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Pasadena Now: Community Celebrates with Portantino at "Swearing In" Celebration

Monday, February 27 2017

Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge), was given his ceremonial oath of office yesterday by State Controller Betty T. Yee. Approximately 500 community members, elected officials, family and friends attended the swearing in ceremony hosted by Glendale Community College.

The Fix: California State Senator Wants to Ban OxyContin Prescriptions For Those Under 21

Monday, February 20 2017

California State Senator Anthony Portantino has introduced a measure that would make prescriptions of the painkiller oxycodone illegal for people younger than 21, in hopes of keeping young people from becoming hooked on the powerful opioid.

Daily Democrat Politics: State Senator Wants School To Start An Hour Later

Monday, February 20 2017

Anyone who has a teenager, or been one, knows the difficult of getting them out of bed in the morning and off to school. Scientists have said for years there’s a scientific basis for teens’ inability to get up bright and early. Now one state legislator wants public schools to bow to scientific consensus and push back the start of the school day.

Daily Bulletin: Start high school and middle school one hour later, state senator says

Saturday, February 18 2017

Anyone who has a teenager, or been one, knows the difficult of getting them out of bed in the morning and off to school.

Scientists have said for years there’s a scientific basis for teens’ inability to get up bright and early. Now one state legislator wants public schools to bow to scientific consensus and push back the start of the school day.

La Cañada Flintridge Patch: California State Senator Wants Schools to Start Later For Teens

Friday, February 17 2017

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, CA — Any parents with teenagers know just how hard it is to wake them up for school in the morning. That is a why a Southern California lawmaker introduced a bill this week to start middle and high school classes later.

The bill by state Sen. Anthony Portantino, a Democrat from La Canada Flintridge, would require school districts in the state start their middle and high school days no earlier than 8:30 a.m. in accordance with a recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics.