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Portantino named 'Legislator of the Year' for open carry ban
The California Police Chiefs Assn. recently named Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) “Legislator of the Year” for his public safety measure banning the open carry of unloaded handguns in public places.
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Caltrans urged to sell homes amid 710 Fwy. extension debate
Pressure is mounting on the California Department of Transportation to sell the 460 properties it owns on the Long Beach (710) Freeway corridor, but officials say it could be years before any decision is made.
For decades, Caltrans has owned hundreds...Tags: Homes, Port of Los Angeles, Highway Transportation, California Department of Transportation
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Portantino introduces emergency-planning measure
Unsatisfied with Southern California Edison’s response to the destructive December windstorm, Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) has introduced a measure requiring utilities to meet regularly with local and county officials...Tags: Southern California Edison Company
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South Pasadena lobbies to kill surface 710 Fwy. extension
City Council members in South Pasadena made it clear this week that they want their voices heard in a new study of the proposed Long Beach (710) freeway extension as they push regional transportation officials to kill a possible surface route.
At a...Tags: Transportation, Accounting and Auditing, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation
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Portantino seeks to expand safeguards for whistleblowers
Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) has authored a bill that would expand protections from workplace retaliation to legislative workers who blow the whistle on government fraud and abuse.
Legislative staffers were exempted from...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Labor Legislation
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Political landscape: Court tosses videographer's appeal
An appellate court dismissed an appeal last week by a Burbank employee who was ordered in October 2010 to stay at least 10 yards away from a former aide for Assemblyman Mike Gatto, ruling that the one-year restraining order had expired and the appeal...Tags: Judges, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Mike Gatto, Gays and Lesbians
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Opening shot fired in senate campaign
Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) took the podium Tuesday night at City Hall and called on city officials to push their local lawmakers to fight for their power of redevelopment. But this wasn’t Pasadena. It was in a city that...Tags: Voting, Public Officials, Shootings, Local Elections, Mike Gatto
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The clock winds down
As the clock ticks toward the Feb. 1 deadline for dismantling redevelopment agencies, officials in the tri-city area are taking different approaches — from playing wait-and-see to pressing local lawmakers to reach a legislative compromise that would...Tags: Public Officials, Mike Gatto, Carol Liu, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Portantino decides not to seek election in November
Citing family stresses brought on by his brother's untimely death in 2010 and his mother's ill health, Assemblyman Anthony Portantino announced Wednesday night that he will not seek election in 2012.
The surprise announcement comes at a time when the...Tags: Carol Liu, Politics, Elections
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Gatto is Democrats' choice to replace Portantino
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) has secured the endorsement of local Democratic Party delegates for the redrawn 43rd Assembly District. The district has been morphed to include La Cañada Flintridge, currently the home base for Assemblyman Anthony...Tags: Parties and Movements, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mike Gatto, Democratic Party, Carol Liu
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Edison under fire at hearing
Southern California Edison officials tried to strike a conciliatory tone on Thursday during a state hearing on the company’s response to power outages caused by fierce winds that struck overnight Nov. 30.
“We can’t control the weather,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mike Eng, Education, Companies and Corporations, Southern California Edison Company
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Gatto raises more than $480,000 for new Assembly seat
Though running unopposed in an Assembly district redrawn last year to connect La Cañada Flintridge with Glendale and Burbank, Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) has raised more than $480,000, records show, much of it from Fortune 500 companies, unions...Tags: Mike Gatto, Democratic Party, Political Fundraising, Politics, Elections
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