The Grandson of a Farmworker Now Heads the California Assembly’s Committee on Agriculture

Robert Rivas joined the California Assembly two years ago to fight for farmworkers. Now, as the new chair of the state’s Agriculture Committee, where he’ll lead a $54 billion industry convulsed by Covid-19, he plans to do just that. “From his youth in farmworker housing to the present, he has been prepared to be chair of this committee,” said California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.