SACRAMENTO — Community and business leaders across California are championing Speaker Robert Rivas and Assembly Democrats for delivering a Legal Defense Fund that will protect residents and the
Los Angeles— Speaker Robert Rivas and Assemblywoman Celeste Rodriguez co-hosted a community discussion on Friday, bringing together local and state leaders to listen and learn how best to protect California’s immigrant communities and their contributions to the state economy.
SACRAMENTO— Speaker Robert Rivas and fellow Assembly Democrats moved with urgency on Monday to protect our economy, vulnerable Californians and immigrant workers in the face of threats from the White House and Republicans in Washington.
Democrats voted overwhelmingly to pass two bills:
Sacramento - On Monday, California Speaker Robert Rivas delivered the following remarks as Assembly Democrats passed legislation to protect California taxpayers and the state’s economy from Republican chaos in Washington, D.C.:
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In response to President Donald Trump’s directive to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding, loans and grants, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas issued the following statement:
PASADENA — Speaker Robert Rivas joined community leaders, state legislators and emergency responders in Pasadena on Thursday as Governor Newsom signed a $2.5 billion package to provide immediate aid L.A. wildfire recovery.
The legislation, which passed with bipartisan support by the State Legislature earlier on Thursday, will:
“I am a first generation Californian from a family of immigrant farmworkers. My grandfather came here because he believed in the California Dream and wanted to provide a better life for our family. Today, California has one of the largest economies on Earth because of immigrants who helped build our state. From the ag fields to our boardrooms, immigrants help drive America’s prosperity.
SACRAMENTO— On Friday morning, Speaker Rivas released the following statement:
This weekend in Los Angeles, Speaker Robert Rivas and a delegation of 14 California Assembly members met with firefighters and officials to discuss how to further assist emergency response efforts, and to fast-track recovery from the devastating and deadly wildfires.