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Senator Anthony Portantino’s Statement on Pro Gun Group’s Legal Challenge to SB 1100 Which Raised California Gun Purchase Age to 21

Tuesday, July 2 2019

Sacramento, California – Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge) states:

CBS Sacramento: Gun Owner Groups Sue Over California Age Restrictions

Tuesday, July 2 2019

Gun owners’ rights groups are asking a federal judge to overturn a California law raising the age to purchase a rifle or shotgun from 18 to 21.

The Calguns Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, and Second Amendment Foundation sued Monday in federal court in San Diego, contending that those over 18 are legally adults and can’t be deprived of their Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Outlook Newspapers: Portantino Helps Obtain $5.5 Million to Build Freeway Sound Walls

Tuesday, July 2 2019

State Sen. Anthony Portantino, a former La Canada Flintridge city councilman,

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Asbarez: Let’s Support Bill to Offset GCC April 24 Closing Costs

Tuesday, July 2 2019

Senate Bill 568, amendment authored and introduced by Senator Portantino, would allow Glendale Community College’s Governing Board to declare April 24 as the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day by campus closure.

710 Formal Tunnel Demise SB 7 Passes Assembly Transportation Committee Local Nonprofits Offer Testimony in Sacramento

Monday, July 1 2019

Sacramento, California – Today, SB 7, authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge), passed the Assembly Transportation Committee. SB 7 will allow the purchase of surplus properties occupied by nonprofits at their current use value and prohibit Caltrans from implementing the tunnel or surface freeway options for the 710 gap closure. The bill is also a potential legislative fix for the state to return surplus freeway stubs back to local cities in the freeway corridor. 

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