Press Releases

August 15, 2023

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.

July 25, 2023

Fontana, CA—Flanked by local dignitaries, Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) cut the ribbon to his new district office in Fontana’s City Hall on Monday.

July 21, 2023

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.

June 20, 2023

Sacramento—The Assembly Judiciary Committee unanimously passed Senator Richard D. Roth’s (D-Riverside) Senate Bill (SB 75), which will provide additional State Superior Court Judgeships to underserved regions of the state based on the Judicial Needs Assessment.

June 13, 2023

SACRAMENTO, CA—Senator Richard Roth’s (D-Riverside) Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 3, which urges Congress and the President to give the City of Eastvale its own zip code, has passed both houses of the State Legislature. Currently Eastvale shares a zip code with the City of Jurupa Valley and a zip code with the City of Corona.

June 01, 2023

Sacramento— Senator Richard D. Roth’s (D-Riverside) historic reform legislation, SB 815 passed the State Senate Wednesday, 32-1.  Roth’s landmark bill revises the State’s Medical Practices Act’s cumbersome processes, empowering patients, adding transparency and sunlight to the Medical Board of California’s (Board) physician oversight and disciplinary process and guaranteeing fiscal solvency.

May 25, 2023

SACRAMENTO, CA—Today the California State Senate unanimously passed significant pieces of Senator Richard D. Roth’s (D-Riverside) legislative agenda, including those addressing such critical issues as the severe Superior Court Judge shortage and the opioid overdose crisis.

April 26, 2023

Sacramento, CA – Today, the Senate Committee on Health unanimously passed Senator Richard D. Roth’s (D-Riverside) Senate Bill 641, which tackles an escalating public health emergencyopioid overdoses.

March 29, 2023

Sacramento, CA – Tackling an escalating public health emergency, California State Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) has introduced Senate Bill 641. This bill will significantly reduce the number of opioid overdose deaths by ensuring that all FDA-approved formulations and dosage strengths of naloxone, like Narcan, are made available to schools, local health agencies, law enforcement, first responders and community organizations across California for free.

March 28, 2023

SACRAMENTO—Legislation by Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside), SB 349, clarifying the law surrounding a defendant’s ability to declare mental competency, consistent with a Court of Appeal ruling, cleared the State Senate’s Public Safety Committee today by a vote of 5-0.