Press Releases

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, the California State Senate voted in unanimous support of Senator Richard D. Roth’s consumer protection bill, SB 1087. This measure demands greater accountability and transparency of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) lenders to cut out abusive practices.

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, Senator Richard D. Roth’s Medical Records Protection Act won the approval of his colleagues on the Senate Floor. It is now on its way to the State Assembly.

“This is a victory for Californians,” said Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside). “In today’s world of managed care, it is of the utmost importance that patients have access to medical records throughout their lifetimes. A physician has a responsibility for a patient’s continuity of care; this bill ensures that responsibility is taken seriously. ”

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, the Senate Transportation Committee made a special exemption to a longstanding rule and unanimously supported Senator Richard D. Roth’s resolution to rename the 60-91-215 Interchange the Joseph Tavaglione Interchange.

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, Senator Richard D. Roth presented a pilot program that will help to alleviate a severe shortage of mental and behavioral health services in Inland Southern California.

Psychiatrists are in very short supply in Inland Southern California, which is a fast-growing, racially and ethnically diverse region of nearly 4.4 million people. Riverside County has roughly five psychiatrists per 100,000 people compared to the statewide average of roughly 14 psychiatrists.