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Science Loses to Status Quo

Thursday, September 20 2018

Sacramento, California - Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge) statement on decision made today on SB 328.

La Cañada Valley Sun: Council resumes age-old question of sound wall funding amid pressure, uncertainty at state level

Wednesday, September 19 2018

It seems like every La Cañadan living within earshot of the Foothill (210) Freeway agrees the city needs more protective sound walls. But the question of how to fund them is older than the city itself.

In May, city officials learned state Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) had secured $5 million in funding through a program under SB 1, a state transportation funding bill that instituted gas and vehicle tax hikes on California motorists.

Pasadena Now: Governor Brown Signs Area Senator's Suicide Prevention Legislation

Tuesday, September 18 2018

Governor Jerry Brown has signed a suicide prevention bill that seeks to amend the state’s Education Act and require schools to print suicide prevention hotlines on students’ identification cards.

SB 972, authored by Pasadena-area Senator Anthony Portantino, requires the printing of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a local suicide prevention hotline number, on the ID cards of students in public, charter, and private schools serving pupils in grades 7 to 12 and those in higher education.

SB 972- Suicide Prevention Legislation Signed by Governor

Monday, September 17 2018

Sacramento, California - Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 972,  suicide prevention legislation authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino, D–La Cañada Flintridge.

CALmatters: Two education bills do the right things

Friday, September 14 2018

The numbers associated with public education in California are truly immense. Nearly 10 million students, the vast majority of them children, attend kindergartens, elementary schools, high schools and colleges supported by upwards of $100 billion from taxpayers each year. The bottom line rationale is producing new generations of Californians who are creative, productive and civic-minded. SB 328, carried by Sen. Anthony Portantino, a Democrat from La Canada Flintridge, requires, with few exceptions, middle and high schools to begin classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m.

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