Skip to main content

Press Releases

Assembly Housing Working Group Announces Statewide Series of Regional Roundtables

Led by Asm. Grayson and Asm. Robert Rivas, ‘Housing Tour’ to Examine Barriers and Explore Solutions to the State's Housing Production and Affordability Crisis

SACRAMENTO—Assembly Members Tim Grayson (D-Concord) and Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) today announced that a newly formed Assembly Housing Working Group will host a series of regional roundtables to examine barriers and explore solutions to the state’s housing production and affordability crisis. Organized in coordination with Asm.

Asm. Rivas Secures Additional Funding for Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Resilience, & Farmworker Housing

Altogether, State Budget Includes $3.4 Billion for Priorities Championed by Rivas

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) released the following statement on the historic budget package passed out of the California State Legislature today. This latest budget action provides a total of $3.4 billion in the state budget for legislative priorities advanced by Asm.

Legislature Greenlights Skinner & Rivas’ Carbon Sequestration Bill, SB 27

Asm. Rivas applauds the passage of SB 27, a major step forward in harnessing our state’s natural and working lands in the fight against climate change.

SACRAMENTO - The California State Senate today passed Sen. Nancy Skinner’s carbon sequestration bill, SB 27, on a vote of 34-4. SB 27, which is co-authored by Assemblymember Robert Rivas, D-Salinas, won bipartisan approval in the State Assembly yesterday on a 75-0 vote.