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Burbank Leader: Hundreds rally in Burbank to protest against the president’s immigration policies

Sunday, July 1 2018

Nearly a thousand people crowded in front of Burbank City Hall on Saturday morning as part of a nationwide day of action protesting the immigration policies enacted by the Trump administration.

State Sen. Anthony J. Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) said during the rally that the American people should care for everyone, “regardless of where they’re born.” He also said the president “should be better; but, instead, he’s broken.

Additional Environmental Budget Funding Passes in Sacramento Statement by Senator Anthony J. Portantino

Tuesday, June 26 2018

Sacramento, California- Yesterday, the California Legislature passed an important measure to continue the fight for a cleaner California. Senator Anthony J. Portantino, D–La Cañada Flintridge, serves on the budget committee which earlier in the day passed the bill on its way to the full Senate. He is pleased by the outcome.

Pasadena Now: Local State Senator's Suicide Prevention Legislation Passes Key Policy Hurdle

Monday, June 25 2018

The State Assembly’s Education Policy Committee has passed SB 972, the suicide prevention legislation authored by Pasadena-area Senator Anthony J. Portantino, that would require public, charter, and private schools to print a suicide prevention hotline number and/or text crisis lines on student identification cards for grades seven through college.

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Outlook Newspapers: Portantino Tabbed to Chair Appropriations Committee

Friday, June 22 2018

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Pasadena Now: Pasadena's Luke Walker's Barber & Beauty Care Honored as Small Business of the Year

Wednesday, June 20 2018

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.