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Arcadia residents will be asked to vote by mail this summer on a special $2 million fire assessment to keep the city's books balanced.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 1997
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 1997
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p. A1
Item ID
9518AN
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Director of Development Peter Kinahan says Arcadia is continuing to bring new businesses and sales tax revenue to the city.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 21, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 21, 1997
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p. 1
Subjects
Economic Development
Business and Industry
Taxation
Item ID
26047AN
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Supervisor Schabarum joined with two other board members asking Assessor Alexander Pope to mail out property tax re-evaluation notices immediately so people will know before June 6 primary and they vote on Propositions 13 and 8.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3430
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 21, 1978
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 21, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3318AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City of Arcadia is being sued by the People's Advocate, Inc., headed by Paul Gann, and the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee, headed by Jeff Dring. The lawsuit could set a state-wide precedent for post-Proposition 13 municipal financing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2292
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 28, 1978
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 28, 1978
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Proposition 13 - Implementation
Item ID
2258AN
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Property owners have until Tuesday to turn in their ballots on the vote-by-mail Fire Suppression District tax.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1997
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Elections - Fire Suppression District
Item ID
10172AN
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Inflation and the energy shortage are causing the city management grave concern about meeting the budget. City Manager Lyman Cozad expects a $120,500 increase in sales tax from Fashion Park for the 1974-75 fiscal year. He also expects an $84,000 rise in property taxes.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 19, 1974
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 19, 1974
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
651AN
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May Co. has bowed out of the proposed expansion of the Santa Anita Fashion Park. As a result, the project's price tag should drop from $75 million to approximately $32 million.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fashion Park
May Co.
May Company
Item ID
45AN
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The City Council will consider a proposed ordinance governing backyard sales on October 1, 1974. Regulations include: 1. A $1.00 permit would be required. 2. Sales would be limited to every 6 months. No sale could run longer than 2 consecutive days. 4. No signs could be placed on public property. 5. Sales must be between 8:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. 6. No merchandise would be allowed in the front yard.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
2047AN
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Nordstrom's Department Store is scheduled to open in August 1994, while 20 specialty shops and a 292-seat food court will open in October, 1993. The $34.3 million expansion is expected to generate about $1 million in sales tax revenue each year, as well a create 250 retail jobs.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 1993
Pages
p. A-6 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 1993
Pages
p. A-6 photo
Subjects
Fashion Park
Nordstrom's Department Store
Item ID
241AN
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Summary of current real estate prices. Median sales price of an existing home in California has reached $58,322.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 10, 1977
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 10, 1977
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Real Estate
Item ID
2287AN
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Howard Jarvis, the father of Proposition 13, spent an hour in Arcadia, knocking down the "straw man" arguments he said were being put up against the property tax initiative. Prop. 13 would reduce property taxes in California to 1 percent of what market value was in 1975-1976, plus whatever is necessary to pay off current bonded indebtedness. A 2 percent annual inflation rate is written into the constitutional amendment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33918
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Jarvis, Howard
Property Taxes
Item ID
34112AN
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The current crisis over malpractice rates is bringing about a withholding of professional services by many physicians here in Arcadia as well as state wide.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1976
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Medical Care
Item ID
1974AN
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Santa Anita Park race track sold to Frank Stronach, a Canadian billionaire businessman and horse owner. The property is valuable to the city for sales tax reasons.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 19, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 19, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
26676AN
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The School Board has turned down teacher's request for a tax over-ride to finance a 15.4% pay hike.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 21, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 21, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2446AN
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15 Arcadia High School students beat out 19 other schools to win the county competition of the Science Olympiad. The state competition is set for April 9, followed by the national competition in Arizona.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1994
Pages
p. H-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1994
Pages
p. H-3 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
3024AN
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Nordstrom's due to open August 26 at the Santa Anita Fashion Park, will employ 300 to 400 people and provide the city with an estimated $500,000 in annual sales tax revenue.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1994
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p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1994
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Nordstrom's
Item ID
3968AN
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Property owners overwhelmingly rejected the city's $2.2 million tax increase Tuesday, casting "no" votes by a 2 -to- 1 margin against the Fire Suppression District.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1997
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Elections - Fire Suppression District
Item ID
10174AN
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A final tentative budget for the 1978-79 school year has been adopted by the Arcadia Board of Education. The final figure was set at $15.4 million, but will probably be revised as state formulas affect the budget during the year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 10, 1978
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 10, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Budget
Item ID
2633AN
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Senate Bill 1287, introduced by State Senator H. L. Richardson, is designed to ease the method of bringing the formation of a new county to a vote. The article explains the present laws for such a vote and delineates how Senate Bill 1287 would streamline this procedure.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley - Secession
Item ID
2362AN
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Despite concerns from some local businesses that a Saturday farmers' market is hurting their sales, City Council voted to fund the market for another six months.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
March 17, 1999
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p. 1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
March 17, 1999
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Subjects
Farmers' Market
Item ID
17213AN
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