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Historic preservation coming to Arcadia. City is in process of drafting ordinances on historic preservation aimed at safeguarding historic districts, structures and buildings. Ordinances are expected to provide defined procedures and criteria for property owners and communities to judge their historic relevance. Correction: see Arcadia Weekly, p. 10, February 22, 2018 and another correction Arcadia Weekly, p. 13, March 1, 2018. Correction to the Historic preservation coming to Arcadia article. Arcadia Weekly recently ran an article about the Arcadia City Council drafting a historic preservation ordinance. It incorrectly read, "The draft would demand the consent of 60% of property owners along with Planning Commission review and City Council adoption." The corrected statement reads, "The Draft Historic Preservation Ordinance proposes that at least 60% of properties within the district must contribute to the historic significance of the district and 75% of the property owners within the district need to consent to the designation."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35092
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Draft ordinances
Historic Buildings
Historic districts
Historic preservation
Item ID
35281AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council hears public concerns over historic preservation on February 19. In 4-1 vote City Council agreed not to accept the current ordinance as is, but instead to have city staff revise it. Councilman Roger Chandler took some angry digs at local historians such as Carol Libby about the proposed ordinance. Marcello Vavala, of the Los Angeles Conservancy, said the proposed ordinance was fair because it would require consent of the homeowner to officially designate the home a historic entity.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35480
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 21, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 21, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Meetings-2011-2020
Chandler, Roger
Historic preservation
Los Angeles Conservancy
Vavala, Marcello
Item ID
35672AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2015
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Historic preservation survey
Mansions
Residential development
Item ID
34550AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia draft of proposed district maps are available for public comment. The drawing of City Council districts is regulated by state and federal law.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34952
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
City council districts
Voting
Item ID
35142AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Downtown Arcadia business owners establish a Community Benefit District, mandating they each pay an annual assessment on their property taxes to fund marketing programs and activities in hopes of bringing more people to the area. It is called a Property-Based Business Improvement Model. It is a private-sector initiative that bills local businesses by the same criteria used in Old Pasadena--according to their frontage, lot size and scope of any buildings on a given property. 60% of downtown Arcadia owners chose the plan, the result of a three year effort.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33591
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
McSweeny, Matt
Item ID
33786AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Birth-tourism sites not easily detected.Terry Moore-Corse, a code enforcement officer in Arcadia has encountered three maternity homes in the past six years, most recently in 2009, when a resident reported "a lot of pregnant women" coming out of a house. Beyond building code and business license violations, there is nothing illegal about coming into this country to give birth, according to the U.S. State Department, which issues visas. Maternity tourism is a money-making cottage industry in which wealthy women from Asia pay anywhere from $25,000-35,000 to have American-born infants.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32364
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Asians
Building codes--violations
Maternity tourists
Moore-Corse, Terry
Mothers
Item ID
32562AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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California Horse Racing Board (CHRB): ban more drugs, release tests. The CHRB wants California Governor Gavin Newsom to pursue changes to state law that would allow the agency to immediately release results of a positive horse drug test and permit more stakeholders, including jockeys and track veterinarians, to access a horse's medical history. Currently, drug test results are confidential. The changes are part of an effort to curb equine deaths and improve safety at California race tracks. Nearly 40 horses have died at Santa Anita Park in the last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35613
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A14
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Security alarm permits in Arcadia on rise, with recent rash of residential burglaries. Residents and businesses that install a private security system must register that system and obtain a City permit so that Arcadia Police Department can maintain an accurate database of active alarms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34779
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Security alarms
Item ID
34970AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council puts restructure of zoning on hold; exempts Highlands from historical preservation due to ongoing lawsuit that Highlands residents filed against City Council. The lawsuit, filed in March by a group called Save the Arcadia Highlands, seeks to force the City Council to rescind its approval of two construction projects that would replace existing mid-20th century homes with significantly larger homes. Council members Tom Beck, Sho Tay, and Mayor Gary Kovacic voted to move forward with establishing historic preservation guidelines and exempt the Highlands HOA territory from the forthcoming ordinance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34170
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Highlands Homeowners Association (HOA)
Historic preservation
Item ID
34364AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dick Hale, a Bradbury councilman and CEO of development firm Hale Corporation, is proposing a four-story medical office building on the southern portion of the Santa Anita Park race track parking lot. It would be a joint venture with the race track's owner, The Stronach Group. It would create probably 300 jobs. An application has not been submitted but Arcadia City Council is set to discuss the developer's concept at a 6:00 PM study session on September 25 at City Hall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33158
