Representatives from the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society presented City Council with a draft no-smoking ordinance that would prohibit smoking in all enclosed public places.
An overwhelming majority of members of the Arcadia Teachers Association voted Thursday afternoon to authorize a strike against the district, although no date was set. Eighty-four percent favored strike.
Two ad hoc committees have been established to help the Board of Education make a final ruling on two major problems: Smoking (recent legislation has made smoking on campus legal at the discretion of the local school board) and Graduation requirements.
The Arcadia Board of Education must establish criteria to use in determining whether or not any schools in Arcadia are segregated or likely to become segregated within the next 4-5 years. Article gives summary of 1977 survey.
An ordinance will be introduced for first reading by Arcadia City Council whereby the city would receive .33 of 1% of parimutuel wagers at Santa Anita Park race track. If ordinance is approved, city would eliminate admission tax.
Arcadia may follow the lead of Pasadena, Los Angeles and other communities by considering the possibility of adopting a no-smoking ordinance. According to City Manager George Watts, the council has not decided on any specific rules and probably will not receive a study report from staff until mid-November.
A hearing was held re the Arcadia Unified School District definition of segregation. The Board's criterion is that a school is segregated only when one minority group exceeds 50% of that school's enrollment.
The much-discussed ordinance governing types of roofs that can be used in Arcadia will be given a second reading at council meeting of August 17 and become effective 30 days later. Ordinance divides city into two zones: hazardous fire area in foothills and non-hazardous in lowlands.
Ruling in favor of the city on Friday, June 8, Judge Richard Hayden said that the lawsuit filed by People's Advocate Inc. & the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee did not have facts sufficient for a legal action. The plaintiffs have 30 days to file and amended complaint.
The Parsons Corporation in Pasadena has reached an agreement in principle to acquire Engineering-Science Companies of Arcadia, a local business that specializes in environmental engineering.
Arcadia won a round in a legal battle against a firm that distributes sexually explicit newspapers on stands throughout the city. A Superior Court Judge ruled in favor of the city regarding Arcadia Newsrack Ordinance regulations relating to the appearance and height of newsracks.
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.
A proposed ordinance regulating foreign languages and English on business signs in Arcadia will not only require that English be included-it also will require English cover the largest part of the sign.
An emergency ordinance opens the sale of fireworks to other groups besides the American Legion which has had the only permit for many years. Council said it acted to avoid charges of permitting a monopoly.
Many of the local Chinese community, including members of the Arcadia Chinese Association, said they support the city council's decision to keep an ordinance requiring 2/3 of any business sign to be written in Roman letters.