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• Legislative Meeting with Sen. Anthony Portantino

  • When
    Fri, April 16, 2021
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

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  The Partnership will host Senator Anthony Portantino on Friday, April 16, 2021, by Zoom.

  This is a Partnership members-only event. Partnership members are welcome to invite selected guests to join us. The event is co-sponsored by Hahn & Hahn LLP.

  Senator Anthony Portantino represents California’s 25th State Senate District, which stretches along the 210 Freeway from Sunland/Tujunga to Upland.  He proudly represents the Rose Bowl, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Griffith Park, Warner Brothers, Disney, Caltech and the Claremont Colleges.
  

  Supporting public education, mental health, and sensible gun control have been priorities for Senator Portantino during his time in office. His accomplishments include increasing funding for special education and the K-12 Local Control Funding Formula. He has authored legislation that created California’s umbilical cord blood collection program, pushed back school start time for middle and high schools, banned the open carry of handguns on Main Street California, raised the purchase age of firearms to 21, and placed the suicide hotline number on student identification cards.  In addition, his efforts have created a science fellowship in the State Capitol and established a unique partnership between the University of California and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

  He personally negotiated the end of the 710-freeway tunnel with the Brown administration and authored SB 7, which formally ended the threat of the freeway, protected the non-profits in the corridor, and paved the way for Pasadena to develop the dormant freeway stub.

  Senator Portantino currently serves as the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a Select Committee to foster trade between California, Armenia and Artsakh.

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• Legislative Meeting with Asm. Blanca Rubio

  • When
    Fri, April 23, 2021
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

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  The Partnership will host Assemblymember Blanca Rubio (D-48th District) on Friday, April 23, 2021, by Zoom.

  This is a Partnership members-only event. Partnership members are welcome to invite selected guests to join us. The event is co-sponsored with the Citrus Valley Association of Realtors.

  Assemblywoman Blanca E. Rubio was elected in November 2016 to represent California’s 48th Assembly District, which includes the cities of Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bradbury, City of Industry, Covina, Duarte, El Monte, Glendora, Irwindale, Monrovia, West Covina, and the San Gabriel Valley unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, including Bassett, Charter Oak, Citrus, East Arcadia, Ramona, Valinda and West La Puente.
  

  Blanca has worked tirelessly to give her constituents a voice in the Capitol, placing advocacy for children, women, families, students, and immigrants at the forefront of her work. Since her election in 2016, Blanca has authored bills that support victims of domestic violence, create opportunities for children within the foster care system, ensure our youngest students are given proper support to succeed in school, and support for immigrant communities. Blanca has also raised awareness of women’s rights by authoring resolutions that declare August Breast Feeding Awareness Month and October Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

  One of her greatest honors was to have eighteen bills signed into law during her first term in the Assembly, making Blanca one of the more productive and active legislators in Sacramento. During her second term, Blanca continued to build on her successful track record by passing legislation protecting vulnerable children, empowering Dreamers and strengthening local journalism throughout California.

  Before coming to the Assembly, Blanca spent 16 years as a teacher and 20 years in elected office, serving on the Valley County Water Board, and Baldwin Park Unified School District. Her students-first philosophy made Blanca a leader and champion for students in and out of the classroom. She was successful in her efforts to improve academic outcomes for students, aligning them with vital resources for college preparation.

  Blanca was born in Juarez, Mexico, and came to the United States with her parents at a young age.  Her personal experiences have given her a genuine understanding of the everyday struggles and barriers that immigrants and working families continue to face in the United States.

  Assemblymember Rubio received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Master’s Degree in Education with a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Azusa Pacific University. Blanca is a resident of Baldwin Park and a proud mother of two children.

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• Meet the Mayor: Sho Tay of Arcadia

  • When
    Fri, May 21, 2021
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Come meet the Mayor of Arcadia, Sho Tay!

  This event is organized by the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, and the Arcadia Association of Realtors.

  The meeting will take place via Zoom.

  Bio

  Sho was born in Taiwan and moved to Okinawa, Japan with his family when he was 15 years old. When Sho was 18, his family decided to move once more and settled in Alhambra. He graduated from Alhambra High School and went on to receive a B.S. degree from California State University, Los Angeles.

  Due to his father’s sudden passing, Sho started his own business at the age of 19 to help support his family. He has since owned and operated several businesses. Aside from work, Sho also graduated from the Rio Hondo Police Academy and served as an Alhambra PD reserve. 

  Sho met his wife Sherry, a registered nurse, and together they settled in Arcadia in 1984 and started a family. Their two children are both graduates of Arcadia High School. For the past three decades, he and his family have made many friends in this city and continue to enjoy the life that they have made here.

  As his children have grown into adulthood and with his businesses established, he has now devoted his time to philanthropy and community service. Serving on the City Council is just the latest in a long record of public service that he has pursued with charitable organizations and service organizations in Arcadia over the last decade. His hobbies include fishing, traveling, gardening, boating, collecting automobiles, and volunteering.

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