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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
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
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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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
Pages
p, 1, 11
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Newspaper
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
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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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
Newspaper Index
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Measure A passes in semi-official election returns, according to latest figures from Arcadia Unified School District. Measure A, the education parcel tax had 6,199 yes votes and 2,970 no votes. Out of 28,616 registered voters, only one-third came out to vote on this measure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32868
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections
Measure A
Item ID
33065AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia plans for the future. Arcadia City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto presented the City's Fiscal Year 2018-2019 budget. Fiscal year 2018-2019 budget maintains existing levels of public services, but the City can no longer guarantee that services will remain at current levels over the long term. Due to recent changes in state law and other fiscal constraints, the City's proposed budget has a structural deficit of nearly $13.1 million in expenditures in excess of revenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35208
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2018
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2018
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
City of Arcadia Budget-Fiscal Year 2018-2019
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Item ID
35397AN
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Arcadia teachers and students unite for Measure A, the renewal of a parcel tax that helps provide stable school funding for Arcadias, on March 7 ballot. Previously approved in 2012, Measure A would authorize a "qualified special tax of $288 per parcel of taxable real estate property," an increase of $60 over the 2012 proposal. Citizen homeowners age 65 and over would be able to exempt their primary residence from the tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34825
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2017
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2017
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Elections-local-March 7, 2017
Ballot measures
Chen, Travis
Item ID
35017AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dunn Measure
Affordable Housing
Item ID
29611AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Measure A a cause for concern for some, relief for others. Senior citizens may receive exemption. Measure A was placed on the ballot by Arcadia Board of Education. It is intended to supplement the Arcadia Unified School District's current Federal, State, and local revenue with a $228 per parcel tax, in effect for a period of 5 years. By Terry Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32844
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Miller, Terry
Item ID
33041AN
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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
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Manny Romero, owner of Rod's Grill, has initiated Measure A to try to block the Rusnak Mercedes Benz automobile dealership from expanding. The city has put out a counter measure, Measure B, to citizens to vote on at the May 8 election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30476
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ballot measures
Central Business District (CBD)
Measure A
Measure B
Restaurants
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30663AN
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Los Angeles County's 2017 homelessness count has gone up 23% from the previous year and District 5, where Arcadia, Monrovia and Pasadena lie, has exceeded the county high at 30%. Measure H funds from a 1/4 cent sales tax increase in Los Angeles County, creates estimated $355 million per year to use on homeless initiative. Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted on how to properly allocate over a billion dollars from Measure H to help prevent and combat homelessness.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34913
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Homelessness
Social issues
Item ID
35103AN
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia: Measure A reflecting on the journey to passage. The measure passed in the March 7 election. It seeks to generate locally-controlled funding through a parcel tax that is exclusively for teachers' salaries and educational programs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34862
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 27, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 27, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Chen, Brandon
Khine, Sandi
Item ID
35052AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council elections unofficial results--Gary Kovacic and John Wuo are elected. Voters approved Measure D, which extends a hotel room tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32931
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections--April 2012
Ballot measures
Dougherty, Mary
Kovacic, Gary
Nunez, Henry
Tay, Sho
Wuo, John
Item ID
33128AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Measure W (for clean water) win is good news for Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35321
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections
Water
Item ID
35511AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The new fiscal year will bring about changes in the city. Most notably, construction will begin on a new $16 million police station. Other possible projects include moving fire stations around, new signs, upgrades to infrastructure and more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30022
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Fiscal year 2001-2002
Budget
Arcadia Police Department - police station
Item ID
30209AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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