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Developers and developments
Hale Corporation
Stronach Group
Item ID
33355AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council rejected a proposed draft resolution last week that several argued would give city-designated homeowner associations (HOA) too much power. During a study session, the Council discussed amending and consolidating the five HOAs' development standards, design guidelines and design review procedures into one cohesive document. Some argued the draft would give the associations' Architectural Review Boards (ARB)--which have architectural design review authority over the association area--too much control over the size of homes, setbacks and other issues. ARBs should look favorably on someone's dream home plans "unless it was so garish and outlandish that it might negatively affect property values," said Councilman Bob Harbicht. Opposition from Kevin Tomkins and Laurie Thompson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32551
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2011
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2011
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Architectural Review Boards (ARB)
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
Thompson, Laurie
Tomkins, Kevin
Item ID
32750AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia city officials are cracking down on "maternity tourism" boarding houses by dedicating a full-time police detective to investigate the issue. Maternity or birth tourism is a phenomenon in which women, often from China, pay a handsome fee to have their babies in the United States, so the children can be citizens. While that is not illegal, at least five establishments have been shut down for violations, such as unlawfully operating boarding house businesses in residential zones.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33482
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Boarding houses
Pregnant women
Item ID
33677AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Downtown Arcadia businesses create "Community Benefit District." Each business owner would pay extra in property taxes to go into a fund to better market the area to customers and visitors. With the Gold Line Station at North First Avenue and East Santa Clara Street scheduled to open in 2015, efforts to help brand the area have been fast-tracked.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33613
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
McSweeny, Matt (Matt Dennys Restaurant)
Item ID
33808AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City Council revoked the business license of IFitness & Beauty Spa due to a number of violations. It is located at 133 E. Huntington Drive and is the 10th massage service establishment to have its license revoked for code violations since January 2009 as part of a crackdown on code compliance and to eliminate prostitution and other illegal activities. Michelle Ma, the manager of IFitness and wife of the owner said they have been trying to comply but needed more time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32132
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hwu, Frank
IFitness & Beauty Spa
Ma, Michelle
Massages
Small business
Item ID
32329AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council clears way for massive new homes at 29 East Orange Grove Avenue and 1600 Highland Oaks Drive, despite opposition to the increasing "mansionization," from several members of the Highland Oaks Homeowners Association (HOA). City Council voted to move forward with both projects, finding they complied with city's zoning codes and were exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The two homes met the city's design guidelines and met the resolution that governs design in the HOA areas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34087
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Arcadia Highlands Homeowners Association (HOA)
Arcadia Planning Commission
Architecture
Houses
Mansions
Real Estate
Item ID
34281AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council introduces an ordinance to collect DIVCA fees. DIVCA stands for Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act. City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto said this ordinance will update things to ensure that as state franchises get renewed, that our local fees continue to be paid.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35017
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 30, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 30, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act (DIVCA)
Ordinances
Item ID
35208AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Campaign to recall three Arcadia city council members begins. Highlands neighborhood residents have been at odds with Roger Chandler, Sho Tay, and John Wuo over the development of mansions in place of historic homes and the Gemcoin controversy with John Wuo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34279
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 30, 2015
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 30, 2015
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-recall
Chandler, Roger
Homeowners Associations (HOA)
Mansions
Tay, Sho
Wuo, John
Item ID
34473AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park is looking to renovate the Chandelier Room, which is part of Turf Club. It would be gutted and turned into a "night club." The Chandelier Room has been around since the race track opened on Christmas Day, 1934 (probably not true, according to Sandy Snider). Its giant chandeliers were imported from Versailles in France.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33479
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--Turf Club
Item ID
33674AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves $70,000 to help the Downtown Business Association set up a business-improvement district. The district would tax commercial property owners to revitalize the area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32886
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
Subjects
Arcadia--downtown
Business and Industry
Item ID
33083AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia has been revising its General Plan and the first public draft was released last week. The General Plan, a 25-year blueprint for how the city could develop was last updated in 1996. The plan addresses the Gold Line station and allows for mixed-use residential and commercial development north of Huntington Drive in the downtown area, and on Live Oak Avenue. The plan must go before the Planning Commission, then the City Council for approval.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Development
General Plan
Gold Line Santa Anita Station
Item ID
32229AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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