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06/29/2023
After a prolonged transition, the Central Coast Democrat will be sworn in as Assembly speaker today, taking over from Anthony Rendon. They’re ideologically similar so the differences may be more in leadership style than policy.

06/22/2023
Robert Rivas tells anyone who will listen that his rise from farmworker housing on the rural Central Coast to Assembly Speaker is wholly unexpected. But many who have watched the Democrat’s climb from an outgoing high-schooler to a San Benito County supervisor to the holder of one most powerful political offices in the state are not surprised.

11/09/2022
A release from the California State Assembly on Nov. 10 said the Assembly Democratic Caucus voted unanimously to elect Assemblymember Robert Rivas as the 71st Speaker of the California State Assembly. Rivas is now the Speaker-Designee and will assume the role of the Speaker’s office on June 30, 2023.

05/26/2022
Assemblymember Robert Rivas says he has secured enough votes to become the next Assembly speaker. Though Rivas had not formally been voted in as of May 27, he said in a statement that he and current speaker Anthony Rendon had begun transition discussions.

04/29/2022
In the June 7 primary, two candidates are running in the 29th Assembly District primary: Stephanie Castro and Robert Rivas. BenitoLink reached out to both candidates with identical questions.

01/27/2022
Assembly Bill 1728, introduced by Assemblymembers Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) and Blanca Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), would exempt single parents receiving CalWORKs benefits from “welfare-to-work” requirements for the first three years of their child’s life.

10/04/2021
On the first leg of a statewide agricultural tour, Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) visited local leaders and celebrated the procurement of $1 million to fund research relating to the epidemic affecting the Salinas Valley’s signature leafy green crops.

09/27/2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Sept. 27 that is designed to decrease farmworkers’ exposure to wildfire smoke by giving them access to the state’s stockpile of N95 masks. Assembly Bill 73, authored by Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), designates agricultural laborers as “essential workers.”