Public Service

• State Assemblymember, 44th District, 2006 – present.  Chair of the Assembly’s Committee on Higher Education.
• Standing Assembly Committee Assignments, Transportation, Government Organization, Public Safety
• Select Assembly Committees, Foster Care, Community Colleges, The Preservation of California’s Entertainment Industry
• Councilmember, City of La Cañada Flintridge, 1999 - 2006
• Mayor, City of La Canada Flintridge, 2001-2002 & 2005 - 2006

• Past Vice Chair, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee
• Past President, League of California Cities Mayors and Council Members Department (Statewide Office)
• Past Executive Board Member, Los Angeles County Division League of California Cities
• Past Member, Los Angeles County Division League of California Cities Legislative Committee
• Chair, California Contract Cities Association Legislative Committee 2003 & 2004
• Executive Board Member, California Contract Cities Association 2003 & 2004
• Advisory Board Member, San Gabriel Valley Chapter Habitat For Humanity
• Past Member, Pasadena City College Bond Measure "P" Oversight Committee
• Past Chair, County of Los Angeles Sanitation District 34
• Past Director, County of Los Angeles Sanitation District 28
• Member, La Cañada Flintridge Investment Advisory Committee 1998-1999
• Past Member La Cañada School District / City Council Joint Use Committee
• La Cañada School District K-12 Education Options Committee 2000-2001

Professional Entertainment Experience (select)

• Co-writer/Producer, Time of Tears, worldwide distribution, New World Pictures.
• Line Producer, El Regalo De Paquito, award winning Spanish language Christmas special for Telemundo.
• Production Designer, Grizzly Adams: The Mark of the Bear.
• Art Department, Break of Dawn, bi-lingual Spanish/English film for American Playhouse.
• Art Director, Unsolved Mysteries, NBC.
• Property Master, Warm Summer Winds, American Playhouse

Club Affiliations

• Co-Chair, ACT, 2001-2003
• Member, Pasadena Area United Democratic Headquarters Steering Committee, 2002 & 2004
• Member, Arroyo Democratic Club
• Member, Democratic Club of the Pasadena Foothills
• Member, Foothill Community Democratic Club
• Charter Member, La Cañada Flintridge Democratic Club
• Member, Northeast Democratic Club
• Member, Pasadena Audubon Society
• Member, South Pasadena Democratic Club
• Member, Stonewall Democratic Club
• Member, Sierra Club
• Life Member, Altadena NAACP
• Member, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)
• Member, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)
• Member, La Cañada Kiwanis Club
• Member, LCHS and LCE PTA’S
• Member, La Cañada Oaks Mountain Bike Association
• Member, UGLA

Personal
Anthony Portantino came to California to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.  He was elected to the La Cañada Flintridge City Council with 71% of the vote in 1999, receiving more votes than any other candidate in the history of La Cañada Flintridge City Council elections. Anthony was re-elected to the City Council in March of 2003. Assemblymember Portantino and former Assemblymember Carol Liu are the only Democrats to ever hold the office of Mayor in the heavily Republican city. He is married to Ellen Portantino, a successfully businessperson. They are the proud parents of Sofia and Bella Rose. Both girls attend public school. Away from work and public service, Anthony enjoys watching classic movies with his family, refereeing soccer games for AYSO, scorekeeping his daughter's softball team and being a Girl Scout dad.