Press Releases

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) honored the 53rd Assembly District’s 2023 Woman of the Year, Diane Smyers, on the Assembly Floor. As a Donor Relations Manager for the non-profit CASA of San Bernardino County, Diane plays a critical role in engaging our community to help children within the foster care system.

(Sacramento, CA) – Yesterday, Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) was appointed to the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. Assemblymember Rodriguez also serves as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management and as Chair of the Select Committee on Local Public Safety and Emergency Management.

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) hosted a Community Swearing-In Ceremony to celebrate the start of his final term in the State Assembly. Assemblymember Rodriguez was surrounded by his wife, Michelle, their four children, three grandchildren, and many extended family members.

(Sacramento, CA) – This morning, Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) held a press conference with the California Ambulance Association (CAA) to call for an increase in the State’s Medi-Cal reimbursement rate for private emergency ground transport providers.

(Sacramento, CA) –Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) has introduced AB 1505, which would ensure the Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing is funded in this year’s State Budget. Last year, Assemblymember Rodriguez successfully allocated $250 million in the 2023-24 General Fund of the State Budget to establish and implement this program.

(Sacramento, CA) – Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) has introduced AB 813, which would authorize Cal OES to enter into partnerships with private sector entities to encourage the private sector to provide meaningful incentives for individuals to donate blood or blood co

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) introduced AB 597, which would expand existing industrial injury rebuttable presumption for a diagnosis of PTSD to public safety and emergency response employees.

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) introduced AB 474, working to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic affecting California.

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) introduced AB 415, which would provide funding for fairgrounds to establish broadband to host emergency response operations. Fairgrounds are essential sites up and down the State when California faces a catastrophe.

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) introduced AB 296, which would establish the 9-1-1 Public Education Campaign to be administered by the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to educate the public on when it is appropriate to call 9-1-1 for assistance.       9-1-1 is routinely called inappropriately, and while this has been an o