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Tuesday, August 30 2022

Sacramento, CA – Today Senate Bill 1207, authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) which would improve maternal mental health support by providing women with outreach services, education and access to mental health treatment, is on the Governor’s desk for signature.  SB 1207 is supported by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District IX (ACOG), Association of California Health Districts, California Catholic Conference and the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance.

Tuesday, August 30 2022

Sacramento, CA – Senate Bill 230, an environmental protection measure authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) to improve drinking water by investigating Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs), is headed to the Governor’s desk for signature. 

Thursday, August 25 2022

Sacramento, CA - Today, State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) requested that Senate Bill 485 - which proposes extending California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program for five years – be placed on the inactive file and issued the following statement.

Tuesday, August 23 2022

Sacramento, CA –Senate Bill 883, jointly authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) and Senator Richard D. Roth (D – Riverside), passed the Assembly floor and is headed to the Governor’s desk for signature.  The measure extends the sunset date on the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program (UCBCP) for an additional five years

Monday, August 22 2022

Sacramento, CA – Today, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1177, authored by State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank), into law. SB 1177 creates a regional affordable housing trust between the cities of Pasadena, Burbank, and Glendale. In June, the Senator announced that his budget request to create and fund the regional affordable housing trust had been approved in the 2022-2023 State Budget, allocating $23 million to help finance affordable housing projects created by SB 1177.