Press Releases

Sacramento, CA--  A trailblazing and innovative leader in building the future of an emerging Inland Southern California for over six decades, the late Joseph Tavaglione, will be honored with the Joseph Tavaglione Memorial Interchange, at the intersection of State Highway Routes SR60/91/I-215 with the Legislature’s passage of Senate Richard D. Roth’s (D-Riverside) resolution to honor the business and community legend.

Sacramento—Senator Richard D. Roth’s (D-Riverside) transformative More Pathways to Nursing legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 895, has overwhelmingly passed both houses of the California Legislature and heads to the Governor’s desk for his signature. SB 895 creates a pilot program for a limited number of community college districts to offer a Bachelor’s in Nursing Degree (BSN), which has increasingly become a requirement for employment at many healthcare facilities throughout the state.

It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Riverside legend, and my dear friend, Tom Hunt. Tom, a product of Riverside public schools, was the very ideal of a tireless community leader and public servant. Tom served with distinction on the RUSD Board of Education for over 15 years, and took the helm as its President during one of the most challenging times for the School District, the COVID-19 pandemic. His calm, experienced and steady hand steered the District through this enormous crisis and into a much brighter future.

Sacramento—The 2024 Gun Violence Prevention Act, Senate Bill (SB) 902, by Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside), has passed the State Senate on a 36-1 bipartisan vote. SB 902 adds persons who are convicted of severe animal cruelty laws to the state’s firearm prohibition list for ten years, as other violent criminals are. California would be only the second state in the nation to enact such a prohibition, Massachusetts being the other.