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Senator Portantino Seeks to Help Glendale Free up $27 million Dollars for Affordable Housing Mayor Najarian Testifies in Senate Committee

Thursday, April 11 2019

Sacramento, California – Today, SB 532, authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge), passed the Senate Government and Finance Committee. Senator Portantino introduced SB 532 at the request of the City of Glendale, to help free up $27 million dollars of dormant Redevelopment bonds for use to build affordable housing.  Mayor Ara Najarian and Director of Community Development Philip Lanzafame flew to Sacramento to offer testimony on behalf of the effort.  

Portantino’s Education Package Moves Forward in the Senate Four Important Bills Pass Education Committee

Wednesday, April 10 2019

Sacramento, California–Today, SB 217, SB 428, SB 568, and SB 729 all passed the Senate Education Committee, the of the bills are authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge).  SB 217 is jointly authored with Senator Richard Roth and SB 428 is jointly authored with Senator Richard Pan.

 

Local Non-Profit Activists Testify as Portantino’s 710 Legislation Passes First Committee

Tuesday, April 9 2019

Sacramento, California – Today, the Senate Transportation Committee passed SB 7, the State Highway Route 710 bill, authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge). The bill would allow the surplus of the non-profit properties to be purchased at their current use value. In addition, SB 7 would prohibit Caltrans from implementing a tunnel surface freeway or expressway for Route 710 between Route 10 and Route 210 and it lays the foundation for the state to return surplus freeway stubs back to local cities in the freeway corridor.

Safe Gun Storage ~ Less Gun Purchases Portantino’s Gun Legislative Package Passes First Key Committee

Tuesday, April 2 2019

Sacramento, California–Today, the Senate Public Safety Committee passed SB 61, SB 172, and SB 376 all authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge). The three bills further establish Portantino’s leadership as one of California’s sensible gun control advocates and enhance public safety.

Schools to Get Significant Funding Increase Under Senator Portantino’s New Legislation

Thursday, March 28 2019

Sacramento, California–Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D–La Cañada Flintridge) introduced SB 729 to increase the base funding level for K-12 school districts by proposing to raise the Local Control Funding Formula Base by 5.16%.  SB 729 seeks to achieve a $1 billion dollar increase by using a cost of living adjustment formula.

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