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Arcadia, the Community of Homes, starkly divided on helping the homeless. Residents are unhappy with homeless encampment at Second Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. The City proposes helping unhoused people with the Tiny Shelter project. The plan involves building a village of tiny homes on county land at Peck Park access road site. Residents expressed opposition to that, too.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35968
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Homelessness
Social issues
Somogyi, Sara
Tiny homes
Verlato, April
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Tiny homes opponents appeal for reduction of Foothill Unity Center’s homeless services. Opponents protested outside Arcadia Councilmember April Verlato's home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36006
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Foothill Unity Center
Homeless
Homelessness
Social issues
Verlato, April
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Homeless forum in Arcadia spawns communication and compassion. It was held at the Performing Arts Center and designed to provide information on homelessness in Arcadia and giving community members a chance to share ideas and concerns. The Homelessness Resource Hub, now closed, had been offering services such as showers, laundry, free WiFi, charging stations, food, clothing, case management, and more at the city's PAR 3 Golf Course parking lot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36047
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Homelessness
Social issues
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia receives grant to prevent homelessness.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35894
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2021
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2021
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Grants
Homelessness
Social issues
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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Updated homeless ordinance in Arcadia raises more questions than answers. Arcadia installs 65 "No Camping" signs within city limits. The anti-camping ordinance, updated in 2021, makes accommodations for people experiencing homelessness that are camping by necessity, but does so in a way that is consistent with case law and includes restrictions on where, when and in what manner camping is allowed on public property.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36053
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 23, 2021
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 23, 2021
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Brucker, Michael
Homeless
Homelessness
Social issues
Tiny homes
Collection
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Arcadia officials attempt to expand dialogue around homelessness. Arcadia homeowners are concerned that increased homelessness numbers within the city pose a threat to their children and property values. Arcadia City Council's idea to install 15 or so tiny homes as emergency shelter for unhoused people is being discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36014
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 27, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 27, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2020-2029
Homelessness
Social issues
Tiny homes
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's new city manager Dominic Lazzaretto is ready for the job. He starts March 26 and replaces Don Penman who retired last November. He comes to Arcadia from a City Manager position in La Palma.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32865
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2012
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2012
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia city managers
Arcadia city employees
Lazzaretto, Dominic--biography
Item ID
33062AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-2019 has structural deficit of nearly $3.1 million. City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto says Arcadia is at a fiscal crossroads. See hard copy in VF Budget.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35224
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
City Budget
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Item ID
35413AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City Manager of Arcadia, Dominic Lazzaretto, celebrates his birthday with cake and his presentation of a Brown Bag Lunch Program at the Gilb Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33201
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 1, 2012
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 1, 2012
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia City Manager
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Item ID
33398AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sustainable Arcadia: officials talk water conservation and climate change initiatives, such as regional stormwater reuse, tiered water rates, drought tolerant landscaping, energy efficiency Clean Power Alliance, CNG facility, EV chargers and electric vehicles, renewal diesel, trash and recycling, compost to mulch.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36596
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 23, 2023
Pages
p. 1, 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 23, 2023
Pages
p. 1, 23
Subjects
Bruno, Justine
Environment
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Collection
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Gold Line extension may be contributing factor in Arcadia homeless population. Arcadia is seeing a drastic increase in homeless compared to recent years, specifically in Downtown Arcadia and Arcadia County Park, largely due to the Gold Line light rail extension that opened in early 2016 with a stop in Arcadia. Arcadia Police Department has seen a 46% increase in transient calls to deal with in 2017, compared to 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35074
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Homeless people
Homelessness
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Item ID
35263AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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"State of the City" address was given by City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto at an event hosted by Arcadia Chamber of Commerce. Due mainly to solid property, utility and sales tax revenue, Arcadia has remained fiscally sound despite a sluggish state and national economy. Overall in 2014, the city received $56.9 million in revenue and spent $54.7 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34080
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 29, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 29, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Arcadia budget
Economy
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Revenue
Item ID
34274AN
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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At the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce's annual Power Planning Conference on January 24, City of Arcadia's City Manager, Dominic Lazzaretto, provided optimism to the local business community during this time of economic uncertainties. He said 25% of Arcadia's $48 million in annual revenue comes from local businesses--with nearly $10 million from sales taxes and another $2 million-plus from licenses and permits. The City has proposed a new business assistance program ombudsman to help entrepreneurs with the start-up process, is working with Chamber of Commerce to create a more interactive one-stop business checklist, and has not increased the cost of a business permit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33369
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Business and Industry
Economy
Chamber of Commerce--Power Planning Conference
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Small business
Item ID
33565AN
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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Newspaper Index
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Homeless impact on business. The article defines the homeless and gives ways business owners can protect their property and safety. Steve Delgadillo, community affairs liaison for Arcadia Police Department, monitors and responds to encounters between citizens and the homeless.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34587
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 9, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 9, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Delgadillo, Steve
Homeless people
Item ID
34779AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School students start nonprofit Fruit for Homeless to feed the homeless.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35561
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Fruit for Homeless
Nonprofit organizations
Yeung, Andre
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council delays vote on Arcadia Highlands home building projects. Council will address the matter again on February 3, to allow for more time to vet newly received petitions from area residents and a detailed letter from an attorney representing a leading opponent of the developments, that the City received last week. Both projects, one at 1600 Highland Oaks Drive, the other at 29 East Orange Grove Avenue, and both designed by Robert Tong of Arcadia-based Sanyao International Inc., involve the demolition of vintage homes to make room for larger residences.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34076
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 22, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 22, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia Highlands Homeowners Association--Architectural Review Board
Arcadia Planning Commission
Houses
Mansions
Real Estate
Tong, Robert
Verlato, April
Item ID
34270AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Board of Supervisors has approved a request from the County Department of Public Works to take over jurisdiction on the project to seismically retrofit transit bridges on Colorado Boulevard and Huntington Drive/Second Avenue. The board declared the portion of Colorado Boulevard under the bridge, as well as portions of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue under the transit bridge, to be part of the county system of roads and highways.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30675
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Bridges
Seismic retrofitting
Item ID
30863AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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