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Arcadia City Council approves $55.7 million General Fund budget for fiscal year 2015-2016. Officials anticipate revenue totaling $59.7 million, enabling $4.5 million in funds transfers toward road and park improvements, staff equipment upgrades, a boost to the general liability and workers' compensation fund, establishing a reserve fund for building a new City Hall and nearly $500,000 in new programs and employees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34184
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
City of Arcadia Budget
Item ID
34378AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia declares fiscal emergency. Budget cuts may hurt city services. After an analysis of expenditures and revenues, Arcadia City Council adopted Resolution 7242 and declared a fiscal emergency.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35398
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 9, 2019
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 9, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City of Arcadia-Budget
Fiscal emergency
Item ID
35590AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Budget elements explained for Chamber government affairs. Administrative Services Director Hue Quach says horse race revenue for capital improvements down millions per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34172
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
May 16, 2015
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
May 16, 2015
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia city budget
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Quach, Hue
Item ID
34366AN
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
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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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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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Newspaper Index
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Measure A seeks to repeal utility users tax in Arcadia, on the April 12 ballot. The utility users tax is a source of revenue expected to generate $7 million for the city this year. Arcadia charges residents 7% for gas, water, and electricity, and 5% for telephone on utility bills. The city estimates each household pays less than $10 per person per month on average. The tax is 12.5% of the city's $54.9 million general fund budget. If repealed, it would mean a 12.5% cut to city services, including cutting 12 police officers, closing a fire department, increasing blight, street sweeping would be reduced from weekly to every other week. Programs for children and seniors would be eliminated and library and museum hours would be reduced significantly. Larry Papp helped author the initiative.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia city budget
City Council Elections--2011-2020--April 2016
Measure A--Utility Users Tax
Papp, Larry
Item ID
34644AN
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Newspaper Index
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Unanimous Arcadia City Council acts to place local funding measure, known as the “Arcadia Public Safety, City Services and Accountability Measure” on the June 2019 ballot to maintain public safety and other city services. City staff and the Citizen’s Financial Advisory Committee have indicated Arcadia has a multi-million dollar structural deficit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35406
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
March 9, 2019
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
March 9, 2019
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Budget
Item ID
35598AN
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Arcadia City Council approved an update to the cross-department software Laserfiche. The update, budgeted to cost $33,785, is essential to the digitization of city records.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34742
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 22, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 22, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Laserfiche
Item ID
34934AN
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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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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
City Budget
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Item ID
35413AN
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Anti-mansionization candidates snag seats on Arcadia City Council. Peter Amundson received 4122 votes and April Verlato received 4077 votes to become the two new city council members. Bob Harbicht received the third highest number of votes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34547
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2016
Pages
p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2016
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Brink, Burton
Chang, Sheng
Harbicht, Bob
Van Fleet, Paul
Verlato, April
Item ID
34739AN
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City lacks votes to adopt a temporary moratorium. Arcadia City Council will not consider a temporary moratorium on any stage of residential development because they don't have enough votes (4 are required) to pass the proposed ordinance. A moratorium would have initially been in place for 45 days, with an option to extend it, while the city updates its residential and commercial standards and conducts a historic preservation survey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2015
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2015
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Historic preservation survey
Mansions
Residential development
Item ID
34550AN
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Arcadia spends $2 million to bank extra water supply, approved by Arcadia City Council today. See hard copy in VF Water.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34137
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2015
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2015
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster
Tait, Tom
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
Water
Zampiello, Tony
Item ID
34331AN
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Are April Verlato and Peter Amundson the new City Council? Election totals could change after 1300 more votes are counted. The late and provisional votes will be counted at Arcadia City Hall today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34543
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
City Council Elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Verlato, April
Item ID
34735AN
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A parcel tax in Arcadia appears to pass. Voters appear to have narrowly approved a parcel tax measure that will raise $3.4 million for the Arcadia Unified School District each year for the next five years, according to preliminary results. If the outcome is finalized, property owners would pay $228 per parcel per year in an effort to stave off additional cuts in the classroom. Measure A, which required a two-thirds vote to pass, was approved by 67.61% of those who voted in the district's boundaries. The vote should be finalized tomorrow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32889
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Arcadia Unified School District
Elections--Ballot measures--Measure A
Item ID
33086AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council votes 4 to 1 to use deadly snare traps on coyotes. Mayor Tom Beck gave the one dissenting vote.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34803
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Coyotes
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Wildlife
Item ID
34995AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper Index
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Measure A appears to be failing, newcomers likely to join council. Voters on Tuesday shot down Measure A (repeal of Utility Users Tax) and appear to be electing Peter Amundson and April Verlato for Arcadia City Council. Measure A did not pass. 64 percent of votes were cast against the measure, which needed a simple majority to pass. Amundson and Verlato will be sworn in April 26.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34525
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Measure A aka Utility Users Tax (UUT)
Verlato, April
Item ID
34717AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council candidates champion their causes. There are five candidates for two open seats. Their causes are: Gary Kovacic--maintaining a balanced budget with adequate reserves and a sense of community; Mary Dougherty--mansionization and residential guidelines; Sho Tay--traffic safety and opposing a new $12.2 million City Hall; John Wuo--reducing crime; and Henry Nunez--increase city revenues and create a real downtown in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32907
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections--2012
Dougherty, Mary
Kovacic, Gary
Nunez, Henry
Tay, Sho
Wuo, John
Item ID
33104AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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