{"id":22791,"date":"2017-01-11T05:42:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T13:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=22791"},"modified":"2017-01-11T05:46:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T13:46:49","slug":"22791","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=22791","title":{"rendered":"Senator Portantino Reacts to Governor\u2019s Budget Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10530\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?attachment_id=10530\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10530\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10530\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10530\" title=\"portantinogoldgrndbrk_6_2010_2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/portantinogoldgrndbrk_6_2010_2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/portantinogoldgrndbrk_6_2010_2014.jpg 217w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/portantinogoldgrndbrk_6_2010_2014-108x150.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymann Anthony Portantino at Gold Line groundbreaking ceremony in June, 2010 - News Net file photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Press Release posted 1\/11\/17<\/em> \u00a0&#8211; (1\/10\/17) This morning, Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D \u2013 La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge), Chair of Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education, issued the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pleased to see that the Governor\u2019s proposed budget reflects our State\u2019s continued commitment to K\u201312 and Higher Education. The Governor\u2019s 2017\u20132018 budget proposes an increased investment of $1.5 billion in K\u201312 education and a total funding of $14.6 billion for Higher Education. I endorse the Governor\u2019s call for accountability in our higher education systems, and as the Chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee on Education, I look forward to playing a role in helping to implement those measures. Further, I am glad to see that the Governor did not support the proposed tuition increases of the University of California and the California State University and that he is committed to making sure that our students have access to high quality and affordable public education. There is much work to be done to create a guaranteed affordable path to higher education for our students and families and I&#8217;m looking forward to working collaboratively to make it happen. I hope the UC and CSU leadership are listening and on the same page.&#8221;<br \/>\n#####<br \/>\n<em>Sen. Portantino represents nearly 930,000 people in the 25th Senate District, which includes Altadena, Atwater Village, Bradbury, Burbank, Claremont, Duarte, Glendale, Glendora, La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge, La Crescenta, La Verne, Monrovia, Montrose, Pasadena, San Dimas, San Marino, Shadow Hills, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, Sunland-Tujunga, and Upland.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release posted 1\/11\/17 \u00a0&#8211; (1\/10\/17) This morning, Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D \u2013 La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge), Chair of Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education, issued the following statement: \u201cI was pleased&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33,5],"tags":[220],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22791"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}