Assemblymember Robert Rivas | United States

Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2021. 1:00 PM. Location: Online Event Please join us for a conversation with Assemblymember Robert Rivas, representing California Assembly District 30 and Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Assemblymember Robert Rivas has represented California’s 30th State Assembly District since 2018. While still in his first term, he was appointed as Chair of the Assembly Agriculture Committee and elected as Vice-Chair of the influential Latino Legislative Caucus. In the Assembly, Rivas’ first-term legislative achievements include securing enactment of the first-in-the-nation COVID-19 Farmworker Relief Package, which included critical efforts related to agricultural workplace safety, access to PPE and testing, temporary housing, and access to healthcare and the courts. He also co-authored the Farmworker Housing Act, which streamlines the process to build quality housing for farmworkers and their families and he continues to lead efforts to address the st...