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Senator Portantino & SGV Economic Partnership Ask if Surplus School Property Can Help Fund Affordable Housing and Relieve Budget Pressures

Friday, February 14 2020

Sacramento, California – State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) has introduced SB 1017 to allow school districts to better utilize surplus property. 

Portantino Continues Clean Water Efforts / Partners with Metropolitan Water District on a CEC Drinking Water Program

Thursday, February 13 2020

Sacramento, California – Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge) has introduced SB 996 which will establish a statewide effort to grapple with (CECs) which have touched an emerging concern about newly discovered chemicals in drinking water. 

Pasadena Star News: Portantino introduces legislation in wake of 6-year-old’s drowning at Altadena camp

Monday, February 10 2020

State Senator Anthony Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) partnered with Pasadena parents Doug Forbes and Elena Matyas to introduce legislation on Monday, Feb. 10, which aims to provide more oversight of California summer camps.

The Roxie Rules Act, otherwise known as SB 955, comes months after Forbes and Matyas’ daughter, Roxie, drowned at the Altadena-based Summerkids Camp in June.

Roxie Rules Act Introduced by Senator Portantino to Bring Oversight to Summer Camps

Monday, February 10 2020

Sacramento, California – State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) has introduced SB 955, the Roxie Rules Act, which seeks to regulate recreational camps.

Voice of San Diego: Bill Seeks to Close Loophole That Helped Accused Poway Shooter Buy a Gun

Monday, February 10 2020

The 19-year-old man accused of tearing through a Poway synagogue last year, killing a woman and injuring others, should not have been in possession of a semi-automatic rifle. California limits the sale of an AR-15 to adults who are 21 and older - but makes an exception for registered hunters.

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