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Senator Portantino Receives Honorary Service Award from First District PTA

Tuesday, May 29 2018

Glendale, California- Senator Anthony J. Portantino, D- La Cañada Flintridge, received the Honorary Service Award from the First District PTA. Portantino, a PTA member, has been a lifelong advocate of K-12 public school education. He has worked closely with the First District PTA throughout his years in office. Portantino is the father of two daughters, one who completed her K-12 education in public schools and the other a current 10th grader in a public high school.

Senator Portantino is pleased with Education Budget Actions Included in the State Senate’s Budget

Wednesday, May 23 2018

Sacramento, California- Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge) is proud of the State Senate’s augmentations and changes to the Governor’s May revised budget plan for education.

San Francisco Chronicle: Businesses can help California schools train students for ‘new collar’ jobs

Monday, May 21 2018

The key to California’s long-term economic growth can be found in the classroom.

Job growth in California has been robust since the last recession. But recently that growth has slowed because of the lack of employable workers.

Senator Portantino, Chair of the Education Budget Subcommittee, Issues Statement on the Governor’s Revised State Budget Proposal

Friday, May 18 2018

Sacramento, California –Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) Chair of Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education, issued the following statement:

La Cañada Valley Sun News: La Cañada to receive $10M for sound walls under state transportation bill

Thursday, May 17 2018

A decades-long effort to battle freeway noise in La Cañada Flintridge got another boost Wednesday when state agencies signed off on a state transportation funding program that will bring $10 million to build more sound walls along the 210 Freeway.

The award was the result of efforts by state Sen. Anthony Portantino and city officials to qualify the expenditure through a local partnership program specified under SB 1, the state transportation funding bill that recently instituted gas and vehicle tax hikes on California motorists.