State Assembly Approves Freeway Signs for Pasadena Genocide Memorial

SACRAMENTO””Authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino, SCR 25 seeks to install freeway signs at the Fair Oaks Avenue exit off Interstate 210 for the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial. Passed by unanimous support of the State Assembly on July 13, SCR 25 has now passed both houses of the legislature, paving the way for the placement of the freeway signs directing the public to the Genocide Memorial. Since resolutions do not require the Governor’s signature the Assembly action completed the last step of the legislative process.

“SCR 25 was one of the first pieces of legislation that I introduced as I joined the State Senate and I am very proud to see it approved by both houses so quickly. I would like to thank my colleagues for sympathizing with the purpose of this legislation and helping it move through the legislature with bipartisan support. I would also like to thank all of the Armenian organizations that supported the creation of the memorial and subsequently this resolution. I look forward to seeing these signs installed in Pasadena so that future generations can learn about the horrendous actions from 1915 at a place of peace and remembrance for descendants of the 1.5 million lost martyrs,”