Press Releases

Sacramento, CA— A bill to incentivize the aerospace industry to locate, stay, and expand in California, by Senator Richard Roth (D-Riverside), has passed both houses of the California Legislature and heads to the Governor’s desk.

Sacramento, CA—Fallen Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Isaiah Cordero, who was brutally murdered in December during a routine traffic stop, will have a portion of SR 60 memorialized in his name.

“When faced with danger on that residential street in Jurupa Valley, Deputy Cordero didn’t flinch from his duty to protect the community, he didn’t run away from the danger, he ran into it,” said Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) a lead author of Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 16 which makes the designation possible.

Riverside, CA— Delivering once again for the region, Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) has secured, in the 2023-24 state budget, half a million dollars for the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California.  The monies will fund an electronic archival system, which will document the oral histories of California residents who have made significant impacts on the advancement of civil rights in the region, and to support an enhancement of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Downtown Riverside planned by the Riverside African American Historical Society.

Perris, CA – In a major budget win, Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) has secured $7 million to enable the Southern California Railway Museum to connect to the Perris - Downtown Metrolink Station and $2 million for the expansion of the Perris Senior Center in the State’s 2023-24 Budget.