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By taking over as Assembly speaker, Robert Rivas becomes the first rural Californian in a generation to hold the powerful post in the state Capitol.
By taking over as Assembly speaker, Robert Rivas becomes the first rural Californian in a generation to hold the powerful post in the state Capitol.
By taking over as Assembly speaker, Robert Rivas becomes the first rural Californian in a generation to hold the powerful post in the state Capitol.
Rivas often presents himself as a humble, soft-spoken person, but many who know him see the balanced policy, pragmatism and calculations that have led him to one of the state’s top political offices.
“It’s the kind of story that makes you feel good about California and good about the California Dream,” said an ally of the incoming speaker.