Legislator gets panel post back
Three weeks after removing Assemblyman Anthony Portantino as chairman of the higher education committee, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles) reinstated the La Canada-Flintridge Democrat.
“I think the speaker did the right thing, and I’m happy to have my committee back,” said Portantino, who declined to elaborate on the explanation Nunez gave for the removal.
Nunez had also removed Assemblyman Hector De La Torre (D-South Gate) as chairman of the powerful rules committee. De La Torre has not been reinstated.
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-- Nancy Vogel
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