Warren Furutani for Assembly 2010
556 South Fair Oaks
Avenue, #261
Pasadena, CA. 91105
Paid for by Warren Furutani for Assembly 2010
ID# 1313626
556 South Fair Oaks
Avenue, #261
Pasadena, CA. 91105
Paid for by Warren Furutani for Assembly 2010
ID# 1313626
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Crumbling Gerald Desmond Bridge must be replaced
It's impossible to overstate how important transportation and trade are to our region. Ports mean trade, and trade means jobs. The Gerald Desmond Bridge, which connects Terminal Island to downtown Long Beach, is a vital link for 15 percent of the nation's cargo that travels to and from the Port of Long Beach — one of the world's busiest seaports — and for the commuters of Southern California.
The Gerald Desmond Bridge is 42 years old and deteriorating rapidly. It doesn't meet seismic safety standards, its height doesn't accommodate more modern and environmentally friendly ships to enter the port, and it doesn't meet today's increased traffic flow. It must be replaced if it is to remain our gateway to economic growth and prosperity. Read more...
Daily Breeze Letter to the Editor: Examine Carson Contamination
While the state Department of Toxic Substances was investigating a toxic issue in adjacent Wilmington, they discovered contaminants in the Carousel track of homes in Carson. Dangerous levels of methane gas and benzene were found in the soil and groundwater, so the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board was notified and since then have been monitoring the problem.
Up until the 1960s, a Shell oil plant was on that land. We cannot ignore the region's history as a center of the oil industry and other industries that include fertilizer plants, automotive repair centers and sewage treatment plants. My priority is to preserve the health and well-being of all the residents in the area, as well as get a clear picture of the environmental health of our neighborhoods. Read more...
Furutani Gives Commencement Speech at Pasadena City College in a Historic Ceremony
"Friday's ceremony was PCC's first graduation to take place since Assembly Bill 37 was signed into law last year. The bill allows honorary degrees to be granted to Japanese-Americans whose college education was affected when they were sent to internment camps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941.
More than 20 such individuals were honored with degrees at the ceremony.
State Assemblyman Warren Furutani, D-Long Beach, who authored the bill was the keynote speaker at the graduation.
"They had the proverbial rug pulled out from under them," he said." Read more...
Degrees come 68 years later for Japanese-American graduates of PCC's Class of 1942
Hamane and 133 other Japanese-American "Nisei" students at what was then Pasadena Junior College never got the chance to graduate with the Class of 1942.
With their families, those second-generation Americans were forced by Executive Order 9066 to pack up and leave their homes and businesses for "relocation" camps after war was declared with Japan.
Most, except for those who joined up to fight, were held for the duration of World War II.
Sixty-eight years later, 15 former students, and 15 others representing those who have since died received honorary degrees Friday with PCC's 1,495-member graduating class. Read more...
Degrees to honor former Japanese American students
PCC spotlights Assemblymember Warren Furutani at upcoming commencement fete
At a recent meeting in his Long Beach office, Assemblymember Warren Furutani of California's 55th District is clean-shaven, rubbing his chin where a goatee used to reside. Read more...
Let's Show Some Initiative to Save College's Master Plan
As a native Californian growing up in the 1950s and '60s, I enjoyed the fruits of the California Master Plan for Higher Education. I had the opportunity to attend a good California college and it was affordable. As a parent, my two sons were also able to take advantage of the same master plan, although costs were continuing to rise. Now as a member of the Joint Legislative Committee reviewing the master plan on its 50th anniversary, I've heard testimony bemoaning the demise of this precedent-setting plan that is respected and valued throughout the world. How could this happen?
Read more...
Crumbling Gerald Desmond Bridge must be replaced
It's impossible to overstate how important transportation and trade are to our region. Ports mean trade, and trade means jobs. The Gerald Desmond Bridge, which connects Terminal Island to downtown Long Beach, is a vital link for 15 percent of the nation's cargo that travels to and from the Port of Long Beach — one of the world's busiest seaports — and for the commuters of Southern California.
The Gerald Desmond Bridge is 42 years old and deteriorating rapidly. It doesn't meet seismic safety standards, its height doesn't accommodate more modern and environmentally friendly ships to enter the port, and it doesn't meet today's increased traffic flow. It must be replaced if it is to remain our gateway to economic growth and prosperity. Read more...
Daily Breeze Letter to the Editor: Examine Carson Contamination
While the state Department of Toxic Substances was investigating a toxic issue in adjacent Wilmington, they discovered contaminants in the Carousel track of homes in Carson. Dangerous levels of methane gas and benzene were found in the soil and groundwater, so the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board was notified and since then have been monitoring the problem.
Up until the 1960s, a Shell oil plant was on that land. We cannot ignore the region's history as a center of the oil industry and other industries that include fertilizer plants, automotive repair centers and sewage treatment plants. My priority is to preserve the health and well-being of all the residents in the area, as well as get a clear picture of the environmental health of our neighborhoods. Read more...
Furutani Gives Commencement Speech at Pasadena City College in a Historic Ceremony
"Friday's ceremony was PCC's first graduation to take place since Assembly Bill 37 was signed into law last year. The bill allows honorary degrees to be granted to Japanese-Americans whose college education was affected when they were sent to internment camps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941.
More than 20 such individuals were honored with degrees at the ceremony.
State Assemblyman Warren Furutani, D-Long Beach, who authored the bill was the keynote speaker at the graduation.
"They had the proverbial rug pulled out from under them," he said." Read more...
Degrees come 68 years later for Japanese-American graduates of PCC's Class of 1942
Hamane and 133 other Japanese-American "Nisei" students at what was then Pasadena Junior College never got the chance to graduate with the Class of 1942.
With their families, those second-generation Americans were forced by Executive Order 9066 to pack up and leave their homes and businesses for "relocation" camps after war was declared with Japan.
Most, except for those who joined up to fight, were held for the duration of World War II.
Sixty-eight years later, 15 former students, and 15 others representing those who have since died received honorary degrees Friday with PCC's 1,495-member graduating class. Read more...
Degrees to honor former Japanese American students
PCC spotlights Assemblymember Warren Furutani at upcoming commencement fete
At a recent meeting in his Long Beach office, Assemblymember Warren Furutani of California's 55th District is clean-shaven, rubbing his chin where a goatee used to reside. Read more...
Let's Show Some Initiative to Save College's Master Plan
As a native Californian growing up in the 1950s and '60s, I enjoyed the fruits of the California Master Plan for Higher Education. I had the opportunity to attend a good California college and it was affordable. As a parent, my two sons were also able to take advantage of the same master plan, although costs were continuing to rise. Now as a member of the Joint Legislative Committee reviewing the master plan on its 50th anniversary, I've heard testimony bemoaning the demise of this precedent-setting plan that is respected and valued throughout the world. How could this happen?
Read more...