p. 1 (1954); June 11, 1956 p. 1 (1956); September 3, 1956 p. 1 ( " )

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18, 1931 p. 1 (1931); September 25, 1931 p. 1 ( " ); September 9, 1932 p. 1 (1932); September 15, 1933 p. 1 (1933); September 7, 1934 p. 1 (1934); September 11, 1936 p. 1 (1936); September 16, 1936 p. 1 ( " ); September 8, 1937 p. 1 (1937); August 13, 1938 p. 1 (1938); September 13, 1938 p. 1 ( " ); September 7, 1939 p. 1 (1939); August 17, 1944 p. 1 (1944); September 5, 1946 p. 1 (1946); August 21, 1947 p. 1 (1947); September 4, 1947 p. 1 ( " ); September 9, 1948 p. 1 (1948); September 8, 1949 p. 1 (1949); September 15, 1949 p. 1 ( " ); August 31, 1950 p. 1 (1950); September 7, 1950 p. 1 ( " ); August 9, 1951 p. 1 (1951); August 21, 1952 p. 1 (1952); August 6, 1953 p. 1 (1953); July 22, 1954 p. 1 (1954); June 11, 1956 p. 1 (1956); September 3, 1956 p. 1 ( " )

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 4305AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mayor Floretta Lauber and other City Council members will go before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to ask them to cut the County tax rate.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3315AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's tax rate is among the lowest in Los Angeles County, but with the recent reassessment, tax bills will be nearly doubled.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 28, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 28, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3316AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council votes to put a utility tax increase on next April's ballot.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 20, 1997

Pages: p. 14

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 20, 1997

Pages: p. 14

Subjects: City Council - 1990-1999; Taxation

Item ID: 26114AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council has renewed an examination of the admission tax Santa Anita pays compared to other race tracks. The track provided 34.1% of the city's total annual revenues in the fiscal year 1980-81. Traffic control costs in Arcadia are higher than in other cities with race tracks.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 16, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 16, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3330AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The lawsuit against the city of Arcadia by the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee & Paul Gann's People's Advocate will be heard April 20, 1979. The committee has collected $4020.00 from 22 cities to date.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 13 - Implementation

Item ID: 2262AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The Arcadia Tax Reform Committee has officially been formed and will petition the City Council to rescind the new sewer and street-sweeping levies and the increase of the utility tax from 5% to 7%.

The Arcadia Tax Reform Committee will present signed petitions to the City Council re requested repeal of 3 ordinances levying assessments on street sweeping and sewer service, and an increase in the utility users' tax from 5% to 7%.

A group of Arcadia residents has scheduled a protest meeting against tax shifts and increases proposed by the City as a result of Proposition 13.

Arcadia City Council candidate Johanna A.M. Hofer is circulating petitions asking for a reduction in the city's utility tax rate.

The City Council will consider lowering the Utility Tax. City Finance Director, Charles Reiman, will give the necessary background in the City's need for revenue.

Arcadia City Council lowered the city's utility tax from 7 to 5% and rescinded the street-sweeping assessment.

The City Council has cut the City tax rate by $.11, but due to county and special districts, the overall rate paid by Arcadians is going to be higher.

The Arcadia City Council voted to raise the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (a hotel/motel "bed tax") from 5% to 8% effective October 1.

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.

The Arcadia City Council ignored a request from the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee to vote again on taxes approved in June, 1978, following passage of Proposition 13.

The Chamber of Commerce's legislative committee unanimously passed a resolution recently urging the entertainment industry to "exercise social responsibility."

City council, in a 3-2 split vote, passed the proposed Financial Advisory Committee on Tuesday night.

City Council met with representatives of Santa Anita Park race track to discuss the possibility of raising the admissions tax. Council is concerned with the cost of traffic control. Benefits to the city from the track have increased 22.6% in the past two years and 43% the previous season.

City tax rates.

City tax rates.

Mayor Floretta Lauber and other City Council members will go before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to ask them to cut the County tax rate.

Arcadia's tax rate is among the lowest in Los Angeles County, but with the recent reassessment, tax bills will be nearly doubled.

The City Council votes to put a utility tax increase on next April's ballot.

City Council has renewed an examination of the admission tax Santa Anita pays compared to other race tracks. The track provided 34.1% of the city's total annual revenues in the fiscal year 1980-81. Traffic control costs in Arcadia are higher than in other cities with race tracks.

The lawsuit against the city of Arcadia by the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee & Paul Gann's People's Advocate will be heard April 20, 1979. The committee has collected $4020.00 from 22 cities to date.