Media

LOS ANGELES — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29), representative for Toluca Lake in Congress, is urging the United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, David Steiner, to reconsider the proposed location for the new Toluca Lake Post Office, at 11331 Camarillo Street – a widely unfavorable place for residents of Toluca Lake. 

LOS ANGELES  — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) joined Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joseph D. Morelle (NY-25), and House Democratic Caucus colleagues in a shadow field hearing in Los Angeles on the Trump Administration’s assault on our democracy and barriers to free and fair elections.

LOS ANGELES — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29), daughter of immigrants and the first Latina to represent California’s 29^th Congressional District, released the following statement after the Supreme Court heard arguments for Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging Donald Trump’s illegal Executive Order to revoke birthright citizenship:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the third time this calendar year, Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) voted against House Republicans’ bill to provide additional funding for President Trump’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and force Transportation Security Agency (TSA) workers to miss another pay period.

OS ANGELES — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) led 12 of her colleagues in a letter urging the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to eliminate funding for the General Service Administration’s (GSA) ability to lease or sell federal government property to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement after recent reporting by The New York Times on Cesar Chavez:

LOS ANGELES —Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) sent a letter urging Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford to ensure the safety of travelers and workers at Hollywood Burbank, Van Nuys, and Whiteman Airports ahead of the Los Angeles area hosting global sporting events including the World Cup and the Olympics.

LOS ANGELES — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) announced a $25 million Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). This funding supports repurposing medians along Sepulveda Boulevard’s Mission Mile in Mission Hills into pedestrian and bicycle lanes.