In response to concerns over California's high cost of living, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has launched initiatives aimed at improving affordability. Despite calls for rapid action and solutions addressing housing, fuel, and childcare costs, the Legislature has yet to show substantial progress. While Rivas announced four select committees to tackle these issues, they are not scheduled to meet until June, and specific proposals are still lacking. Advocates for economic justice voice concern over the slow pace, emphasizing the need for immediate action to alleviate financial pressures on Californians, especially renters.
Californians are deeply anxious. They are anxious about our state's cost of living. We must chart a new path forward and renew the California dream by focusing on affordability.
Putting together a committee that comes together months from now that won't even do anything until the following year does not seem to me that (lawmakers) are treating it with real urgency.
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