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Pasadena-area State Senator Anthony Portantino welcomed and honored Pasadena resident Luke Walker and his family as the Small Business of the Year at the California State Capitol Tuesday.

The recognition is extended by the California Business Association, which each recognizes one business from each Senate District as Small Business of the Year. Portantino chose Walker’s Barber Shop and Beauty Care shop, at 627 N. Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, as this year’s Small Business of the Year.

SACRAMENTO—California State Senator Anthony J. Portantino is the Chair of the Senate Education Budget Sub-Committee with long and close ties to the Armenian American Community. In that capacity, he personally submitted two important education proposals on behalf of Armenian Californians into the California State Budget. This included six full tuition scholarships at Hastings College of Law for graduates of the American University of Armenia and a $500,000 state grant to create study guides for California schools to properly teach the Armenian Genocide.