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City officials have authorized for the first week of October a previously postponed mail-in vote on whether to reallocate street lighting assessment fees. Residents will vote on a reorganization that would make the payments correspond fairly to the benefits received.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31192
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Lighting assessment districts
Lighting districts
Street lighting
Street lights
Item ID
31387AN
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The City Council has created three new lighting assessment zones to replace lighting districts established in the 1970s. Residents will be sent mail-in ballots later this year to decide whether or not to approve changes to fees for street lighting. Lighting costs about $1.15 million a year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30904
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Lighting assessment districts
Lighting districts
Street lighting
Street lights
Item ID
31092AN
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Despite strong backing from the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association, a proposal to replace existing street lights with new ornamental lights was overwhelmingly rejected by residents in a mail-in ballot election. All Arcadia residents will vote on new street lighting assessments in July. Under that measure, all households would pay one of three yearly assessment fees, depending on how they benefit from street lights.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30998
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Lighting assessment districts
Lighting districts
Santa Anita Oaks
Street lighting
Street lights
Item ID
31193AN
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The city is asking residents to vote by mail by July 15 on a plan that would change the way the city splits the cost of street lighting. The city expects street lighting to cost about $1.15 million next year. Single-family homes on lighted streets would pay the most, $25.70 a year. Under the proposal, the assessments would no longer be tied to the value of a home but rather to the benefits that residents receive from street lights. If voters reject the plan, the current lighting assessment districts will expire in 2010. If that happens, the city will be responsible for paying the entire costs of street lighting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31007
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 16
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 16
Subjects
Lighting assessment districts
Lighting districts
Street lighting
Street lights
Item ID
31202AN
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Arcadia residents may vote again on street lighting fees. Under the new proposal, single family homes on arterial streets would pay about $17 a year, while those not on arterial streets would pay about $27 a year, making the assessments more fair. Voters in 2008 rejected a proposal to fund the lighting and now the city is considering another mail-in vote.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31898
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Mail-in ballots
Street lights
Street lighting assessment districts
Item ID
32095AN
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Arcadia property owners will be asked to renew a street lighting fee schedule and assessment in June, when funding is set to expire. Officials warned that without an extension of the lighting assessment district, the city would lose about $420,000 a year. Unless the assessment is renewed, the city might have to cut services such as police protection, fire and emergency medical response services, library services, and recreation programs. Arcadia property owners currently pay 40% of street lighting repair and maintenance costs, while the city covers the other 60%. That would remain unchanged in the new assessment district, but the amounts each household pays will be different. Family households in residential neighborhoods will be charged $28.44 a year, while single-family homes along major thoroughfares will pay $16.73 a year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32000
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Street lights
Street lighting assessment districts
Item ID
32180AN
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Arcadia mail-in voters reject proposal for new lighting assessment districts. Under the proposal, the single-family homes on well-lit streets would pay up for $24 a year. Those with "sporadic" lighting would pay up to $10.12 a year, while homes on streets without lights would pay nothing. The current lighting assessment districts expire in 2010. Out of 14,600 ballots sent out, about 1/3 were returned. The proposal failed by 70 votes. 2,457 ballots voted yes and 2,530 voted no.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31313
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Ballots
Street lighting assessment districts
Item ID
31508AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia property owners voted to continue paying for a portion of their street lights under a new formula after lighting district funds expired in June. 66% of the vote was cast in favor of extending about $428,600 of annual funding to maintain and repair street lights. A similar proposal on the ballot failed less than 2 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32113
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2010
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2010
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Lighting districts
Street lights
Street lighting
Item ID
32310AN
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Property owners have until Tuesday to turn in their ballots on the vote-by-mail Fire Suppression District tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10222
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1997
Pages
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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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9563
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
Pages
p. A1
Item ID
9518AN
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Arcadia city officials have approved across-the-board fee increases that are expected to generate $500,000 in revenue this year. Parking tickets will go up from an average of $40 to $50. Other fees going up include building permits, towing fees, business license fees, water, street, and engineering services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31608
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Fees
Revenue
Item ID
31805AN
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The California Redistricting Commission released reapportionment maps for the state's congressional and legislative districts that could change the political landscape of the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier areas. In the Assembly, this may mean that a new Asian-heavy district from Monterey Park to Arcadia is created. A final vote is required by August 15.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32470
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
California State Assembly
California State Senate
Congressional districts
Gerrymandering
Redistricting
Item ID
32669AN
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Arcadia City Council has voted to impose fees on developers to pay for intersection-widening projects. A chart shows the traffic count at developments, at intersections, and the fee structure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29807
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Developers
Traffic intersections
Fees
Arcadia City Council
Caruso Affiliated
Item ID
29992AN
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City Council members voted 4-0 to change lighting plans and add a new storm drain system to the Huntington Drive streetscape project, changing the cost from $4.1 to $5.6 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4486
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. H-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. H-3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
4362AN
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Arcadia, Sierra Madre and Bradbury are holding elections today on tax measures and city council members. Arcadia voters will choose two City Council members from the candidates running--Gary Kovacic, John Wuo, Sho Tay, Henry Nunez, and Mary Dougherty--and vote on Measure D, the extension ofthe hotel room tax from a 30-day maximum to a 90-day stay. Arcadia's election is being conducted through an all-mail ballot for the first time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32892
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2012
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p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ballot measures
City Council Elections--April, 2012
Item ID
33089AN
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Vote centers open for San Gabriel Valley's 49th Assembly District special election. Vote centers will remain open from 10 AM to 7 PM every day for in-person voting or to drop off completed vote-by-mail ballots. The seat was vacated by Democrat Edwin Chau or Arcadia when California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Chau to serve as judge in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Democrat Mike Fong runs against Republican Burton Brink in this race. The 49th Assembly District includes Arcadia, El Monte, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, Temple City, and portions of Montebello and South El Monte. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, February 10, 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36166
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2022
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p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2022
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Brink, Burton
Chau, Edwin
Fong, Mike
Special elections
49th Assembly District
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Arcadia's Gary Kovacic and John Wuo are the unofficial winners of the two City Council seats in the recent election by mail-in ballot. The final tally will be announced by early next week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32928
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections--April 2012
Dougherty, Mary
Kovacic, Gary
Nunez, Henry
Tay, Sho
Wuo, John
Item ID
33125AN
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Several blocks of Live Oak Avenue will be closed through Thursday while Edison crews remove street lights, traffic signals and wooden power poles that snapped under powerful overnight wind gusts Monday from the Santa Ana winds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24846
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Ana Winds
Streets - Live Oak Avenue
Item ID
25042AN
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Lack of train cars may delay the openings of the Expo Line Phase 2 from Culver City to Santa Monica and the Gold Line Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa. Metro reports delivery of rail cars won't be complete until January 2017, while construction of the extensions should be done July/August (Expo) and late September (Gold Line), of 2015. The builder of the train cars is Kinkisharyo International, a Japanese company that is assembling the light rail trains in Palmdale, California. The Expo Line needs 42 cars and the Gold Line needs 15.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34025
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Kinkisharyo International
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Item ID
34219AN
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Arcadia okays all mail-in ballot for this spring's election. This marks Arcadia's third consecutive all mail-in election since adopting a 2011 ordinance that granted City Council authority to eliminate traditional polling in advance of a general municipal election. The mail-in election costs $115,000, the traditional one about 10% more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2015
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2015
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Mussenden, Lisa
Item ID
34578AN
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