Robert Rivas fumbles on affordability, trafficking

In December, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas certainly talked a good game at the start of the 2024-25 legislative session.
“Our constituents don’t feel the state of California is working for them,” he declared. “That’s their lived experience in this moment. Our task this session is urgent and clear: We must chart a new path forward.”
Accordingly, he set out on an ambitious agenda promoting affordability in California. That’s great. Things are expensive. Ca